All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 706
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BlogsBreaking the sounds of sameness: why music education must resist global uniformity
Hector Scott argues for the embrace of the creative exchange of ideas in music education, rather than a repetitive replicated approach that avoids innovation
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NewsCellist Anouchka Hack receives Beethoven Ring 2025
The cellist receives the award in recognition for her recent performance of a Beethoven work at Bonn’s Beethovenfest
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BlogsThe quest for Cassadó: the interdisciplinary partnership to introduce Gaspar Cassadó to a broader audience
Erin Jones speaks to cellist Katie Tertell and historian Rosi Song about their mission to uncover the music of Cassadó, through their project ‘Lost in Plain Sight’
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BlogsAnna Urpina: uncovering Baroque works by female composers
The violinist, who specialises in both Baroque and modern playing, shares details on her new album shining a light on forgotten composers, Le Chant des Muses
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VideoA lasting relationship: the Ariel Quartet performs Beethoven op.59 no.3
The ensemble presents an al fresco performance of the third Rasumovsky quartet, as it releases its second instalment of complete Beethoven string quartet recordings
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NewsFinalists announced for 2025 Isang Yun Cello Competition
Four cellists will perform a concerto on 8 November in Tongyeong, South Korea, for the chance to win the top prize of KRW30,000,000 (£16,000)
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NewsFinalists announced for the 8th Mirecourt International Violin Competition
Three finalists will perform a concerto with orchestra on 9 November 2025 in Thaon-les-Vosges, France
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NewsFundraiser launched to send British Baroque delegation to Ukraine
The campaign has been set up to cover urgent travel, rehearsal and logistical costs for the cross-cultural collaboration to begin on 16 November
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NewsWinners announced at the 2025 Isang Yun Cello Competition
Korean cellist Youbien Lee received both first prize and the UNESCO City of Music Special Prize
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NewsString players and ensembles among 2025 YCA finalists
The finalists are competing for a three-year YCA Jacobs Fellowship
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News2025 Concours de Genève viola finalists announced
The three finalists will perform at Geneva’s Victoria Hall on 12 November
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News‘Vesuvio’ Stradivari violin goes on display in Seoul
The c.1727 instrument is the first from a public Italian collection to be exhibited in South Korea
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NewsDanish National Symphony Orchestra appoints new concertmaster
Norwegian violinist Ludvig Gudim, 26, has officially passed his trial period with the orchestra
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NewsSearch launched for the violin of Holocaust victim Hélène Berr
The musician and diarist perished in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945 aged 24
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NewsMirecourt International Violin Competition winners announced
South Korean violinist Seonglan Hong receives the €5,000 first prize and performance opportunities
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NewsWinners announced for the 2025 Young Concert Artists auditions
The auditions identify three exceptional early-career artists and offers them a three-year career mentorship programme
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2026: 1699 ‘Dubois’ Antonio Stradivari cello
With a fine red-brown varnish, this cello may have been made with wood from the same tree as the famed ’Cristiani, Stauffer’
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BlogsSinging lines and quiet endings: Santiago Cañón-Valencia revives Tobias Picker’s cello concerto
The Colombian cellist shares his thoughts on Tobias Picker’s Cello Concerto, his passion for new music and the discipline of sustaining an authentic voice on a global stage.
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BlogsConcert review: Tafelmusik with Rachel Podger (violin)
US correspondent Thomas May hears Rachel Podger and Tafelmusik in a spirited showcase of Baroque brilliance presented by Early Music Seattle on 8 November 2025
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NewsHow cellist Willemijn Knödler is raising awareness for NF1 through music
The Dutch cellist is releasing her album of works by composers named ‘George’ in honour of her six-year-old son of the same name, who suffers from the rare genetic condition Neurofibromatosis type 1
