All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 563
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NewsNew concertmaster for Belgian National Orchestra
Violinist Misako Akama will begin the role in September 2022
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NewsViolinist and early music pioneer Alice Harnoncourt dies aged 91
The concertmaster of Concentus Musicus Wien for 32 years, she co-founded the ensemble with her husband, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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Blogs9 tips on playing the Ravel and Debussy quartets
Franck Chevalier, viola player of the Quatuor Diotima, gives advice on how to approach the most celebrated French additions to the quartet repertoire
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Focus‘Every day there is something new’: Pekka Kuusisto on the c.1709 ‘Scotta’ Stradivari violin
Recently loaned the instrument by a patron through Tarisio, the violinist shares his thoughts on playing this ’golden period’ Strad
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NewsViolinist Marie Leonhardt dies aged 93
With her husband, conductor Gustav Leonhardt, the Baroque violinist was active in the pioneering Dutch early music scene of the 1950s and 60s
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News‘Franz Schubert and Modern Music’ competition winners announced
The Trio Orelon has won the piano trio category at the competition’s 11th edition
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NewsNicolò Gagliano violin recovered in Berlin
The priceless instrument, missing for three years, was discovered by police conducting a different investigation
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Premium ❘ FeatureFormer Kronos Quartet cellist Joan Jeanrenaud on pizzicato techniques
Pizzicato style is rarely analysed, but is so vital in modern repertory says the artist, who performed with the contemporary quartet for 20 years
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NewsStrings win at the Eurovision Young Musicians competition
The competition’s 20th edition saw string players take the top three prizes
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NewsGuildhall School’s brand new London centre invites applications from young musicians
The new Guildhall Young Artists King’s Cross centre will offer performing arts courses for 5–18 year olds
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ArticleViolinist Ray Chen gives left-hand pizzicato lesson
Violinist Ray Chen gives a video lesson on mastering left-hand pizzicato, as demonstrated in Paganini's Caprice no.24.
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NewsSibelius Competition winner gets his hands on a Guadagnini violin
Violinist Inmo Yang has been granted use of the violin as part of the Sibelius Competition’s first prize package from earlier this year
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NewsThe Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective plays Mendelssohn
The ensemble presents the final movement of Felix Mendelssohn’s Piano Sextet, in a filmed performance from November 2021
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VideoViolin techniques with James Ehnes: pizzicato
‘Basically, you’re going to grab the string and pull it’
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #55: Time For Three on triple concertos
Violinists Nick Kendall and Charles Yang, and double bassist Ranaan Meyer speak about triple concerto commissions, plus their favourite string techniques
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VideoEsther Yoo’s practice tips: chord pizzicato
Yoo shares how mimicking a guitar pick with the index finger and thumb can help violinists with strumming technique
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ArticleTechnique: How to vary and enhance your cello pizzicato
Soloist and chamber musician Christoph Richter talks about good pizz technique with particular attention to the range of sound demanded by Debussy's Cello Sonata. From The Strad's November 2015 issue
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NewsChamber Music America awards over $95,000 to emerging ensembles
15 emerging New York based chamber ensembles will enjoy funding to support coaching sessions and recording projects, through Chamber Music America and the New York Community Trust’s Ensemble Forward programme
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NewsCellist Seth Parker Woods joins Wittenberg Artists
A champion of various musical genres, the cellist joins the roster for general management
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NewsDetroit Symphony appoints new concertmaster
Violinist Robyn Bollinger will join the orchestra for the start of the 2022-23 season, becoming the youngest female concertmaster in the US
