All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 498
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NewsMenuhin competition finalists announced
Nine young violinists will compete next week for their share of more than $80,000
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NewsAnne-Sophie Mutter says her appeals to politicians have failed
The violinist accuses the German government’s pandemic reposnse of showing ‘downright disregard’ for musicians
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FocusHow I repaired a cello splattered with hand sanitiser
When a cello suffered a calamitous hand sanitiser accident, it looked irreparable at first sight. John Simmers explains how he restored it to the way it was pre-Covid
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VideoJunior Semi-Finals from the Menuhin Competition Richmond 2021
The video features performances from five internatiional candidates, aged 13-15
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NewsFrom Baroque violist to CEO
To mark the release of The English Concert’s new Handel recording, the group’s chief executive tells us how playing the viola has shaped his management style
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ArticleJulia Fischer plays Glazunov Violin Concerto
Julia Fischer plays Alexander Glazunov’s Concerto for violin and orchestra in A Minor, Op. 82 4 with the Bamberg Symphony under Jakub Hrůša. The concert was recorded at Bamberg Konzerthalle (Bamberg), on 7 May 2021. Watch Julia Fischer plays Saint-Saëns’s Havanaise aged 12 Read Sentimental Work: Julia Fischer
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Focus‘He turned to me, a mere 22-year-old student, and asked my opinion’ – Julian Lloyd Webber on Pierre Fournier
In celebration of his 70th birthday last month, British cellist Julian Lloyd Webber shares memories with Julian Haylock of some of the cellists who shaped him
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ArticleAudiences return to UK concert halls
Performances by the LSO, Steven Isserlis and the Heath Quartet among the first to welcome spectators since late last year
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NewsViolin found in attic identified as Guarneri ‘filius Andreae’
Dendrochronology study confirmed the date of the wood on the basis of a WhatsApp photo
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NewsCellist becomes youngest ever winner of George Enescu competition
Jaemin Han, 15, performed Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto at the final in Bucharest, Romania
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VideoZlatomir Fung plays Fauré with AI piano accompaniment
The My Pianist app appears in place of a live musician in this performance by the winner of the 2019 International Tchaikovsky Compettion
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VideoPerlman on the golden era of the violin school
As part of the Dorothy DeLay Masterclasses, organised and directed by Dmitri Berlinsky, violinist Itzhak Perlman and his wife Toby Perlman, Founder of The Perlman Music Program, join Berlinsky for a discussion about the great violinists and what makes them so special. Watch Prince Philip and the Queen listen to ...
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NewsViolinist Anastasia Subrakova wins 2021 Fritz Gerber Award
The Russian violinist receives CHF10,000 and a chance to study at the Lucerne Festival Academy
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BlogsReturning to performing after suffering from long Covid
Berenice Beverley Zammit, Graduate Teaching Assistant for Music Performance Psychology at the Royal College of Music, shares advice on getting back into practice after suffering from long COVID
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NewsSuntory Hall launches online concert venue
The Digital Suntory Hall will provide a way to deliver music safely both during and after the pandemic
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NewsOrchestra disbanded 6 decades ago is revived to support English musicians hit by pandemic
The Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra is due to accompany major headline acts and to go on a concert tour
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NewsMenuhin Competition Richmond 2021 announces this year’s Prizewinners
The Gala Presentation takes place on Sunday 23 May at 5pm EDT
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VideoMaría Duenas’s prize-winning performance at the 2021 Menuhin Competition
In this, her prize-winning performance from the Senior Finals of the 2021 Menuhin Competition in Richmond, the 18-year-old Spanish violinist María Dueñas plays Lutoslawski’s Subito; Mozart’s Violin Concerto No.4 in D major K.218, Andante cantabile; and Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole in D minor, Op. 21, Allegro non troppo. Read Menuhin Competition ...
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NewsAttacca Quartet signs exclusively to Sony Classical
The ensemble’s first album with the label is due out in July
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NewsViolist James Durrant has died
In a career spanning more than six decades, this doyen of British violists played with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the Scottish National Orchestra and taught many of today’s eminent viola players
