All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 519
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NewsVital Sounds Initiative announces grants for digital hospital concerts
The initiative from Project: Music Heals Us will offer over $30,000 to arts organisations and ensembles to facilitate concerts for hospitalised patients across the US
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NewsMonteverdi Choir & Orchestras move to St Martin-in-the-Fields
The central London church and venue will be the new base for the ensembles, with founder and artistic director of the Monteverdi ensembles Sir John Eliot Gardiner to conduct three concerts in first season
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NewsYo-Yo Ma receives Praemium Imperiale award
The cellist receives the award in recognition of his achievements as an artist, his international impact on the arts and for his role in enriching the global community
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VideoViolinist to Violinist: Tasmin Little and Mathilde Milwidsky
The two violinists chat candidly about all things to do with violin - including education, repertoire and career choices
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FocusHansheinz Schneeberger: violinist and composer
Violinist Hansheinz Schneeberger was known for premiering Bartók’s Violin Concerto No.1. Here, Dmitry Smirnov writes about uncovering the late violinist’s solo violin sonata while sorting through Schneeberger’s personal archives
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Premium ❘ FeatureProject Lutherie: Euclidean geometry and digital instrument design
A decade ago, François Denis’s Traité de Lutherie showed how the old Italians used Euclidean geometry to design their instruments. Now a computer program based on these principles allows luthiers to construct and adapt patterns quickly and easily. Its creator, Harry Mairson, explains the genesis of Digital Amati, in this ...
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #12: Maxim Vengerov on Ravel
’For every nuance that Ravel wrote, one must really be attentive to the score’
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NewsViolinist and composer Elektra Kurtis has died
An influential member of the New York jazz scene, the US-Greek musician had been battling with brain cancer for four years
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VideoAlisa Weilerstein performs at Wigmore Hall
The cellist performs a solo programme of Golijov as well as the second and third Bach suites
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FocusUsing ‘Digital Amati’ in violin making
In this extract from September 2017, Harry Mairson introduces the ’Digital Amati’ software used in conjunction with Euclidean geometry to design string instruments
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FocusJoy, warmth and humour: Natalie Clein on Haydn Cello Concerto in D major
In this extract from the September 2021 Masterclass, cellist Natalie Clein guides players through the opening of Haydn’s virtuosic work
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VideoAlma Deutscher performs Schubert’s Ständchen
16 year old Deutscher performs the work with a familiar looking ‘friend’ on piano
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FocusReplacing shifts with a stretch: Daniil Shafran’s left-hand technique
Oskar Falta examines Soviet cellist Daniil Shafran’s unique left-hand technique and vibrato in this extract from the September 2021 issue
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VideoSolem Quartet play Kate Bush’s ‘And Dream of Sheep’
In this exclusive premiere, the Solem Quartet play an atmospheric arrangement of Kate Bush’s song, reworked by violinist William Newell
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NewsJazz bassist George Mraz has died
The first-call bassist for artists such as Tommy Flanagan, Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie died at the age of 77
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VideoMatt Haimovitz performs Ligeti Solo Sonata for Cello
The cellist shares his insights on this work in the September 2021 issue. Watch some vintage footage from 2007 of Haimovitz performing the second movement of the sonata
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NewsNigel Kennedy pulls out of Royal Albert Hall concert, citing ‘musical segregation’
The violinist claims Classic FM denied him the opportunity to perform a Jimi Hendrix tribute, seen as ‘not suitable’ for the radio station’s audience
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NewsCello semi-finalists announced for the Geneva International Music Competition
Eight cellists have been selected from an online recital round to continue to the next stage
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NewsMerz Trio win 2021 Naumburg Chamber Music Competition
The prizewinning trio have scooped first prize which includes $15,000 and an exclusive New York recital
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VideoViolin disaster! Can this violin be fixed?
Watch as luthier Olaf Grawert attempts to repair a violin with extensive bottom block damage
