All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 542
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VideoWhich violin is more expensive? TwoSet Violin blind test fine instruments
Brett and Eddy delve into an enlightening, confusing and sometimes deceptive session of comparing fine and elite violins from the Rin Collection
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Focus10 tips for learning and teaching sightreading
Advice from The Strad’s archive on how to improve sightreading and reminders of its crucial place in any good musician’s skillset
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FocusMy experience: Sinethemba Ngiba – Arco violinist
The 21-year-old violinist shares her experience of long-distance string tuition as part of the Arco project
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NewsViolinist Roger Stimson has died
The British orchestral and chamber musician was 73 years of age
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VideoVideo premiere: String trio Toechter with ‘Charms’
The Strad premieres the new single by the experimental string group from their upcoming album ‘Zephyr’
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FocusMy experience: LiLa at the Verbier Festival
Chinese cellist LiLa shares fond memories of her time at the Verbier Festival, as well as how it enabled her to meet the instrument of her dreams, a c.1690 Grancino cello
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NewsCello student fatally shot near SUNY Potsdam campus
21-year-old Elizabeth Howells was killed in upstate New York on Friday. A 31-year-old man has been arrested and charged with murder
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FocusMy experience: Njabulo Nxumalo – Arco double bassist
The double bassist shares experiences of his initial violin lessons with the Arco project, plus how the initiative has shaped his musical life
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NewsViolinists Anna Agafia and Mairéad Hickey win Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad prizes
Anna Agafia will record her debut CD as part of the Thierry Scherz Prize, while Hickey enjoys a cash prize for her interpretation of a contemporary work
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FeatureHow to help music students with sightreading
If your students only brush up their sightreading at exam time, they're missing out on an important part of music making
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BlogsFake it ’til you make it: The art of orchestral faking
Cellist and online editor Davina Shum has spent countless hours in orchestra choosing what to play and what to pretend to play. Here she illustrates the necessary skill that can only be described as molto fake-issimo
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News2022 Queen Elisabeth Cello Competition announced
The competition’s first cello edition since 2017 will take place in May and June this year, with 68 initial candidates performing for the chance to win the top prize of €25,000
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BlogsHow I write for strings: Composer Dani Howard
Composer Dani Howard shares how her roots as a cellist inform her latest compositions for strings
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NewsD’Addario Foundation launches fund for music education in Black communities
The Bridge Fund is a new initiative focused specifically on bridging the gap between access to music education and the Black community
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Focus‘The most perfect music ever written’: Violinist Leonidas Kavakos on recording Bach’s Solo Sonatas and Partitas
’Bach’s music is a reflection of life, and life is not always serious – there is also humour and dancing, and uplifting moods to counter the darker ones.’
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #34: Maria Ioudenitch on her competition success
The winner of both the Tibor Varga and Joseph Joachim International Violin Competitions in 2021 reflects on a successful year
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NewsViolinist, composer and conductor Jaakko Kuusisto has died
The older brother of Pekka Kuusisto succumbed to a brain tumour, aged 48
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VideoViolin and Marimba duo perform ‘Komorebi’ by Salina Fisher
The ViMaDeAn Duo aim to bring awareness to environmental issues through video projects
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Blogs‘Hello you beautiful thing’: Hogarthian analysis in string playing
Violinist Hector Scott illustrates how employing Hogarthian principles of grace and beauty can help musicians explore physical and musical gestures from different perspectives
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NewsNew €20,000 bursary to support Royal Irish Academy of Music students
The Blackwater Valley Opera Festival and the Royal Irish Academy of Music Next Generation Awards will select one instrumentalist and one vocalist to receive funds to support their postgraduate musical studies
