All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 544
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NewsBeyoncé’s violinist launches foundation to bring classical music to underserved children
Ezinma’s new initiative Strings By Heart aims to bring more diversity, access and inclusion to the classical music world through music education programmes
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VideoSydney Suzuki students play in solidarity for Ukraine
The string ensemble performs the traditional Catalan ‘Song of the birds’
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News‘Concert for Peace’ to be held at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam
A benefit performance to raise funds for Ukrainian victims of the Russian invasion will be held on Sunday 6 March
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VideoPlay for peace: ‘Dedication’ by Fedorov
‘This is a message of peace and a call to stop the war’
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Focus‘You are forced to listen when there is no conductor’
Jacqueline Vanasse examines how performing without a conductor encourages individual players to listen and take responsibility, in this extract from the March 2022 issue
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FocusDeveloping arm, wrist and finger vibrato
Rok Klopčič takes a look at different types of vibrato through the eyes of the great teachers and players - from the June 2003 issue
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NewsSwapping bows for rifles: Ukrainian musicians return home to fight
Three Ukrainian members of the Seoul Pops Orchestra have left South Korea to fight for their homeland, with the ensemble organising a benefit concert to support the musicians
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NewsTrafalgar Square flashmob performs in solidarity with Ukraine
Over 200 musicians participated in the event held on Sunday afternoon, including star violinist Jennifer Pike
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Focus‘Slightly grotesque but always so full of colour’- Laura van der Heijden on her latest recording
Cellist Laura van der Heijden speaks to Tom Stewart about her latest recording of Czech and Hungarian music
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NewsUkrainian violinist performs in a bomb shelter
Vera Lytovchenko aims to provide a moment of solace for refugees sheltering from constant shelling in Ukraine
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VideoCaroline Shaw’s ‘And the swallow’
United Strings of Europe perform Julian Azkoul’s arrangement of Shaw’s vocal score inspired by refugee and humanitarian crises
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FocusMusical groundbreakers: Ševčík’s female pupils
At the beginning of the 20th century, a small number of female violinists became internationally renowned. Linking the members of this intrepid group was the famous Czech string teacher Otakar Ševčík, as Rosalind Ventris discovers
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Blogs‘Classical music is full of women, but policy and decision-making positions are still male dominated’: working mothers in music
On International Women’s Day, violinist Gwendolyn Masin examines the struggles faced by working mothers, calling for collective empathy and support within the industry and beyond
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NewsContestants selected for the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition
Out of a record number of 240 applicants, 49 young violinists from 16 countries have been selected to participate in the competition held in Helsinki, Finland in late May
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News‘We cannot stand idly by’: teenage Juilliard students to perform benefit concert for Ukraine
The students will perform as Harmony for Healing, raising funds for medical and humanitarian aid in Ukraine, on Saturday 12 March
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News‘Everyone has to do something’: Yo-Yo Ma performs outside Russian embassy
The legendary cellist performed a musical protest on Monday afternoon before a performance for Washington Performing Arts at the Kennedy Center
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Video94 violinists play in harmony with sheltering Ukrainians
Violinists from over 25 countries join musicians sheltering in Ukraine, playing the folk song ’Verbovaya Doschechka’
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BlogsMusic for Life: enhancing music education in the Dominican Republic
Violinist Aisha Syed Castro illustrates how blessings in her musical education inspired her to create the Music for Life Foundation, helping her give back to the community in her home country of the Dominican Republic
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #36: Coco Tomita on forging a solo career during the pandemic
The young violinist shares her experiences of the last two years, as well as the time she was lucky enough to play on a Stradivari violin
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NewsViolinist Philippe Quint signs with Wittenberg Artists
Champion of neglected works and new ways to programme music, Quint joins Wittenberg’s roster for worldwide general management
