All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 493
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VideoRoberts Balanas plays Bobby Hebb on 6 string violin
In this video the Latvian violinist Roberts Balanas, who has been broadcasting a series of virtuosic covers throughout lockdown, plays Bobby Hebb’s Sunny on a 6-string violin with loop pedal cover. Watch Interview with Latvian violinist Roberts Balanas Watch Elton John’s I’m still Standing - arranged for solo violin
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VideoInterview with Latvian violinist Roberts Balanas
In this interview Hannah Nepilova speaks to the Latvian violinist Roberts Balanas - a classically trained solo violinist who, since the start of lockdown, has been streaming his own virtuosic cover arrangements of non-classical pieces. Many have gone viral, including a cover of Elton John’s ‘I’m Still Standing’ which was ...
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NewsFrench luthier Philippe Dupuy dies aged 88
The grandson of Eugène Sartory, Dupuy was an accomplished violin maker and author in his own right
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NewsNew York Philharmonic announces accelerated reopening of concert hall
The renovation will now be completed in late 2022, almost two years earlier than previously scheduled
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FocusDavid Garrett: ‘Even if you’re arranging Metallica or Iron Maiden, there needs to be a sense of classical culture’
In this extract from our April issue, the violin superstar talks to us about writing the perfect crossover cover
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NewsSouthbank Sinfonia and St John’s Smith Square join forces
The graduate training orchestra and London concert venue to become a ‘hub for world-class musical development’
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NewsFrench festival in memory of Ivry Gitlis to take place in July
The lineup at the Colmar International Festival’s 32nd edition will include Maxim Vengerov and Viktoria Mullova
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VideoDavid Garrett plays Smooth Criminal
A live performance by the crossover legend of Michael Jackson’s classic hit
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NewsCellist Tanja Tetzlaff receives Glenn Gould Bach Fellowship
The €100,000 award will go towards a film project centred on Bach’s Cello Suites
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VideoNicola Benedetti talks to Sheku Kanneh-Mason
As part of the ‘Building Foundations’ Virtual Sessions, the Benedetti Foundation will be sharing a series of short interviews on the topic of exploring the physicality and psychology of playing with a variety of musicians. In this video Nicola Benedetti chats with Sheku Kanneh-Mason about his relationship to technique, physical ...
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FocusThe dramatic story behind Ludomir Różycki’s Violin Concerto
Polish virtuoso Janusz Wawrowski’s new arrangement of Ludomir Różycki’s Violin Concerto reveals a far more optimistic work than its wartime origins suggest, writes Harry White
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NewsLuthier William Monical has died
The New-York-based luthier was an expert on bowed string instruments, particularly those of the Baroque period
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NewsStreamed concert to champion climate optimism
Singers and players to perform Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’ over YouTube
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BlogsVarying my warm-up routine is essential for performing success, says violinist Natalia Lomeiko
The multiple prize winner and Royal College of Music professor has found numerous ways to warm up for concert performances
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Video9-year-old Sylvia Pine - daughter of Rachel Barton Pine - plays Meditation from Thais
Violinist Sylvia Pine, age 9, from the United States, performs Meditation from Thais by Jules Massenet. Recorded on March 15, 2021. On April 8, 2021, Sylvia was awarded First Prize in ‘The Music of Mediterranean Europe’ from London’s International Great Composers Competition. Accompaniment arranged and performed by violinist Rachel Barton ...
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VideoPrince Philip and the Queen listen to an Itzhak Perlman recital in 2007
In tribute to Prince Philip, who died this morning, here is a video of the Duke of Edinburgh listening to a recital from Itzhak Perlman with the Queen in 2007, with George W. and Laura Bush sitting next to them. Prince Philip can be seen for the first 20 seconds. ...
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NewsRoyal Academy of Music livestreams 25 concerts in April and May
Highlights include a residency from Sir Mark Elder, the return of the ‘Bach the European’ series and a performance of Dido and Aeneas
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NewsJuilliard launches streaming initiative to share performances with a global audience
The Livestream Performance Schedule includes over 250 recitals from April to June
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NewsImportant Mozart discovery to be auctioned in Berlin on 16 April
Previously part of a German private collection, the manuscript sheds light on the genesis of two Mozart compositions
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VideoHilary Hahn plays Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.1 aged 18
The then-18-year-old American violinist Hilary Hahn plays Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.1 with the Symphonie Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks conducted by Lorin Maazel in Munich in 1998. Read: How I warm up: Hilary Hahn Read: Hilary Hahn: ‘I find that speaking, thinking and sharing ideas is integral to the experience of ...
