All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 609
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BlogsViolinist Aisha Syed Castro on performing Vivaldi and Piazzolla’s Four Seasons
The violinist reflects on the works ahead of a benefit concert to raise funds for the Dominican Heritage and Culture Society
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FocusThe Strad Podcast #93: creative storytelling with cellist Alexander Hersh
The star of ‘Absinthe’ shares how narrative and multiple access points can benefit classical music in reaching new audiences
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NewsMissing: violin bow stolen in Miami Airport
The item, worth $10,000, went missing on 6 July 2023
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NewsBelcea Quartet announces new second violinist
Korean-Australian violinist Suyeon Kang replaces Axel Schacher
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VideoNew video: Movement & Location by Sybarite5
The arrangement of the Punch Brothers’ work is the first single from the quintet’s upcoming new album
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NewsViolinist Giles Broadbent has died
The violinist was a founding member of the quartet Stringfever, famous for its video with all four members playing Ravel’s Bolero on one cello
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Article‘I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else in the world’ - Barbara Hannigan and her collaboration with the Emerson Quartet
Soprano Barbara Hannigan talks to The Strad about her final collaboration with the Emerson Quartet in their new CD Infinite Voyage
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NewsSearching for the ideal bow: Archet x Bunkyo Gakki
In celebration of Archet’s 40th anniversary, a new documentary highlights the collaboration between violinist Fumiaki Miura and bow maker Kunitaka Ohse
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VideoThe Ssens Trio celebrates its tenth anniversary with Goldberg Variations video project
The trio will release videos from the variations weekly, starting with the opening ‘Aria’
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NewsWinners announced at 2023 ARD International Music Competition
This year’s contest saw winners in the piano trio, viola and double bass categories
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NewsNew Stradivari exhibition to open in Cremona
’Il Mistero di Stradivari’ will show how the legend of the master luthier was created and enhanced in the 19th and early 20th centuries
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NewsUS double bassist Richard Davis dies aged 93
The American musician was also a highly regarded pedagogue at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
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NewsMalawian one-man band creates and performs on his own unique one-stringed instrument
Gasper Nali’s Babatoni is played sliding a beer bottle along the string and struck with a stick
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Blogs20 years of Cuarteto Quiroga: ‘Humour is essential’
In celebration of its 20th anniversary and upcoming album release, the ensemble members reminisce and reflect on lessons learnt together
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NewsAlexander Quartet announces new second violinist
Yuna Lee succeeds Fred Lifsitz, who retired from the group earlier this year
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NewsWinners announced at 2023 Bartók World Competition
Lilia Pocitari took the top prize of €22,000, as well as the prize for best performance of the compulsory contemporary piece
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NewsNew York Philharmonic receives $40 million gift
The largest-ever single contribution to the NY Phil from Oscar L. Tang and Agnes Hsu-Tang will establish the artistic director chair and expand the orchestra’s future programming and engagement
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NewsCarpe Diem Quartet appoints new first violinist
Sam Weiser takes up the role in the quartet’s 18th season, effective immediately
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BlogsCellist Carina Drury: how we drew inspiration from a vibrant 18th-century Dublin theatre neighbourhood
The creative director and cellist of the Irlandiani Players reveals how the ensemble aimed to recreate the cultural exchange from Dublin’s Smock Alley Theatre and the surrounding area in its latest recording
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Blogs‘A partnership between the violinist and the orchestra’ - Nathan Meltzer on the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Ahead of a performance with the Orpheus Sinfonia on Thursday 14 September, the violinist shares his memories and thoughts on the monumental concerto
