All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 707
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NewsDecember 2025: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the December 2025 issue starring Swedish violinist Johan Dalene, who has released his sixth album at the age of only 25
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VideoWATCH LIVE: Concours de Genève viola finals
The three viola finalists will perform the competition’s compulsory work, plus a concerto of their choice on 12 November
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NewsViolinist Geraldine O’Grady dies aged 93
The Irish musician was a well-known figure in the music world, appearing on radio and TV and serving for four years as concertmaster of the RTÉ Symphony Orchestra
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NewsTwo first prizes awarded at the 2025 Concours de Genève viola edition
Sarah Strohm and Brian Isaacs have each won the CHF20,000 (£17,600) first prize
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Blogs‘Something deeply human and expressive breaks through’: Leila Josefowicz on the violin concerto of Thomas Adès
Leila Josefowicz reflects on her long relationship with Thomas Adès’s violin concerto, now out in her live recording with the Minnesota Orchestra and Thomas Søndergård.
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NewsBournemouth Symphony Orchestra mourns double bassist and music animateur
A double bass player who joined the Bournemouth Sinfonietta in 1978, Andy Baker worked extensively as a music animateur and workshop leader in various community outreach projects
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NewsRay Ushikubo loaned 1741 Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin
The violinist will give public performances on the ‘Playfair’ violin in Los Angeles and New York in December
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BlogsKate Gregory and Brendan Hearn: Old time roots, fresh voices for fiddle and cello
The fiddle-and-cello duo discuss how friendship, tradition and groove shaped their debut album One Year Since
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NewsWhat an encore: Sterling Elliott proposes to girlfriend following concerto performance
The cellist popped the question after performing Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with the Sequoia Symphony
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NewsObituary: Ronald Masin (1937–2025)
The violinist was a former concertmaster in Amsterdam and an influential musician and educator in South Africa and Ireland
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NewsCoull Quartet violinist Philip Gallaway has died
The violinist was a founding member of the quartet and a principal player with Sinfonia Viva since 2001
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NewsSame soul. New roots. Mexican pernambuco – a sustainable choice for the future of bow making
As Brazilian pernambuco faces increasing environmental regulations and trade restrictions, L’Archet Europe presents an alternative material
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Blogs‘There will be blood’: the Danish Quartet at Santa Fe Pro Musica
Richard Linnett attended the Danish Quartet’s concert on 16 November 2025 in Santa Fe, comprising a ‘mashup’ of Jonny Greenwood and Stravinsky, plus Beethoven and folk tunes
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2026: 1741 ‘Bohrer, Baumgartner’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin
Currently played by Kerson Leong, this is an ‘outstanding concert instrument in excellent condition’
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BlogsViolinist-composer Tim Fain unravels a world in flux
Shaped by close collaborations with Glass, Monk and others, Fain’s new album Unraveling traces a path through instability and renewal
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NewsRecipients announced for Chamber Music America 2026 Awards
The Poiesis and Takács string quartets have been recognised for their achievements in the annual awards, as well as Imani Winds
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NewsSemi-finalists announced for Sphinx Competition 2026
A total of 20 musicians will play for the chance to compete for more than $100,000 in prizes in the Junior and Senior division finals in January 2026
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NewsChamber Music Society of Palm Beach announces rising artists for 2026
Two violinists, a violist and a cellist have been selected to participate in the intensive week-long programme in January 2026
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NewsLSO mourns former leader, Michael Davis
The violinist was leader of the London Symphony Orchestra under the directorship of Claudio Abbado, as well as the Hallé Orchestra and BBC Symphony Orchestra
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BlogsRethinking the Partitas: an experience at Amare
How does one develop one’s own interpretation of solo Bach, when the repertoire comes with such interpretative inheritance? Violinist SongHa Choi reflects on a recent performance of Bach’s Partitas in The Hague, as well as finding a sense of voice shaped by the moment
