All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 537
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NewsViolinist and live painter win Goodmesh Concours
The partnership between violinist Charlotte Spruit and painter Jérémie Queyras won first prize at the competition that celebrates interdisciplinary collaboration
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NewsPhoto gallery: Violin made from salvaged floorboards of Shackleton’s former home
Edinburgh-based luthier Steve Burnett crafted the violin, marking the centenary of the legendary explorer’s death
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FocusWhat is true violin legato?
In an exclusive video premiere, violinist Daniel Kurganov examines the art of legato and what violinists can learn from singers
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NewsString Quartet Biennale Amsterdam cancelled, with call to donate ticket proceeds to artists
The festival, which was due to be held 29 January until 5 February 2022, will not continue due to Covid-19 restrictions upheld in the Netherlands
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NewsNew first violinist for Vega Quartet
Emily Daggett Smith joins the resident ensemble at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #28: Alexandra Conunova on losing her Guadagnini violin
Conunova’s violin was seized by customs officials at Chișinău airport in October 2021. She shares what happened on that day, as well as how she finally managed to get the instrument back after two months
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NewsSingapore International Violin Competition postponed
Originally due to be held this month, the competition will now occur in December 2022
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NewsYCAT 2022 applications now open
Audition applications are now open until 9 March 2022, with the chance to be selected for career management including a new partnership with Concerts Guild New York
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FocusThree copies of Stradivari’s ‘Titian’ violin
In this extract from the January 2022 issue, Jesús Alejandro Torres introduces a study in which three copies of Stradivari’s ‘Titian’ violin were made from wood of different densities
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VideoYo-Yo Ma performs the Bourrées from Bach Cello Suite no.3
This rendition may be different from your grade 7 student’s version…
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NewsSalzburg Mozart Week cancelled
The festival is yet another casualty of the rising number of Covid cases in Europe
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VideoOrchestra of the Swan perform 'Dives and Lazarus'
A sneak peek into the orchestra’s livestream performance on 17 January
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FocusThe Power of a Performance Psychologist
What can musicians learn from sports and ballet psychology? Violinist Emma Baird speaks to performance psychologist Britt Tajet-Foxell, with further accounts from cellist Matthew Barley and violinist Ksenia Berezina
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FocusFour insights on the Prelude from Bach’s Cello Suite no.1 in G major
Have a read of what two cellists and two violists think about ‘that famous cello song’
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VideoThe violin made from indigenous African tonewoods
Listen to the violin made from Knysna Blackwood and Hardpear
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NewsViolinist Edmund Reid has died
The Jamaican-born violinist, who broke down racial barriers to lead numerous UK orchestras, died in December 2021 aged 85
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Focus‘A feeling of waves and lightness’ - Francesca Dego on performing Mozart Violin Concerto no.4
Violinist Francesca Dego guides us through the finale to Mozart’s Violin Concerto no.4, illustrating how working with an orchestra can help maintain ‘the big picture’
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VideoHenning Kraggerud performs Mozart Violin Concerto no.4
Kraggerud directs the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra in this performance from 2015
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VideoViolinist Cristian de Sá performs Ravel’s Tzigane
Violinist Cristian de Sá performs the final section of Ravel’s Tzigane in this concert recorded live from November 2021. He performs with the Gulbenkian Orchestra under the baton of Lina González-Granados at the Grande Auditório of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, London, he ...
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NewsJuilliard Quartet violist Roger Tapping has died
The British viola player and prolific chamber musician succumbed to cancer on 18 January 2022, aged 61
