All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 552
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NewsUkrainian exile orchestra to perform at Berlin Philharmonie
The Mriya Exile Orchestra, comprising of refugees and Ukrainian musicians, will perform a benefit concert on 10 May 2022
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NewsSaint Paul Chamber Orchestra names top string players as artistic partners
Cellist Abel Selaocoe and violist Tabea Zimmermann will make numerous appearances in the ensemble’s upcoming season
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NewsSan Francisco Conservatory acquires Pentatone record label
The acquisition will have mutual benefits between the organisations in an aim to change the face of music education and performance experiences in the future
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VideoNew video: Violinist Tomás Cotik performs Telemann: Fantasy No. 9 in B Minor
Ahead of the release of his album featuring Telemann’s 12 Fantasias for Solo Violin, violinist Tomás Cotik shares a video performance of no.9 in B minor.
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NewsViolinist Irène Duval and cellist Steven Isserlis to feature in Ukraine benefit concert
Appearing at St Peter’s Church, Belsize Park, the soloists will perform with the Whittington Festival Players under the baton of Andres Kaljuste at 7pm Wednesday 25 May
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Blogs‘When I am in tune, my body knows it’: playing with multisensory aphantasia
How do you tell a story with music when your mind cannot picture images? Violist and clinical telehealth therapist Neesa Sunar explains her tactile approach to music making
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GalleryPhoto gallery: Guy Johnston granted use of ‘Segelman’ Stradivari cello
Take a close-up look at a cello made during 1692, when Stradivari was 48 years old
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News2022 Sphinx MPower Artist Grant recipients announced
14 artists were selected to receive a total of $100,000 to address each recipient’s creative ambitions
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BlogsDefending the duet: the Cello and the Nightingale
Patricia Cleveland-Peck offers her rebuttal of recent claims that Beatrice Harrison’s historic 1924 duet with a nightingale was faked
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NewsNew principal viola for Kansas City Symphony
22-year-old violist Ming-Yu Hsu will begin her role in September
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NewsJuilliard Quartet announces new violist
The Juilliard Quartet celebrates its 75th anniversary with the appointment of Molly Carr as its new violist
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NewsString supplies needed for sheltering Ukrainian music students
A call for violin, viola and cello strings, shoulder rests, rosin and bow hair for music students aged 7-17 taking refuge in Lviv
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NewsViolinist, 25, killed in train accident
Daniel Guillen-Navarro, first violinist with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, has died in a train accident in Münchendorf
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NewsObituary: Tom Blackburn (1944-2022)
The London-based luthier and restorer ran Blackburn Stringed Instruments for more than 50 years
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VideoThe Essence of a Sound: luthier Hans Johannsson at TEDx Reykjavik
Icelandic violin maker Hans Johannsson gives a talk exploring ‘a fascinating juxtaposition of an age-old traditional craft on the one hand and the pursuit of science and technology on the other’, filmed at a TEDx event at the Tjarnarbíó theatre in Reykjavik on 4 November 2018. The listing for the ...
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #45: The New Zealand String Quartet on its 35th anniversary
‘Make sure the music is first and the ego last’ - words of advice from the long-standing ensemble
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VideoRinat Ibragimov performs Vanhal Concerto for Double Bass
In honour of Johann Baptist Vanhal’s birthday today, here’s a video performance of the work celebrated and played by bass players worldwide
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VideoFauré’s Élégie performed by six cellos
Amit Peled and Mount Vernon Virtuosi CelloGang perform an arrangement for cello choir
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NewsNew concertmaster for North Netherlands Orchestra
US-violinist Emi Ohi Resnick will begin the role on 1 August 2022
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NewsCarl Nielsen Competition winner to receive Usedom Music Prize
Estonian violinist Hans Christian Aavik will receive the €5000 prize at the Usedom Music Festival in September
