All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 522
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Focus3 simple trill exercises for players and teachers
Professor of viola and chair of strings at Texas Christian University Misha Galaganov offers technical advice on how to play and teach trills
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FocusViolinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Fazil Say perform Bartok: Three Romanian Folk Dances
Check out this recent performance that will make you wish you could play artificial harmonics with such dexterity
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NewsViolist Mildred Perlow has died aged 99
The violist was dismissed from the New York Philharmonic in 1946 to make way for returning servicemen after the Second World War
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NewsCleveland Orchestra receives $50 million grant
The largest donation ever given to a major symphony orchestra was given by the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation
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FocusDiscovering the composition of historical varnishes
In this extract from the October 2021 issue, Balthazar Soulier, Stefan Zumbühl and Christophe Zindel introduce their study of minerals historical varnishes
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NewsI’M IN: New diversity audit tool launched
Music Masters has launched a tool to help music organisations dismantle racism, encourage organisational accountability and drive systemic change within the music sector
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VideoAugustin Hadelich performs Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson ‘Louisiana Blues Strut’
Kicking off Black History Month, enjoy this performance filmed live at Bravo! Vail festival in Vail, Colorado in July 2021
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NewsSemi-finalists selected for Joseph Joachim Violin Competition
Eight violinists will progress to the semi-finals consisting of chamber music, ensemble leading and a self-curated recital
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NewsNo 1st prize awarded at Oskar Nedbal Viola Competition
Two 2nd prizes and a 3rd prize were awarded to contestants from Sweden, Poland and China
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NewsMaría Dueñas wins Grand Prize at Viktor Tretyakov Violin Competition
The seemingly unstoppable Spanish-Austrian 18-year-old violinist has another competition victory under her belt
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NewsViolinist Raymond Gniewek has died aged 89
The American violinist was the youngest appointed concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in 1957
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FocusReturning to playing after a break: top string teachers share their tips
For those who have picked up their instruments after a hiatus and thought, ‘What on earth is this?!’ - five string teachers from around the UK share exercises for both hands, posture, listening and performance
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NewsPrizes awarded at Windsor Festival International String Competition
17-year-old Latvian violinist Daniil Bulayev won 1st prize of £5000, a recording deal and future concerto and recital engagements
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Focus‘Nature is in charge here’ - A festival among the moors
Violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen shares how the wild nature of Dartmoor and Exmoor has inspired the Two Moors Festival
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NewsCellists Abel Selaocoe and Yo-Yo Ma to take part in Desmond Tutu’s peace lecture
The 11th Annual Peace Lecture will take place online on 7 October, celebrating Tutu’s 90th birthday
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FocusPinchas Zukerman and Zubin Mehta remember Jacqueline du Pré
The violist and double bassist of Christopher Nupen’s iconic film ‘The Trout’ reminisce about playing chamber music with du Pré
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Premium ❘ FeatureA fresh look at Sacconi’s varnish research
Simone Sacconi’s ideas about Stradivari’s varnish relied as much on hypothesis as hard evidence, and led to recipes that were largely impractical. But as Koen Padding explains in this feature from July 2011, Sacconi’s concept stacks up well against the latest scientific analysis
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FocusTrills and embellishments: exercises from Wilhelmj and Brown’s A Modern School for Violin
Violist Misha Galaganov recommends exercises from August Wilhelmj and James Brown’s out-of-print A Modern School for Violin, to accompany his Technique article in the October 2021 issue
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FocusJacqueline du Pré’s pedagogical background
The legendary cellist counted William Pleeth, Pablo Casals, Paul Tortelier and Mstislav Rostropovich as her teachers, illustrated by Julian Haylock in the June 2016 issue
