All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 679
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News2025 Sphinx Organization MPower Artist Grants announced
A total of $100,000 will be awarded to help support ten musicians’ projects
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NewsRoyal Northern College of Music and Manchester Collective join forces to support string students
A year-long programme will support postgraduate string players specialising in new music and contemporary performance
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FocusMy experience: violinist Arieta Liatsi, Universität Mozarteum Salzburg
’It’s a super inspiring place, with many music festivals and concerts throughout the year, and Salzburg is also so pretty – like a fairytale cake!’ says the violinist
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NewsAntonio Mormone International Prize finalists announced
The three finalists will perform several concerts from 16 to 22 June
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NewsAustralian Chamber Orchestra welcomes Anna da Silva Chen as permanent member
Chen is the third violinist this year to be taken on as a permanent ACO member
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NewsRenowned American cellist Joel Krosnick has died aged 84
A member of Juilliard Quartet from 1974-2016, Krosnick was associated with the Juilliard School for 50 years
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NewsWood, Sound and Sustainability – a path forward for V. Richelieu Instruments
Explore the range of V. Richelieu’s violins and violas crafted from FSC-certified materials sourced sustainably from around the world
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FocusGreat violinists: Yehudi Menuhin
Julian Haylock examines the player whose openness and sincerity gave even lighter music a profound emotional resonance
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NewsWinners announced for the 2025 Hong Kong International Young Musicians Competition
Eight categories of young violinists and chamber groups contested for numerous cash and product prizes at the competition’s final, held on 19 April 2025
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BlogsA week of practice with violinist Oliver Neubauer
How do you prepare for your Washington DC and New York City debuts? Violinist Oliver Neubauer highlights the importance of recording, focused work, external perspectives, as well as rest, ahead of his Young Concert Artists debuts on 22 and 29 April
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NewsCellist Christophe Coin joins Paris teaching faculty
The French cellist is a new addition to the teaching staff at Paris’s Alfred Cortot School of Music
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NewsViolin of the Sea: the violin made from the wood of migrant boats blessed by Pope Francis
The late leader of the Catholic church blessed the Violino del Mare in 2022, which was made by Italian prisoners to raise awareness of the plight of refugees crossing the Mediterranean
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NewsLA police recover a stolen 331-year-old Grancino violin, worth $650k
The violin was reported stolen from a University of Southern California graduate music student on 2 April and recovered just over one week later
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NewsWinners announced for the 2025 Victoria ‘BCN’ International Violin Competition
Held from 18 to 20 April in Barcelona, the winners received a masterclass opportunity with Maxim Vengerov, plus cash and future performances
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NewsInternational Society of Bassists names recipient of 2025 Jane Little Scholarship
Jayden Im receives the $10,000 scholarship for this year to embark on college studies
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BlogsComposer Michael Stimpson: how my time in ICU inspired a work for cello and piano
Composer Michael Stimpson tells a story of survival through the recording release of his work Tales from the 15th Floor, ahead of a live performance in aid of the spinal injury charity, Horatio’s Garden
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BlogsViolinist Curtis Stewart on making music: by serving others, I am serving myself
The violinist and composer speaks about his new project Seasons of Change, which reimagines Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with theatre and audience connectivity, in an exploration of climate change and its effects on humanity
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BlogsWitness and memory: Kronos Quartet and Mary Kouyoumdjian give voice to the silenced
Marking Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day with the portrait album WITNESS, composer Mary Kouyoumdjian and Kronos Quartet’s David Harrington reflect on their decade-long collaboration – and music’s power to grapple with difficult themes.
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NewsString stars shine all summer long in the 2025 BBC Proms line-up
Here’s the rundown of the string soloists that will feature throughout this year’s edition of the world’s biggest classical music festival
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NewsChatter: Making music for the masses
Richard Linnett explores Chatter, an ensemble providing ‘sonic mass’ in Albuquerque, founded and directed by concertmaster of the Santa Fe Symphony, David Felberg
