All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 562
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Blogs‘I love that I’ve been able to explore my heritage in this way’: Cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson
The multi-faceted cellist and composer shares how her Jamaican heritage influenced her piece Island Suite, commissioned by the Solem Quartet
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NewsJavus Quartet wins Hans Gál Prize
The Austrian ensemble will receive the award worth €10,000 at a ceremony on 8 December
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NewsProtean Quartet wins 2022 York Early Music International Artists Competition
The German quartet wins a recording deal, £1,000 cash prize, plus future career development opportunities
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NewsScottish violin maker Brian Rattray dies aged 83
The luthier ran a successful workshop in Colinton, on the outskirts of Edinburgh
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VideoThe most difficult cadenza: Philippe Hirschhorn performs the ‘Sauret’ Paganini cadenza
Check out this live footage of the violinist from 1967
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Blogs5 ways to engage teenage string students in learning and performing a piece of music
Violist with the Bath Festival Orchestra, Cameron Howe, shares his experiences of teaching teenagers as part of the orchestra’s outreach work
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FocusThe art of the violin slide: Exploring shifts in different musical styles
Julie Lyonn Lieberman describes how different slides can enhance your string playing, from oozing your way in the true blues style to the Klezmer 'bend'
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NewsTime For Three joins Opus 3 Artists
The trio joins the roster for North American representation
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NewsBaroque violinist Johannes Pramsohler awarded PhD for uncovering overlooked repertoire
Pramsohler receives his doctorate from the Royal Academy of Music for his research into overlooked French and English trio sonata repertoire
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Focus8 ways to teach cello students how to shift confidently
Top teachers speak to Laurinel Owen about their methods in The Strad’s September 2001 issue
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FeatureHow to shift correctly on the violin
What tips do the great pedagogues and players offer for getting around the instrument? Rok Klopčič looks at a fundamental aspect of playing: change of position. From August 2004
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NewsCellist Thomas Mesa to receive 2023 Sphinx Medal of Excellence
The cellist has been named as one of the three recipients awarded the honour recognising extraordinary Black and Latinx classical musicians
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VideoViola power: Tabea Zimmermann performs with Israel Philharmonic viola section
The violist joined forces with the section to perform Atur Mizchech as an encore
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #54: Timothy Chooi on playing Strads
The violinist has been lucky enough to play two Stradivari violins since 2015: the 1717 ’Windsor-Weinstein’ and the 1709 ‘Engelman’
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NewsStephen Upshaw joins Trinity Laban viola faculty
Upshaw will commence his role as professor of viola in September for the 2022-23 academic year
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Focus6 ways to improve shifting for string players
Advice on how to shift smoothly and cleanly from The Strad archives
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NewsUK Supreme Court ruling secures fair holiday pay for music teachers
Music teacher Lesley Brazel wins case against her employer, securing guaranteed minimum holiday pay for all workers
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ArticleVictoria Chiang demonstrates shifting exercises for viola
'You have to be able to move freely without your shoulder getting in the way' Peabody Institute of Music viola professor Victoria Chiang helps a student with shifting exercises during a National Philharmonic Masterclass in 2013. Explore more Technique like this in The Strad Playing Hub
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FocusHow to make scales enjoyable
Encouraging students to practise scales needn't be an uphill struggle, says Paul Harris - in fact, it can even be fun!
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NewsAlexandra Tirsu loaned Ida Haendel’s Stradivari violin
The Moldavian violinist has been granted use of the 1699 instrument by Beare’s International Violin Society
