All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 639
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FocusMy tech set-up: violist Martha Mooke
In our Accessories 2024 supplement, the US electric violist and composer shares her go-to tech accessories
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FocusPiano trios to watch: Trio Orelon
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 Trio Orelon
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BlogsAnibal Vidal: creating a personal sound palette for strings
The composer shares specialised string techniques that feature on a new album of string quartet works
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NewsA digital asset company has tokenised the 1708 ‘Empress Caterina’ Stradivari violin
Galaxy Digital Holdings and the instrument’s owner, Yat Siu, are using the digital representation of the $9 million Stradivari violin as collateral to secure a loan
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FocusPiano trios to watch: Trio Chagall
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 Trio Chagall
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BlogsViolinist Guy Braunstein on his Beatles-inspired Abbey Road Concerto
Braunstein shares how the iconic Abbey Road album provides the catalyst for a new album paired with British works
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NewsA long-lost octet receives its world premiere recording - more than 125 years after its composition
Charles Martin Loeffler’s 1897 Octet lay unpublished, unrecorded and unheard until its rediscovery in April 2020
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NewsArtis Quartet to disband after 45 years
The Viennese string quartet has announced it will end its career at the end of 2025
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BlogsCellist John-Henry Crawford on Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme
Encountering the piece initially at the age of eleven, John-Henry Crawford shares his journey with this staple piece of cello repertoire, as well as tips and advice for overcoming some of the work’s technical challenges
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NewsMissing: 18th-century Italian bass worth $150,000
Last seen in Baldwin, NY, the bass belongs to Brian Fountain, principal bassist of the São Paolo Opera House Orchestra, who has declared the instrument stolen following a fallen-through consignment deal
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FocusMy tech set-up: cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson
In our Accessories 2024 supplement, British multi-style cellist, composer and vocalist shares her go-to tech accessories
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NewsWinners announced for the 2024 Leonid Kogan International Competition for Young Violinists
The €2,000 first prize in the senior category was awarded to 23-year-old Japanese violinist Wakana Kimura
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NewsPrizes awarded at the 2024 Città di Cremona Competition
Italian-Japanese violinist Yuki Serino scooped the top prize of €40,000
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BlogsViolinist Bella Hristova: how do you get to Carnegie Hall?
Slow practice, positive self-talk and bananas all play a part in Bella Hristova’s preparation for a recent performance of Prokofiev’s second Violin Concerto at New York’s Carnegie Hall
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BlogsFrom Kurtág to Messiaen: a cellist and composer talk contemporary string repertoire
In advance of the Smorgaschord festival, directors Eliza Millett and Sebastian Black share their experiences with contemporary string repertoire
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NewsViolinist wins right to compensation after career-ending Pilates accident
Maya Meron suffered a fractured left elbow and serious abdominal injuries after a Pilates machine collapsed while she was using it in March 2019, leaving her with long-term nerve damage
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VideoThe Lark Ascending for violin, orchestra… and choir!
Violinist Jack Liebeck and VOCES8 Foundation Choir & Orchestra perform a new adaptation which includes text from George Meredith’s poetry
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FocusMy tech set-up: violist Jessica Meyer
The US violist and composer shares her go-to tech accessories in our Accessories 2024 supplement
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BlogsShostakovich string quartets translate the human experience: Quatuor Danel
Marc Danel, first violinist of Quatuor Danel, shares the ensemble’s history with the complete string quartet cycle, including its highlights and challenges for the players
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News‘I’m focused on what needs to be done’: Why a Ukrainian violinist returned home to volunteer in the war effort
Brian Dooley interviews Ukrainian violinist Nataliia Halunenko, who gave up her performance career abroad to help provide aid in her home country
