All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 656
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NewsViolinist Randall Goosby takes up artist residency with Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has appointed Goosby as the 2025 MAC Music Innovator, for a community-focused artist residency that includes educational programmes celebrating diversity
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NewsFound: 1896 Léon Fischesser violin stolen in Cape Town in 2022
South African violinist Petrus De Beer has been reunited with his instrument thanks to two local citizens
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NewsRichard Harwood named principal cello at the Academy of St Martin in the Fields
The British cellist was previously the principal cellist of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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NewsObituary: Violinist and violist Kay Pech (1940-2024)
Pech was a committed educator and performer in California and beyond
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VideoDavina Clarke plays Bach Sonata No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1016
Along with harpsichordist Tom Foster, the violinist performs a work featured on her upcoming album The Art of Obligato, out on 22 November
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BlogsMuse Muscle: A Revolutionary Approach to Musicians’ Health and Performance
Yasaman Seif and Hamed Erfani introduce a method that integrates athletic training principles with a holistic approach to musicianship, in an aim to enhance musicians’ health and prevent performance-related injuries
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BlogsStradivari to Degas: The Strad visits the Metropolitan Museum’s string instrument collection
The Strad’s staff writer Rita Fernandes discovers the Met’s string instrument collection in its many forms! Check out her photos of the extensive collection and learn more about some of the instruments below
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NewsPekka Kuusisto takes up conducting role in Gothenburg
The Finnish violinist and conductor will be the new principal guest conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra from the 2025-26 season
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News2024 BBC Young Musician semi-finalists announced
The semi-finals will be broadcast on 13 October on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer
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NewsJoshua Bell named New Jersey Symphony’s principal guest conductor
The violinist will be the orchestra’s inaugural principal guest conductor from the 2025-26 season
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NewsCello of Holocaust victim reunited with daughter after 80 years
The cello, which has been loaned to Sam Lucas, was discovered to be that of composer and Holocaust victim Pál Hermann
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News2024 BBC Young Musician finalists announced
The Grand Final will be broadcast on 20 October on BBC Four, BBC iPlayer, BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds
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VideoVivere Quartet performs Hannah Havrylet’s ‘Expressions’
The work is included in the ensemble’s new album, Prayer for Ukraine
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BlogsThe return of a stolen pardessus: a case of provenance and restitution
In 2022, Annalisa Pappano bought a six-string pardessus from a reputable dealer that turned out to be stolen from a Belgian museum. She shares her turbulent story, in an aim to raise awareness of issues related to stolen instruments and the potential pitfalls for musicians
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BlogsViolinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja on the shadow world of Shostakovich
US correspondent Thomas May speaks with Patricia Kopatchinskaja about playing Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1 on her current tour with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Edward Gardner, which culminates in her long-overdue Carnegie Hall debut.
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NewsUK bassist Mat Heighway has died
The double bassist died ‘in unexpected circumstances’ while travelling to the island of Jersey
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NewsTwoSet Violin ‘ends chapter’ after eleven years
The violin comedy duo made the announcement on social media on Monday afternoon
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News‘They just didn’t want to listen’: cellist Maja Bogdanović denied boarding by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
The cellist was travelling with her family to perform at the Belgrade Music Festival
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BlogsNietzschean virtuosity: Rainer Eudeikis plays Salonen’s Cello Concerto in San Francisco
US correspondent Thomas May speaks with Rainer Eudeikis, San Francisco Symphony’s principal cellist, about the unusual challenges of performing the Cello Concerto by the orchestra’s music director.
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NewsViolist Jennifer Stumm receives Kronberg Academy’s Pablo Casals Award
Stumm has been recognised for her work with Ilumina, and receives the €10,000 prize which honours artists for exceptional musical achievements and strong commitment to social justice
