All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 621
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BlogsHow I recorded Bach’s Cello Suites for violin: Tomás Cotik
The violinist shares his approaches ahead of the release of his violin recording of the six suites on 5 January 2024
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NewsCellists needed to help raise funds for hunger charity
The Simple Gifts Cello Project invites cellists of all abilities to submit a video recording and a donation to the charity Rise Against Hunger
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NewsCanadian cellist Marcel Saint-Cyr has died
The founding cellist of the Orford Quartet, as well as a viola da gambist, baryton player and educator was 85 years old
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NewsViolinist Dmitry Sitkovetsky joins the Purcell School as a patron
Sitkovetsky accepts his new honour with ’great joy and enthusiasm’
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NewsMinnesota violinist Richard ‘Dick’ Adams has died
A former assistant concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra for over 30 years, Richard ‘Dick’ Adams has passed away aged 94
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NewsNew cello professorship role at Portland State University College of the Arts
Cellist of the Florestan Trio Hamilton Cheifetz takes up the role of Florestan professor of cello
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Blogs‘The piece depicts the war in all its brutality’: cellist Gabriel Schwabe on Bridge Cello Concerto ‘Oration’
The cellist makes a case for why this work should enjoy more time in the spotlight, ahead of a performance in Belfast on 12 January 2024
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VideoGary Karr and Bassinova Quartet play Phantasy Quintet arrangement for five basses
The performance of Vaughan Williams’s chamber work was put together remotely, with each bassist recording their part in separate countries
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BlogsCornerstones for violinists: the Australian violinist and teacher Alice Waten on left-hand set-up
The Australian violin pedagogue Alice Waten (1947-2022) shared advice on achieving fluidity and expressivity in the left hand in an interview with Joy Lee from early 2022
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NewsViolin maker Tschu Ho Lee has died
Lee was the first teacher and former director of the Chicago School of Violin Making
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NewsThe Continuo Foundation invites applications for seventh round of grants
£100,000 in grants will be awarded for early music tours and artistic projects in the UK between April and October 2024
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VideoBach’s Prelude from Cello Suite no.1… on violin!
The prelude is just one movement from the six suites that Tomás Cotik has recently recorded for Centaur
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NewsYCAT applications are now open for 2024
Successful artists will receive performance opportunities, bespoke management and career support during YCAT’s 40th anniversary year
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NewsFinnish violinist Tuomo Haapanen dies, aged 99
Haapanen was a former professor and principal at the Sibelius Academy, as well as chairman of the Jean Sibelius Violin Competition from 1981 to 2001
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GalleryPhoto gallery: artist transforms broken violins into unique creations
Combining a lifelong fascination with both music and art, Alicia Clare rescues old violins beyond repair, giving them a new lease of life with bespoke designs
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NewsViolinist and conductor Philippe Arrii-Blachette has died
The contemporary music specialist was director of the Sillages Ensemble, various conservatoires and additionally worked in television and radio
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NewsAttacca Quartet signs with MKI Artists
The US ensemble joins the agency for North American representation
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NewsViolinist Hilary Hahn awarded $100,000 Avery Fisher Prize
The violinist receives the award for outstanding artistic achievement and leadership in classical music
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BlogsWhy I switched careers from violinist to psychologist: an interview with Tanja Roos
How do the disciplines of music and psychology inform each other? Tanja Roos speaks to Emma Baird about her aims for creating healthier environments for musicians as well as better education on mental health and wellbeing
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NewsViolinist Eugene Drucker announced as Berkshire Bach Society artistic director
The founding member of the Emerson String Quartet takes on the role following the quartet’s 2023 dissolution
