All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 580
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NewsFundraiser for restoration of smashed cello
Tim Smedley’s cello was smashed after a presenter fell into the orchestra pit at Buxton Opera House in July
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NewsParticipants announced for the 2022 Singapore International Violin Competition
27 violinists from around the world are in with a chance of winning prizes worth a total of $110,000
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Premium ❘ Feature‘Music is part of our existence, even under shell-fire’: String players of the Great War
In our August 2014 issue, Tully Potter tells the extraordinary tales of some of the myriad string players caught up in the action of the 1914-18 war
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NewsHandel and Haydn Society names new artistic director
British conductor, cellist and keyboardist Jonathan Cohen will take up the role next season for four years
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VideoVadym Makarenko and Infermi d’Amore perform a reconstructed Vivaldi concerto
The piece has been reworked based on Vivaldi’s harmonic structure and technical language for solo violin
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News‘Get in touch’: Newark School of Violin Making calls for alumni
Ahead of its 50th anniversary celebration next year, the school seeks alumni to get in touch with archival content
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NewsAmatis Trio signs with Müller & Pavlik
The Austrian based ensemble has joined the roster for management in Switzerland
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NewsViolinist Melissa White joins University of Buffalo faculty
White takes up the role of professor of music in an intake of six new faculty members
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NewsEnsemble N wins 2022 Boris Pergamenschikow Prize
The Austrian group took first prize of €10,000, in a competition celebrating contemporary chamber music in commemoration of the late cellist
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NewsSemi-finalists announced for the 26th annual Sphinx Competition
21 musicians across two categories have been selected to take part in the competition next year
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FocusMy Experience: Connie Pharoah, Yellow Barn Festival
A range of chamber repertoire, inspirational tutors and overcoming performance anxiety were just some of the highlights for the violist at this festival
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NewsLeonkoro Quartet signs with Ibermúsica Artists
The award-winning ensemble has signed for representation in Spain
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NewsNew string appointments at Manhattan School of Music
Violinists Chloé Kiffer and Xiao Wang will join the faculty of their alma mater in autumn 2023
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Blogs‘A dream come true’: TwoSet Violin’s ‘4 Mil Subs’ Concert
Cecilia Tan reports back from the duo’s record-breaking performance with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra on 16 November 2022, witnessing the pair’s debut with two 1708 Stradivari violins
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FocusRaphael Wallfisch on playing the ‘Sheremetev’ Vuillaume cello
‘It’s a very versatile instrument as well as a beautiful thing to look at,’ said the cellist in our June 2013 issue
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NewsFormer Berlin Philharmonic violist Dietrich Gerhardt has died
The 94-year-old had an active career in the orchestra’s committees, chamber ensembles and teaching schemes for almost 40 years
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NewsMexican violinist found dead in his apartment, aged 49
Leonel Armenta was a violinist in the Yucatán Symphony Orchestra and had not been seen since 13 November 2022
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VideoA combination of film and performance: Violist Lawrence Power on ‘Fathom’
In an exclusive to The Strad, violist Lawrence Power talks to Ruth Hallows about this new immersive experience, ahead of his concert Fathom at the Southbank Centre
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NewsMatouš Pěruška loaned Gofriller violin
The violinist of Trio Bohemo has acquired the c.1710 instrument from Dr. Jan Telenský
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NewsViolin and bow makers honoured at 2022 VSA Violin Making Competition
Almost 30 gold medals went to the violin, viola, cello and double bass makers at the awards dinner on 17 November
