All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 647
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BlogsAugustin Hadelich on his new album, ‘American Road Trip’
The violinist answers The Strad’s questions on America’s cornucopia of musical styles, evident in his upcoming album comprising works by composers ranging from Bernstein to Adams, to Coleridge-Taylor and Beach
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BlogsA Brothers Amati viola to a cello called ’Ginger': more instruments from Music@Menlo
More exclusive images of the fine instruments featured at this year’s Music@Menlo festival, ranging from a 1620 viola to a 2023 double bass
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NewsLong-standing Utah Symphony violinist Frances Darger dies, aged 99
Darger played with the Utah Symphony for seven decades from 1942 to 2012
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BlogsHow to unlock hidden potential, part three: Principles for developing potential
Violinist Hector Scott shares his insights into how to make practice engaging and help a pupil become a better version of themselves. In the final of three parts, he explores the principles for developing potential
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Blogs‘We violists have to be hungry for a diverse musical feast’ - Idiosyncracies of the viola in new music
Violist Amelia Hollander Ames discusses how her instrument’s unique features can be utilised to great effect in contemporary music
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NewsTennis superstar Novak Djokovic swaps racquet for the viola
The Olympic gold medallist has been spotted playing a Storioni viola with Julian Rachlin and Sarah McElravy, while on holiday in Croatia
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NewsCellist Seth Parker Woods appointed to new role at USC Thornton School of Music
American cellist Seth Parker Woods has been promoted to the Robert Mann Chair in Strings and Chamber Music at the Los Angeles-based USC Thornton School of Music
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VideoViolinist Rachel Lee Priday performs Paul Wiancko’s ‘Waterworks’
The new work will feature on Priday’s upcoming album, Fluid Dynamics, inspired by oceanography
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NewsJean-Guihen Queyras to perform in Ukraine in an act of hope and solidarity
The cellist will perform with the Kyiv Camerata, as well as visit a rehabilitation centre for wounded soldiers and a clinic for children suffering from war trauma
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NewsCellist activist arrested for playing Bach in Citibank protest
John Mark Rozendaal faces up to seven years in prison for playing solo Bach in a performance entitled ‘A Plea for Our Future’ outside the fossil fuel financier’s New York City headquarters
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NewsPaul McCartney discovery refreshes search for 46-year-missing double bass
UK principal bassist Nic Worters is spreading the word once again about his missing bass that was stolen in 1978
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NewsCellist Gautier Capuçon runs a marathon at the Paris 2024 Olympics
The ‘Marathon Pour Tous’ was run by more than 20,000 members of the public and followed the same route as the Olympics marathon
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News‘A band needed a cellist. It saved my life’ – Holocaust survivor and cellist meets Auschwitz director’s son in new documentary
Holocaust survivor and cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch meets Auschwitz director Rudolf Höss’s son in the new documentary The Commandant’s Shadow
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BlogsWhy cellists make good marathon runners
French cellist Gautier Capuçon recently ran a marathon at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but he’s not the only string player with another life as a long-distance runner. We take a look at some of the others
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NewsViolinist retires from Pittsburgh Symphony after 36 years
First violinist Christopher Wu joined the orchestra in 1988
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NewsWinners announced for the 2024 Kreutzer International Music Competition
South Korean violinist Jieun Son wins the €1,000 first prize in the senior solo violin category
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BlogsThe epic film scores of John Williams, arranged for flute, cello and piano: cellist Cécilia Tsan
Cécilia Tsan shares what it’s like to work with legendary film composer John Williams, ahead of a recording release of arrangements of his acclaimed scores transcribed for trio of flute, cello and piano, which Williams described as ‘one of my best birthday gifts’
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BlogsAmati, del Gesù and Gagliano: more beautiful instruments from Music@Menlo
Another impressive spread of historic instruments, played by artists of the 2024 Music@Menlo Summer Festival
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BlogsA chamber music idyll in the Pacific Northwest
US correspondent Thomas May reports on Music on the Strait, an intimate chamber music festival that takes place each summer on Washington’s scenic Olympic Peninsula
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Blogs‘The violin was a lifeline’ - Resilience of the Romani people through music
In the lead up to the Dallas String Quartet’s new album in collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra, ROMANI: The Untold Story, violist and composer Ion Zanca explains how the violin has come to symbolise the Romani people’s resilience and cultural identity
