All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 669
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NewsViolins of Hope instruments feature on new album commemorating 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation
The instruments that formerly belonged to Holocaust survivors can be heard on Violins of Hope from The Daniel Pelton Collective, which strives to provide a stark reminder of atrocities of the past in an aim to shape better future
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FocusMy experience: violist Claire Pass-Lanneau, ProQuartet
’When you want to do this for your whole career, hearing from someone who has done it for 40 years is very special,’ says the violist
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News2025 Sphinx Competition winners announced
A total of six string players from both the junior and senior divisions have won more than $100,000 in prizes in the 2025 competition’s final rounds over the weekend
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NewsResults announced for the 2025 Tertis and Aronowitz International Viola Competitions
Violists Sam Rosenthal and Xunyu Zhou receive the £5,000 first prizes
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ReviewConcert review: Midori (violin) and Seattle Symphony/Anja Bihlmaier
US correspondent Thomas May reviews Midori’s performance of the Brahms concerto with the Seattle Symphony under guest conductor Anja Bihlmaier on 23 January 2025.
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NewsAviv Quartet appoints new second violinist
Brandon Garbot joins the ensemble, replacing Philippe Villafranca
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NewsLSO bids farewell to co-leader, Carmine Lauri
Violinist Carmine Lauri leaves the orchestra after nearly 30 years to return to his home country of Malta
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NewsLaurence Lesser establishes new string scholarship in memory of his wife, Masuko Ushioda
New England Conservatory’s Masuko Ushioda Dean’s Scholarship Fund will provide financial support to promising string students that embody the musical motivation of Ushioda, who died in 2013
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Blogs’There’s a moment where I feel like I need to relearn a piece’ - Julia Fischer on how to keep fresh on tour
In advance of her tour with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Vasily Petrenko, the German violinist speaks to The Strad about what she is most looking forward to, how to sustain a month-long tour, plus what she gets up to outside of performances
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NewsCellist Yo-Yo Ma performs in the snow above Davos
The cellist performed atop Schatzalp above Davos during the World Economic Forum, with the aim to raise awareness about climate change and glacier preservation
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NewsRNCM announces winners of award supporting disabled and neurodiverse musicians
The Lucy Hale Award, worth £5,000, will help support a violist with hypermobility and a baritone horn player with hearing loss
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NewsShortlists for 2025 RPS Awards include top string players
Cellist Laura van der Heijden and violinist Leia Zhu are among those nominated for this year’s RPS Awards to be held 6 March
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NewsTop job for Top: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra appoints new concertmaster
Violinist Tjeerd Top departs the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra to take up the leading role in Rotterdam
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NewsOdesa International Violin Competition announces new location
It will be the first edition of the competition since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in 2022
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NewsRNCM appoints cellist to chamber music leadership role
Cellist Jennifer Langridge will assume the role of head of strings chamber music in February 2025
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BlogsHow we reflected Turkey’s musical richness in 24 one-minute pieces for solo violin during the pandemic
Cellist Mehmet Gökhan Bağcı interviews Turkish violinist Önder Baloglu, who sheds light on the pandemic-induced project Unvoiced Diaries, comprising short, Instagram-friendly compositions, plus its significance in the broader context of Turkish classical music
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FocusMy experience: violist Gwen Ovshinsky, Allcomers Music: Strings in Greece
’We rehearse outdoors in a shaded mini-amphitheatre right by the sea. It’s incredibly beautiful,’ says the violist
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BlogsWhy I write my own cadenzas: violinist Lir Vaginsky
The violinist shares how writing her own cadenzas for her recording of Mozart concertos resulted in a deeper connection with both the composer and audiences
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BlogsRecovering paradise: Alisa Weilerstein on Richard Blackford’s new climate change concerto
The American cellist speaks with US correspondent Thomas May about a new work she is premiering this season that hits especially close to home: Richard Blackford’s The Recovery of Paradise concerto for cello, which takes its name from the wildfires that devastated Southern California in 2018.
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NewsAustralian Chamber Orchestra announces 2025 Emerging Artists
Six string players have been selected to take part in the orchestra’s programme in its anniversary year
