All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 608
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BlogsHow does it feel to play Ysaÿe’s violin? ‘Silky smooth’ - Benjamin Beilman
Benjamin Beilman shares what it’s like to play the 1740 Guarneri del Gesù ’Ysaÿe’ violin, ahead of the opening performance of the Boscobel Chamber Music Festival on 1 September
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BlogsValentina Ciardelli: how I transcribe Puccini opera arias for double bass
The double bassist and founder of the ‘How I met Puccini’ project shares the process of condensing rich operatic textures to stringed instruments
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Blogs’Planting musical seeds of possibility’ - cellist Isabel Castellvi on Silkroad’s Global Musician Workshop
The cellist and composer shares how participating in the annual workshop made for a musically enriching experience
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Blogs‘Combining both traditional and contemporary music is key’: cellist Amalie Stalheim
Collaborating with a composer and working on contemporary works feeds inspiration for traditional works, and vice versa, writes cellist Amalie Stalheim
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NewsLost in Leicestershire: 1890 Emile Mennesson violin
The violin was in a black wooden case and was stolen from a house in Loughborough in July 2022
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VideoVideo premiere: Cellist Alexander Hersh in ‘Absinthe’
A small green bottle of potent liquid haunts a cellist in this exclusive first-look video
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FocusThe Strad Podcast #92: remembering violinist Geoff Nuttall of the St. Lawrence String Quartet
The ensemble’s founding violist Lesley Robertson shares her memories of the violinist
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NewsDouble bassist and composer Gareth Wood has died
The former chairman of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and composer for brass bands was 73
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Blogs‘Robert couldn’t be Robert without Clara, and vice versa’: Niek Baar and Ben Kim in conversation
The violin and piano duo reflect on the uniqueness of Robert and Clara Schumann’s music ahead of a new recording
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BlogsIn search of sounds: contemporary violin techniques with Sarah Saviet
Violinist Sarah Saviet outlines some unique sounds found in her new album of contemporary solo violin works, SPUN
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VideoWatch now: Orchestra of the Swan’s ‘Echoes’
The full video of the orchestra’s latest ‘mixtape’ album is available to watch for free from 1 September 2023
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NewsSeohyun Kim wins 2023 Tibor Varga Violin Competition
The 14-year-old, from South Korea, was the competition’s youngest candidate and received CHF20,000
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NewsViolinist Elizabeth Sellars to join Flinders Quartet in 2024
The Australian chamber group will be embarking on its 24th season next year
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NewsRoyal Academy of Music names Hannah Roberts as its Jacqueline du Pré Professor of Cello
The British cellist is a long-standing teacher at the institution, with former students including Sheku Kanneh-Mason
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VideoStradivarius and Beyond: The Italian Violin Maker Lorenzo Storioni
Watch the first episode of Amorim Fine Violins’ new video series
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NewsQuartet Draig named Young Ensemble for 2023 Cowbridge Music Festival
The emerging Welsh quartet will receive chamber coaching sessions and a performance opportunity on 21 September
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NewsApplications open for National Youth Orchestras of Scotland’s refocused orchestral programmes
The organisation will offer new musical pathways to widen awareness, access and inclusion throughout the country
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NewsViolinist William Wei to perform on 1722 ‘Joachim, Elman’ Stradivari
The instrument has been in the collection of the Chimei Culture Foundation since 1991
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VideoHarp harmonics: Jacob Warren plays the double bass like a harp
Double bassist Jacob Warren presents his original composition Zola, that showcases a borrowed technique from harpists
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NewsPacifica Quartet takes up residency at University of Chicago
The Grammy Award-winning ensemble returns to the university in its second appointment as the Don Michael Randel ensemble-in-residence
