All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 548
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NewsTrio scoop chamber music victory with all-female programme
The Félicité Piano Trio won the Leamington Music Prize on 21 March
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BlogsThe show must go on: post-performance glow starts at the very beginning
In the first of a four-part blog series, practice and performance consultant Adam Hockman shares tips for non-musical preparation that can help determine the success of your performance
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Video‘It hypes you up in the wrong way’: violinists on what not to do before a performance
Violinists Tasmin Little and Jennifer Pike share strategies on how to keep composure before a performance
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NewsUkrainian musicians perform concert in Kharkiv subway shelter
A poignant display of music-making in the face of adversity, held underground in one of Ukraine’s hardest-hit cities
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #39: Kronos Quartet’s David Harrington on musical activism
’I didn’t have a choice, I had to play that piece’ - Kronos Quartet’s founding violinist on using music to speak out against injustice, as well as giving a voice to the voiceless
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Focus‘A lower saddle, a Classical-style tailpiece and bridge, a tailgut and gut strings’
Violinist Rachel Podger and pianist Christopher Glynn share their thoughts on playing Beethoven Violin Sonatas with a period set-up in their latest recording
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VideoHilary Hahn performs Largo from Bach’s Solo Violin Sonata no. 3
Check out the violinist’s encore following a performance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in December 2021
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FocusThe Doric Quartet on switching to Classical bows
In this extract from their cover story in the August 2018 issue of The Strad, the British quartet discusses how a recent experiment with Classical bows has taken the players’ musicianship to new heights. Interview by Toby Deller
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FocusWhat to do if your violin pegs keep slipping or sticking
Korinthia Klein presents a simple player’s guide to violin maintenance, without encroaching on luthiers’ territory
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News12 violinists progress to second round of Carl Nielsen Violin Competition
The Carl Nielsen International Competition is well underway in Odense, Denmark, with competitions taking place in violin, flute and clarinet disciplines
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VideoA collaboration between strangers: new video ‘Awning’
A short film shot in California about a contemplative woman who finds composure in music among wide expanses of nature.
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FocusMy experience: John Wright, Newark School of Violin Making
Luthier John Wright recalls his transition from violin playing to making, as well as how his time at the Newark School of Violin Making empowered him to stand up to a fear of failure in order to seek improvement
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NewsPrizes awarded at the 2022 International JM Sperger Competition for double bass
In a final round celebrating concertos by composer and double bassist Johannes Sperger, Spanish bassist David Santos Luque took home the top prize on Sunday
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NewsMusic charities partner up to launch mental health month for early career musicians
YCAT, the MU, Help Musicians and BAPAM have worked together to provide awareness of mental health resources for musicians.
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NewsViolinist Jennifer Koh wins a Grammy
The Korean-American violinist won the award for Best Instrumental Solo for her recording Alone Together at the ceremony on Sunday night.
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NewsSemi-finalists announced for Carl Nielsen Violin Competition
Six violinists will progress to perform a Mozart concerto on Wednesday 6 April in Odense
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BlogsMy experience: Katharina Jacob, Royal Conservatoire The Hague
An initial indecision between Classical and Baroque playing eventually led to fruitful and versatile studies for the cellist
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VideoViolinist Mikhail Pochekin and Anna Fedorova play Tchaikovsky for Ukraine
A performance of ‘Meditation’ from a benefit concert in March
