All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 536
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Focus‘Great playing starts at the feet’
Alexander Technique specialist Alun Thomas uses a case study to illustrate how performance success stems from a grounding awareness of one’s feet
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VideoBerlin Philharmonic cellists perform ‘Jingle Bells’
Do they get a doubling fee for playing the bells too?
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FocusPlaying with a relaxed fourth finger by violinist Ros Stephen
Ros Stephen, author of the Oxford University Press Globetrotters series and Violinworks method books, gives exercises and advice to help string players reach fourth finger notes without straining
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BlogsPizzicato technique is often neglected, says violinist Jennifer Pike
There are many ways to vary sound and colour, but beware the perils of playing forte for sustained periods. From 2014
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NewsViolinist Janet Sung appointed artistic director of Meadowmount School of Music
The violinist, who enjoys and international performing and teaching career, started her new role on 15 December 2021
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News9th Mittenwald International Violin Making Competition to be postponed
Originally to be held in June 2022, the competition will now be held from 28 October until 13 November 2022
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VideoPrague Cello Quartet perform ‘I Dreamed a Dream’
A lush arrangement of the classic song from the musical Les Misérables
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NewsViolinist András Ágoston has died
The violinist was the former concertmaster of Philharmonia Hungarica, an orchestra of refugees during the Soviet era
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NewsCellist Friederike Fechner awarded German Federal Cross of Merit
The German cellist receives the award for her efforts in tracing the history of a Jewish family that resided in her building until the onset of the Holocaust
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #27: Kian Soltani on Shostakovich Cello Concerto no.1
’You’ve got to be in shape to play this piece. You have to have the courage to not give everything right away’
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NewsTrepidation as music classes could be ‘suspended’ in English schools
An Ofqual proposal suggests specialist subjects such as music could be sacrificed due to the rising number of Covid-19 related staff absences
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NewsFundraiser for cellist left homeless after house fire
Donations will go towards the unexpected costs encountered by London-based cellist Yurie Lee and her family following the incident in December
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BlogsShould Scale Systems Come With A Health Warning?
Violinist Hector Scott examines how players can use scales to exercise curiosity and exploration of musical expressivity, as opposed to excessive, grinding, repetitive practice
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FocusHappy birthday, Janine Jansen!
7 January is the birthday of the acclaimed Dutch violinist, who featured as The Strad’s October 2021 cover star
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NewsCellist Gautier Capuçon to help emerging artists with new foundation
The Fondation Gautier Capuçon will help young performing musicians on the brink of a professional career
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NewsBassist Ulrich Wolff retires from Berlin Philharmonic
The double bassist played his final concert with the orchestra on 30 December 2021 after 44 years of service
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NewsBordeaux International String Quartet Competition announces new registration deadline
Prospective competitors now have until 4 February to apply for this year’s competition
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NewsViolinist Emily Sun signs with Percius
The Australian violinist joins the roster of Percius for international management
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FocusThe final five bars of the Prelude from Bach’s Cello Suite in D minor
Mats Lidström, the Leo Stern Professor of Cello at London’s Royal Academy of Music, examines the curious and sudden omission of rhythm and flow in the final five bars of Bach’s Prelude in D minor for solo cello, in this extract from the January 2022 issue
