All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 557
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NewsViolist Carl St Jacques has died
The American violist passed away following a battle with lung cancer, aged 42
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News1714 ‘da Vinci, ex-Seidel’ Stradivari violin sells for $15.34m
The sale of the violin heard on the soundtrack to The Wizard of Oz constitutes the second-highest amount ever paid for a Stradivari violin at auction
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Focus‘Don’t take yourself too seriously, but take what you do seriously’: Johannes Moser answers your questions
Cellist Johannes Moser shares his expertise on performance, life as a busy musician, plus his favourite concert to date
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Blogs‘Paganini’s Caprices can actually be fun!’: Violinist Fenella Humphreys
The violinist illustrates her love of Paganini’s 24th Caprice with why she commissioned twelve composers to write a new variation on the theme
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NewsSingapore Symphony appoints 15-year-old violinist as artist-in-residence
Singaporean violin prodigy Chloe Chua will begin her new role next month for the orchestra’s 2022/23 season
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NewsViolinist Chloé Kiffer joins University of North Texas faculty
The French violinist will begin her role for the new academic year in the autumn
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NewsNew concertmaster for Brussels National Opera
Violinist Sylvia Huang leaves the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra for La Monnaie De Munt
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FocusThe harmonious string quartet - a balance of four personality types
No one said that living in a quartet was easy - but the most successful groups develop a unique identity that survives vitriolic relationships and even personnel changes, writes Paul Robertson. From 2005
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Video‘It’s a piece which unites the piano with strings in the most intimate way’
Insights from members of the Pavel Haas Quartet, pianist Boris Giltburg and violist Pavel Nikl on Brahms’s chamber works
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NewsViolinist Catherine Mackintosh to receive lifetime achievement award
The early music specialist will receive the honour at the York Early Music Festival in July
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NewsViolist Yuri Bashmet receives honour from Putin
Bashmet received the title of Hero of Labour from the Russian president on 12 June
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VideoStrauss Metamorphosen for String Septet: ChamberFest Cleveland
From the 2016 ChamberFest Cleveland, this video features a group led by Noah Bendix-Balgley performing the septet version of Strauss’s Metamorphosen.
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Blogs‘Full of golden sounds’: Andrew Bernardi’s top 5 string pieces from Sussex
The violinist and founder of the Bernardi Music Group shares his favourite pieces that have originated or taken inspiration from the English counties of Sussex
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BlogsViolinist Fedor Rudin on performing and directing post-Classical concertos from the violin
How does one conduct violin concertos by Prokofiev, Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Khachaturian - and play the solo part as well? French-Russian violinist Fedor Rudin shares his approach
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BlogsString ensemble skills are life skills – not to mention professional imperatives
Damian Iorio, violinist, conductor and music director of the UK-based National Youth String Orchestra, writes about the importance of ensemble skills. From 2018
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Focus10 essential pieces for string orchestra
As Endellion Quartet violinist Andrew Watkinson prepares to lead the Guildhall String Ensemble, he tells us his favourite works for strings – and we put them in a convenient playlist. From 2019
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #49: Zina Schiff and Avlana Eisenberg on mother and daughter collaboration
The violin/conductor mother and daughter team speak about working together on their new album of works by William Grant Still
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NewsReturned: stolen Gagliano violin in Chicago
MingHuan Xu’s 1758 Nicolò Gagliano violin, plus two other instruments, had been missing since 11 May
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NewsCompetitors announced for the Fritz Kreisler International Violin Competition
The 10th Fritz Kreisler International Violin Competition has released the names of the 50 participants taking part this September
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NewsDaPonte Quartet members rehired, board resigns
After termination of their salaried positions on 10 May, the members of the DaPonte Quartet have been reinstated and will work with the newly-formed DaPonte String Quartet Foundation
