All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 568
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Blogs‘No one knows how a viola should sound!’: how Mathis Rochat transcribed Rachmaninoff for viola
The violist speaks about his journey of discovery and exploration in transcribing cello and piano works for viola, in his new album Rachmaninoff Stories
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NewsOpus Klassik awards announced for 2022
The honours include a host of top string players, including violinist Tianwa Yang, cellist Kian Soltani, double bassist Dominik Wagner and the Armida Quartet
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NewsViolinist Giovanni Guzzo takes up professorship role in Graz
The Venezualan-Italian violinist will begin the post in October 2022
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News16-year-old cellist Jaemin Han scores management deal
The South Korean cellist joins the roster of KD SCHMID for general management
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VideoHow to practise Hummel: Tabea Zimmermann’s video guide
The violist offers tips and advice on how to approach the first movement of Hummel Sonata op.5 no.3
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FocusString players should bow with individual fingers rather than the whole hand
Awareness of the movement of each right-hand finger is one of the great secrets of bowing, writes Rok Klopčič
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NewsThe Benedetti Foundation announces new Baroque virtual sessions
From 26 September to 2 October the Benedetti Foundation is offering virtual and live online sessions to all musicians interested in experiencing the world of Baroque music
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VideoViolinist Bojan Čičić performs a movement from Walther’s ‘Cuccu’ sonata
Čičić performs this work alongside the Illyria Consort as part of a new CD on the works of Johann Jakob Walther
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FocusMovement in the bow hand and wrist, by violin professor Boris Kuschnir
Kuschnir explains how to master control of your sound through correct use of the bow
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FocusMartelé: Essential foundations for a top-quality bow technique
Rictor Noren offers grounding, exercises and repertoire suggestions to help you work on your martelé stroke
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NewsViolinist Kate Suthers named concertmaster at Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
The ensemble has also announced the appointment of violinist Emily Sun as artist-in-association
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Blogs‘Her Strad sounded like a husky voice with a rich timbre’: composer Solveig Sørbø
Solveig Sørbø reflects on collaborating with string players for her composition ‘Love Theme’, including violinist and dear friend Catharina Chen
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #56: Richard Markson on teaching tone and sound
‘You have to hear in your mind a sound that you want to make’
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NewsThe Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra announces eight new string appointments
In the orchestra’s first major intake post-pandemic, the new recruitments include associate concertmaster and assistant principal bass
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FeatureMasterclass: Bow techniques for jazz bass
By John Goldsby, bassist with the WDR Big Band in Cologne, Germany, and author of Jazz Bowing Techniques For The Improving Bassist and The Jazz Bass Book
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Blogs‘The cello brings in darker qualities than the violin’: Daniel Müller-Schott
The cellist speaks about the joys and challenges of transcribing Edvard Grieg’s third Violin Sonata and folk songs for cello
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NewsISB celebrates new double bass repertoire with composition competition
The David Walter 2022 Composition Competition celebrates new works for double bass that have not entered standard repertoire
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NewsTrio Sheliak takes top prize at the Filippo Nicosia Chamber Music Awards
The piano trio from Switzerland received a cash prize of €4,000 as well as performance and publicity opportunities
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BlogsMy Experience: Cecille Elliott, Silkroad’s Global Musician Workshop
Cecille Elliott illustrates a joyful and lively environment of music making with musicians from 24 countries
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FocusWatch: Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition winners’ concerts
Watch the performances in the ’Tribute to Isaac Stern’s Centennial SISIVC Winners’ Concert’ from 26 to 28 August 2022
