All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 633
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BlogsUncovering Arthur Foote’s Cello Concerto: Julian Schwarz
Following a recent performance with the Buffalo Philharmonic, the cellist speaks about his journey to reconstruct and shine a light on the forgotten work by US composer Arthur Foote, which was written in the same year as the widely performed concerto by Dvořák
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VideoSolo Bach in Alaska from cellist Yo-Yo Ma
Ma plays the solemn D minor Prelude amid melting permafrost on Lower Tanana Dene lands in Fairbanks, Alaska
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BlogsCreating an immersive musical experience as an adult learner: violinist Julia Reddy
Alongside regular lessons and practice, Julia Reddy shares four ways to inject more music into your daily life for adult students
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BlogsLike living beings: how instruments damaged by war and disaster found new life thanks to a luthier’s noblesse oblige
Barbara Khristi writes about the deeds of luthier Phillip Injeian, who helped restore instruments damaged in the Bosnian War, as well as the 2010 Haiti earthquake
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NewsCompetitors announced for 2024 Primrose International Viola Competition
24 live-round competitors will have the chance to perform for the first prize of $15,000 in June this year
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NewsCellist Nicholas Tzavaras takes up directorship role at Brevard Music Center
The former Shanghai Quartet cellist joins the BMC leadership team from 1 June 2024
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NewsMET concertmaster David Chan named director of Credo National Festival
Chan has agreed to a three-year contract beginning in 2025
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NewsViolinist Daniel Lozakovich signs to Warner Classics
Lozakovich’s first album for the label will be released in August 2024 and will feature works by Franck, Grieg, Alexey Shor and Mikhail Pletnev, and Shostakovich
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FocusMy Experience: violinist Louisa Staples, Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin
’I think Berlin is one of the best places for a young person to be right now,’ says the violinist
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GalleryPhoto gallery: Patricia Kopatchinskaja’s ‘Everyday Non-sense’ at the Southbank Centre
The violinist and the Aurora Orchestra presented a performance of virtuosity, spontaneity and spectacle at the Purcell Room on 24 April
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Blogs‘New works come to life in such different ways’ - Violinist Fenella Humphreys on working with living composers
Ahead of the release of her album Prism on the Rubicon Label, violinist Fenella Humphreys shares how varied the musical experience can be when working with different composers, and how rewarding the end result can be
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NewsMissing: stolen cello in Cape Town, South Africa
The instrument went missing at the University of Cape Town between 20–21 April
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NewsString stars announced in the 2024 BBC Proms lineup
Artists including Yo-Yo Ma, Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Anne-Sophie Mutter will feature in the upcoming season
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NewsViatores Quartet appoints new violinist
German violinist Johannes Brzoska assumes the role of second violinist
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BlogsUnveiling Marco Anzoletti’s Concerto for Violin and Viola: one soloist, two instruments
A concerto from 1915 that requires its soloist to switch between violin and viola is receiving its world premiere on 26 April 2024. Orchestrator Kenneth Martinson shares details about this long-lost work
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NewsViolist Nils Mönkemeyer signs with IMG Artists
The German violist joins the roster for general management
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BlogsTruly unique: Henrik Frendin on his custom-made electric viola and five-string bass viola
Violist Henrik Frendin shares how his search for the perfect sound palette led him to commission two bespoke instruments by Richard Rolf
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NewsOpera Australia appoints a new concertmaster
French violinist Matthieu Arama will assume the role from August 2024
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NewsRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra bids farewell to retiring string players and welcomes new violin appointments
The long-standing retiring members have a combined total of 160 years performing with the orchestra
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BlogsConnecting musicians and makers: the British Violin Making Association’s 2024 Makers’ Day
Tibor Szemmelveisz reports back from the 27th Makers’ Day in February 2024, which cultivated a meeting of minds between luthiers and players in central London
