All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 709
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BlogsGathering around the hearth: inside the Miró Quartet’s new holiday album
Celebrating 30 years together, the Miró Quartet swaps concert halls for the fireside with Hearth, a collection of festive songs newly arranged by fifteen leading composers. Violist John Largess talks about collaboration, nostalgia and what togetherness means after three decades on the road
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VideoVideo: Richard Tognetti performs at the top of Sydney Opera House
The artistic director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra played Fratres by Arvo Pärt on the iconic building to celebrate 50 years since the ensemble’s first concert
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BlogsScrooge and strings: Noctifer Trio on performing Charles Dickens-inspired works
Ahead of a performance in London, cellist Lauren Wesley-Smith delves into how the trio expanded musical settings of the great author’s Christmas tales
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BlogsUniting luthiers, bow makers and players: Klanggestalten in Berlin 2025
Carlos María Solare reports back from Klanggestalten in Berlin, held from 31 October to 2 November 2025, where highlights included the Signum Quartet performing on different combinations of new instruments and bows
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NewsSheku Kanneh-Mason announces cancellation of concerts, due to injury
The cellist will not appear in concert for the rest of 2025 and hopes to return next year
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2026: 1767 Nicolò Gagliano cello
Formerly owned by Roger Smith of the Gagliano Trio, this fine example of Gagliano’s work is now played by Thomas Mesa
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BlogsA new sound takes shape: Leonard Fu on joining the Juilliard Quartet
As the Juilliard Quartet makes its New York debut in its new formation, newly appointed second violinist Leonard Fu reflects on tradition, renewal and shaping the ensemble’s evolving voice
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NewsCarolin Widmann ‘forced to do the unthinkable’ by carrying her bare Guadagnini violin on Lufthansa flight
The violinist was refused boarding with her violin case on a recent flight from Helsinki to Frankfurt, and was forced to hold her violin in her arms throughout her entire plane journey
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NewsNew artistic leadership at the Petworth Festival
Violinist Lizzie Ball and pianist Charles Owen join as co-artistic directors, as Stewart Collins steps down from the Summer Festival to continue as director of the Literary Festival
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NewsSingapore’s National Piano & Violin Competition announces winners
The violin and piano competitions were held in four age categories
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NewsJoshua Brown signs with the Concert Artists Guild
The US violinist joins the organisation for worldwide management
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NewsFormer Oistrakh pupil Alexei Michlin has died
The Russian violinist, who won the 1963 edition of the Queen Elisabeth Competition and lived in Spain for many years, was 87
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Blogs‘Lyrical, dignified, and deeply emotional’: Alexandra Tirsu on the violin concertos by Shostakovich and Hindemith
The violinist spoke to The Strad about recording the two works on her debut concerto album, both of which have accompanied her during defining moments of her life
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NewsJacqueline du Pré memorabilia to be auctioned
The extensive collection, belonging to Jacqueline du Pré’s siblings, will be auctioned on 5 December
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NewsOrchestra Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino mourns violinist Anna Noferini
The violinist had been a member of the orchestra’s first violin section since 1991
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NewsTakács Quartet announces retirement of founding cellist
András Fejér will be replaced by Mihai Marica, who will take up the role beginning 1 September 2026
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NewsRSNO appoints new associate leader
Shlomy Dobrinsky takes up the role having served as a member of the Philharmonia for eleven years
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NewsTwo new viola professors appointed in Geneva
Noémie Bialobroda and Hélène Clément will join the Haute École de Musique de Genève in September 2026
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Blogs‘At the end of the day, we are musical athletes’ – cellist Amit Peled
Amit Peled presents his Eight Cello Commandments which aim to create a unified physical and musical approach to the instrument
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BlogsMusic made with nature: how I explored the folk music traditions of Slovenia
On a Fulbright Scholarship, cellist Sarah Ghandour delved into unfamiliar territory by immersing herself in Slovenian folk music traditions. She shares her year-long experience of making music both with locals and within the country’s landscape
