All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 504
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NewsViolinist Arkadij Vinokurow dies aged 72
The Ukrainian musician and professor worked in Austria for the last three decades of his life
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NewsPinchas Zukerman apologises for ‘culturally insensitive’ masterclass
The violinist’s masterclass at Friday’s Starling-DeLay symposium was withheld due to racially insensitive comments
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VideoAnne Akiko Meyers leads the Angels Ensemble of California aged 11 in 1981
In this clip from the Johnny Carson Show, broadcast on 26 November 1981, the then-11-year-old Anne Akiko Meyers leads the Angels Ensemble of California. Watch Portrait of Anne Akiko Meyers aged 12 in 1983 Read Sentimental Work: Anne Akiko Meyers on traditional Japanese songs
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FocusTechnique: Crawl, walk, run
Bass player Danny Ziemann illustrates how to build an improvised solo line from a simple bass accompaniment
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VideoPatricia Kopatchinskaja and Sol Gabetta perform Ravel
Fasten your seatbelts for Ravel’s Sonata for violin and cello, fourth movement
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NewsNew study reveals the wood treatments used by Stradivari, Amati and Guarneri
The report reveals how the luthiers changed the molecular structure of the spruce used for instrument tops
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NewsViolin prodigy Leia Zhu to perform at free BMW Classics concert in Trafalgar Square
The 14-year-old will perform with the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle
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VideoAlban Gerhardt offers tips on Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto no.2
’All you can do is pray and breathe…maybe practise also a little’
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FeatureFrom the Archive: String players should concentrate equally on the right and left hands
Performers often concentrate their attention on the dexterity of the left hand to detriment of the right hand and bowing arm. Louis Kievman advocates a healthy balance. Taken from the January 1986 issue
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NewsCellist John-Henry Crawford named as National Federation of Music Clubs Young Artist
The biennial award, worth $20,000, is given to unrepresented young artists ready for a concert career
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VideoLivestream: Lisa Batiashvili performs Sibelius Violin Concerto for Audi Summer Concerts
The performance with Accademia di Santa Cecilia conducted by Antonio Pappano takes place on Friday 2 July 2021 at 8.30pm CEST / 7.30pm BST
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #1: Lisa Batiashvili on the Sibelius Violin Concerto
Lisa Batiashvili shares her insights on the piece, as well as advice to violinists learning the work
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FocusHow can I play jazz bowings on the violin?
Do you sound uninspired when you try alternative styles? How should you interpret the printed notes? Julie Lyonn Lieberman reads between the lines to bring life to your right hand
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ArticleMasterclass: Using classical music in jazz improvisation
John Goldsby, bassist with the WDR Big Band in Cologne, Germany, and author of Jazz Bowing Techniques for the Improving Bassist and the Jazz Bass Book. This article first appeared in the June 2010 issue
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BlogsI was living a left-hand dominated musical existence - Benjamin Baker
Violinist Benjamin Baker explains the importance of not becoming fixated on the left hand and how focusing on the bow arm replenished his creative juices
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Focus’I remember one festival promoter describing him to me as being “tough as old boots” – Julian Lloyd Webber on Marius May
Marius May, who died last year, led the generation of British cellists that emerged after Jacqueline du Pré. Here, cellist Julian Lloyd Webber remembers him
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ArticleMasterclass: Rock string technique
Emmy award-winning composer and electric violinist, Mark Wood, outlines some exercises to ease classically trained players into rock technique, and explains how experimenting with alternative styles can benefit your playing Taken from the July 2008 issue
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BlogsTop tips for putting the joy into practice
Violinist Maren Bosma offers seven helpful tips to make practice sessions fun, varied and productive
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VideoSchubert String Quartet no.14 in D minor ‘Death and the Maiden’ for bass quartet
Watch the Bassinova Quartet perform the first movement of Schubert’s work, recorded remotely from four separate continents
