All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 518
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VideoFlow My Tears - John Aram featuring cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Listen to John Dowland’s 16th-century song blended with 21st-century beats, electronics and cello
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Blogs‘Music and Mozart have been life savers’ - The Engegård Quartet
Violist of the Engegård Quartet Juliet Jopling shares how the indomitable spirit of Mozart’s string quartet music has helped the ensemble through difficult times
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NewsLPO begins two-year digital residency with Marquee TV
Live-filmed digital concerts will be free for a limited period, featuring many stars of the string playing world
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FocusUsing Artificial Intelligence in violin making
In the September 2021 issue, Sebastian Gonzalez investigates artificial intelligence (AI) software to examine violin forms
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FocusBringing the Suzuki Method to the UK
In the 1960s and 70s, the Suzuki Method was already making waves around the world. Caroline Heslop writes about Helen Brunner’s challenge to bring the teaching method to the UK, in this extract from September 2000.
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NewsMU and The Ivors Academy call for support for shielding musicians
Joint research by the Musicians’ Union and The Ivors Academy has revealed that 70% of musicians, songwriters and composers who are still shielding in the UK are facing financial hardship because of their continued need to shield.
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NewsGuildhall School of Music & Drama granted £637,000 of Leverhulme Arts Scholarships
The funds will go towards supporting undergraduate and postgraduate musicians, as well as children and young people under 18
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Premium ❘ FeatureBetween the Baroque and modern age: Vuillaume’s ‘Messiah’ Strad
Stefan-Peter Greiner examines Vuillaume’s unorthodox method of fastening and extending the neck in his copy of the ‘Messiah’ Strad. From November 1996
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Premium ❘ FeatureLong read: Playing Baroque and Classical
Current trends encourage stylistically informed performances of Baroque and Classical music, but how does an uninitiated player get started? Pauline Nobes offers some advice in this feature from September 2003
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NewsViolin prizes awarded at the ARD International Music Competition
Japanese violinist Seiji Okamoto won first prize in the violin category final held on Sunday 12 September
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NewsCharges dropped against Paris cello teacher, but dismissed for one year
Former sexual misconduct charges against Jérôme Pernoo have been dropped by the Paris National Conservatory of Music and Dance, yet Pernoo has been dismissed for one year for additional reasons
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NewsEvansville Philharmonic Orchestra appoints new concertmaster
Dr. Jia-Rong Gan starts her new role for the 2021-22 season
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VideoEight Malin Bromans perform ‘A Room of One’s Own’ by Britta Byström
The multi-talented concertmaster of the Swedish Radio Symphony plays a new piece based on the work by Virginia Woolf
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Focus5 simple exercises to use when teaching young children
Suzuki teacher Edward Kreitman shares important musicality exercises to incorporate into lessons with young beginners, in this extract from the September 2021 issue
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NewsPrizes awarded at CullerArts 3rd International Violin Competition
US-Spanish violinist Alexis Hatch won first prize with a performance of Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
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Premium ❘ FeatureImaging technology: Learning the finer points
Researchers have used particle-accelerator technology to unlock a Guadagnini’s tiniest secrets. Trieste-based imaging specialist Franco Zanini explains how, in this lutherie feature from January 2012
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FocusHow to practise a piece – 3 stages of learning
Junior Guildhall violin professor Ivo Stankov continues his series on how to practise efficiently and effectively with tips on approaching new pieces
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VideoTwoSet Violin perform Dvořák ‘American’ Quartet on fractional instruments
’Trills are impossible, because you’re trilling like, a tone apart, at least’
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FocusShinichi Suzuki’s international acclaim
Casals, Galamian and Menuhin are just a few great string players who have expressed their admiration for the violin pedagogue, as illustrated by William Starr
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VideoShinichi Suzuki group lesson
Watch old footage of the violin pedagogue guiding young students through Allegro and The Two Grenadiers
