All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 659
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VideoQuartetto di Cremona musicians perform on Vueling flight
A violinist and violist from the quartet played an arrangement of a Verdi aria for the passengers
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NewsViolist Donald McInnes has died, aged 85
In addition to his performance and recording career, McInnes taught extensively at institutions and festivals across the US and abroad
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BlogsViolinist Yeyeong Jenny Jin on returning to New Zealand following competition success, and the Young Virtuosi Antipodean tour
The 2023 winner of the Michael Hill International Violin Competition speaks to The Strad about her tour of New Zealand and Australia with Jeonghwan Kim, as well as how discovering culinary delights provides motivation for being on the road
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BlogsBrahms, Shostakovich and John Zorn: the Junction Trio debuts at the 92nd St Y
US correspondent Thomas May speaks with violinist Stefan Jackiw and cellist Jay Campbell of the Junction Trio about their upcoming programme at the 92nd St Y, where they will give the world premiere of a new work John Zorn has written for them, alongside music by Brahms and Shostakovich.
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VideoA Mendelssohn-inspired double bass performance from James Oesi
Oesi and pianist Andrea Vasi perform Bottesini’s Allegro Di Concerto ’Alla Mendelssohn,’ which was released as a single last week
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NewsArditti Quartet postpones upcoming concerts due to broken arm
The Arditti Quartet pulls out of its early November Wien Modern festival concerts after cellist breaks his arm
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News‘Our little boy deserves a future’ - violin-cello couple aims to raise €800,000 for son’s cancer treatment
The eight-year-old son of violinist Anna Lipkind-Mazor and cellist Gavriel Lipkind has a rare and aggressive form of cancer that requires specialist treatment in Barcelona
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NewsChicago Symphony Orchestra mourns former violinist Eric Wicks
Wicks, a member of the orchestra for nearly 40 years, has died aged 89
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VideoViolinist Jack Liebeck and La Jolla SummerFest Chamber Orchestra perform The Lark Ascending
Check out a string chamber version of Vaughan Williams’s beloved work for violin
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Blogs50 per cent viola: Quartetto di Cremona shuffles instrumentation for Bach’s ‘The Art of Fugue’
The ensemble’s newest release sees second violinist Paolo Andreoli taking up the viola and violist Simone Gramaglia playing a tenor viola, in order to capture the essence of Bach’s contrapuntal writing
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Blogs‘One of the most rewarding musical relationships’ - Joseph Phibbs’s string quartets recorded by the Piatti Quartet
The composer shares the inspiration behind his string quartets nos. 2-4, ahead of the recording release by the Piatti Quartet on 1 November
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NewsCompetition preview: what to know before the IsangYun Violin Competition
From 3 to 10 November 2024, 23 violinists from around the world will compete at this year’s violin edition, which includes a prize pool worth £44,000
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NewsRecently discovered string trio by Mozart gets a US performance by the Bach Festival Society
US correspondent Thomas May speaks with Bach Festival Society director John V. Sinclair about the significance of the new Mozart discovery, which he has programmed side-by-side with the Requiem for the season-opening concert on 3 November.
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Blogs‘They have this almost telepathic way of moving’ - Chloe Bowers-Soriano on playing with the Czech Philharmonic
As part of a Royal Academy of Music SIDE-BY-SIDE scheme, the Zenith Quartet were given the chance to tour with the Czech orchestra and Semyon Bychkov. Violinist Chloe Bowers-Soriano chronicles her experience during the tour’s Prague portion
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BlogsBeethoven’s Five Cello Sonatas - ranked!
Cellist Emily Mantone shares her personal preferences of the works, ahead of her recording release of the complete set on 8 November
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VideoLera Auerbach’s ‘T’filah’ performed by violinist Christine Bernsted
Bernsted performs a solo work that she describes as having ‘complexity like a kaleidoscope’
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NewsLea Birringer appointed violin professor at the University of Music Würzburg
The violinist will also focus on the university’s programme for talented pre-college students
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NewsDubai Classic Violin Competition announces finalists
The ten violinists will be competing for a €20,000 first prize
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NewsYo-Yo Ma awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
The award, which is the society’s highest honour, recognises the cellist’s outstanding musicianship and humanitarian efforts
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NewsNew exhibition of Count Cozio di Salabue drawings to open in Cremona
The collection of manuscripts by the 19th-century Italian violin connoisseur is to be preserved for future study
