All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 646
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NewsOrquesta de Baja California appoints new concertmaster
US-Mexican violinist Luis Angel Salazar Avila takes on the role
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VideoVideo: Peter Sheppard Skærved celebrates the Newark School of Violin Making in new film
The latest installment in the UK violinist’s ‘Knowledge Exchange Violin’ project highlights the UK violin making school
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BlogsAni Aznavoorian’s family-made cello enchants Seattle audiences
US correspondent Thomas May reports on cellist Ani Aznavoorian and her cello crafted by her father
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BlogsHow to unlock hidden potential, part two: Longevity in string development
Violinist Hector Scott shares his insights into how to make practice engaging and help a pupil become a better version of themselves. In part two of three, he explores the concept of playing the long game to promote longevity in string development
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BlogsLembit Beecher on his cello concerto for Karen Ouzounian
The composer shares the process behind his concerto Tell Me Again, which includes inspiration from Beecher and Ouzounian’s Estonian and Armenian heritage
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BlogsFrom Stradivari to Zygmuntowicz: the instruments of Music@Menlo
A mixture of old and new stringed instruments feature at this year’s festival, each with a unique story
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NewsNotos Quartet appoints a new cellist
Benjamin Lai will join the piano quartet from September 2024, replacing Philip Graham
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BlogsThe cello is my absolute favourite instrument: composer Justus Rümenapp
Composer Justus Rümenapp speaks to The Strad about how the cello plays a significant role in his work, evident in his latest single for cello and piano, Longing
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BlogsMy great-uncle Alex, his violin, and the premiere of Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’
When Anton Alterman acquired his great-uncle Alex Drasein’s violin, little did he know that it was the instrument Draesin played for the 1924 world premiere of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. The discovery spurred on the writer to find out more about the violinist.
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NewsLark Music and Allianz UK combine forces in musical insurance acquisition
The two musical instrument insurance businesses will service 68,000 customers
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NewsPhiladelphia Orchestra appoints four new string players
A new assistant principal double bass and three recently appointed second violins will add to the mix of the Philadelphia Orchestra’s string sound this season.
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NewsBrazilian cellist Antonio Meneses dies at age 66
The soloist and chamber musician died in Basel, Switzerland, following a cancer diagnosis in July
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NewsViolinist Samuel Vargas Teixeira joins Schwob School of Music faculty
The role will begin in August 2024
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BlogsLead from behind: wielding double bass superpowers in the orchestra
Principal bassist of the Charleston Symphony Christian Hales examines the methods in which an orchestral bass section can bring out the best of the ensemble
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NewsLong-standing Boston Symphony players perform final concert
Violinist Valeria Vilker Kuchment and bassist John Stovall performed their last concert with the orchestra after 38- and 36-year careers respectively
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NewsLydian Quartet appoints a new violinist
Clara Lyon will join the quartet in September 2024 and replaces Andrea Segar
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NewsA week of rehearsals with the NYO: cellist Ben Matson
The cellist and string leader in the National Youth Orchestra (NYO) shares a week in the busy rehearsal schedule of the orchestra, ahead of a UK tour culminating at the BBC Proms this week
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News‘The yellow violin’: Cremona’s Museo del Violino to display Sarasate’s 1724 Stradivari
The exhibition ‘Sarasate, il violino dei virtuosi’ will mark the instrument’s 300th anniversary
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NewsLong-standing Royal Northern Sinfonia violist dies
Malcolm Critten joined the orchestra in 1987
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NewsYehudi Menuhin’s daughter, Zamira Menuhin Benthall, has died aged 84
The former governor of the Yehudi Menuhin School died peacefully at her home on 31 July
