All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 638
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NewsNYO launches project to unite musical teenagers
As One celebrates ten years of NYO Inspire, which provides musical opportunities to underserved young people at a time when music education provision is declining
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NewsO Live Music, Where Art Thou? Musicians protest against Northern Ballet’s plans to replace orchestra with recordings
50 protesters dressed as William Shakespeare marched against Northern Ballet’s plans to axe musicians’ jobs from June, ahead of a performance of Romeo and Juliet at London’s Sadler’s Wells
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FocusMy tech set-up: violinist Scott Tixier
In our Accessories 2024 supplement, the French jazz violinist shares his go-to tech accessories
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BlogsMaking a big noise: how Duo Shum is shaking up classical music
The cellist of Duo Shum, Lisa Strauss speaks about how the etymology of the word ‘Shum’ helps inspire the ensemble to champion the works of mistreated Slavic composers
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NewsViolinist Mikhail Pochekin signs with Conciertos Augusto
Pochekin joins the roster for representation in Spain
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NewsConcert Artists Guild and Young Classical Artists Trust announce 2024 season Grand Prize winners
2024 Sphinx Competition winner Nathan Amaral and pianist Amiri Harewood will join the rosters of both organisations, and will enjoy tailored artist management and career development opportunities
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NewsCompetitors announced for 2024 Joseph Joachim Violin Competition
24 violin contestants will have the chance to compete in this year’s competition in September
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NewsObituary: Hungarian violinist-violist György Konrád
The founding member of the Budapest Festival Orchestra was 99
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BlogsWhy you shouldn’t practise Suites and Partitas with a metronome: Ulrich Heinen
Playing movements from instrumental suites without flexibility of tempo would kill the spirit of imagined dance within the music, writes cellist Ulrich Heinen
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NewsThe Juilliard School announces its new graduate resident quartet
Championing the music of lesser-known women composers, the Katarina Quartet will enjoy a two-year residency from September 2024
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FocusMy tech set-up: violinist Rob Flax
In our Accessories 2024 supplement, the US eclectic violinist shares his go-to tech accessories
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VideoNew video: violinist Miranda Cuckson performs Scott Wollschleger’s ‘Secret Machine no.7’
The solo work features on Wollschleger’s upcoming portrait album of compositions
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NewsDmytro Udovychenko wins the 2024 Queen Elisabeth Violin Competition
The Ukrainian violinist scooped first prize of €25,000, concert engagements and loan of a Stradivari violin, in a final round full of performances from many familiar faces in today’s violin competition circuit
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NewsWinners announced at the 2024 Klein International String Competition
20-year-old violist Pearl de la Motte won the grand prize of $5,000, plus a host of performance opportunities
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BlogsA love letter to Bach through a 21st-century lens: violinist Alexi Kenney
From J.S. Bach, to Schumann, Joni Mitchell and Ariana Grande, the violinist outlines how a varied programme of works provides the foundation for a new album
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NewsNine-year-old wins the 2024 Andrea Postacchini International Violin Competition
Kai Xuan Travis Wong, a nine-year-old violinist from Singapore, beat more than 100 others in the Italian competition for young violinists
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BlogsVictor Julien-Laferrière on four must-know cello works by female composers
Cellist Victor Julien-Laferrière breaks down the brilliance of the cello writing by women of the French Romantic period ahead of a performance as part of the 11th Palazzetto Bru Zane Paris Festival
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BlogsAija Reke: how to deal with performance anxiety
The violinist gives tips on how to build your confidence on stage through her own experiences and examples from literature
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FocusPiano trios to watch: Mithras Trio
Our June 2024 issue spotlights piano trios who are making waves in the classical music scene today. Charlotte Gardner takes a closer look at the Mithras Trio
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NewsViolinist Sandy Yamamoto takes up artistic director role in Texas
The former member of the Miró Quartet will become artistic director of Austin Chamber Music Center from September 2024
