All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 538
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FocusMasterclass: Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider on Mozart Violin Concerto no.5
The simplicity and purity of the master’s violin concertos belie their great technical and musical demands. Violinist Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider delves beneath the surface, in this article from August 2006
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Focus‘You’ve got to think outside the box to rise above the parapet’ - Young musicians making a career during the time of Covid
In this extract from the January 2022 issue, Charlotte Gardner speaks to representatives from the City Music Foundation and Young Artists Classical Trust about how young artists can emerge from the pandemic successfully
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #29: Julia Fischer on Mozart Violin Concertos
‘I played the first movement of the G major concerto in the Philharmonie in Munich when I was eight’
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NewsViolin maker Jacek Wesołowski has died
Luthier Andrew Fairfax pays tribute to his friend and colleague, who died in October 2021 aged 43
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FocusPlayer profile: Cellist Sifiso Mbatha
Cellist Sifiso Mbatha is a student of the ARCO Project, a long distance online teaching collaboration between the UK and South Africa. Read about how his involvement with the ARCO Project enabled his journey from Soweto, South Africa, to receiving a full scholarship at the Royal Northern College of Music
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VideoChloe Chua plays Mozart Violin Concerto no.2, aged 13
A mid-pandemic performance to an empty hall shan’t deter a lively performance
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NewsAnn Spurbeck, Memphis violinist for Elvis and Isaac Hayes, has died
The Memphis Symphony Orchestra member and prominent session musician passed away aged 84
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Focus‘Minimalistic music is composed in a minimalist way, but I want to get the maximum out of this’
Toby Deller speaks to the LGT Young Soloists artistic director Alexander Gilman about recording Philip Glass’s brand new Symphony no.14 ’Liechtenstein’, in this extract from the January 2022 issue
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VideoViolinist Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider performs Mozart Violin Concerto no.5
Continuing our theme of exploring the Mozart Violin Concertos, here’s a throwback to 2006, the year in which Szeps-Znaider provided a masterclass on the first movement for The Strad
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FocusecoRosin by Leatherwood Bespoke Rosin
ecoRosin strives to leave a zero footprint on our planet whilst offering string players premium rosin recipes for colourful music making
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Focus‘A Baroque composer living in the 21st century’ - Steven Isserlis on recording British Solo Cello Music
In this extract from the January 2022 issue, cellist Steven Isserlis speaks about recording works by British composers, who are all linked by a shared respect for the past
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Focus‘Take it, make it work and don’t hurt yourself’ - tips for small framed violists
Viola professor at Juilliard and Curtis Institute of Music Hsin-Yun Huang offers practical tips for petite musicians and teachers to avoid unnecessary pain and over-exertion
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FocusMasterclass: Maxim Vengerov on Mozart Sinfonia Concertante K364
This masterwork is often treated as a party piece, but there is much more to it than that. Understanding harmony, history and opera is vital in performing it, says Maxim Vengerov, in this article from February 2007
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FocusMy experience: Anna Agafia at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel
Danish violinist Anna Agafia describes her experience as an artist in residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Waterloo, Belgium
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NewsBenslow Music Instrument Loan Scheme celebrates new home
President of the Benslow Music Trust Judith Weir CBE officially opened The Aston Building, celebrating the loan scheme’s 90th anniversary
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NewsRPS to host free open rehearsal with Solem Quartet
The event on 9 February will illustrate the inner workings of a string quartet, with an invitation to observe Bartók String Quartet no.1
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #30: Sean Lee on performing Paganini Caprices
’It’s sort of like going to the gym: you show up, you do your workout, you recover and you come back a bit stronger’
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NewsDouble bass wrecked on Southwest Airlines flight
Kaden Henderson received his bass with the neck snapped off following a flight from Denver to Milwaukee
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FocusMy experience: Willard Carter at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival and Academy
British cellist Willard Carter recounts his time at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival in Switzerland
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VideoViolin engulfed by Reishi mushroom in one-year timelapse
A Strad video premiere of Sven Helbig’s track ‘Metamorphosis’
