All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 720
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NewsChamber Music Festival of Lexington appoints new artistic director
Snarky Puppy’s violinist Zach Brock will assume the role, succeeding Nathan Cole
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VideoVideo premiere: Édith Piaf’s ‘Hymne à l’amour’ for eight cellos performed by the SCS Cello Ensemble
The group has released a new single of Piaf’s eternal classic, filmed at the Scandinavian Cello School and to be featured in an upcoming documentary
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NewsObituary: American violinist Marina Brubaker
The 67-year-old performed with the Houston Symphony for almost four decades and was a keen violin tutor
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NewsCellist Andrew Yee named Moab Music Festival composer-in-residence
The founder member of the Attacca Quartet is currently working on a piece for string quintet
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NewsBorletti-Buitoni Trust 2026 awards and fellowships announced
Two cellists and two string quartets feature in this year’s cohort
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BlogsFrom Reich to Kate Bush: a fusion of voice and string quartet
Pwyll ap Siôn reports back from the Solem Quartet and Alice Zawadzki’s performance at Kings Place on 14 March 2026
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NewsObituary: violinist Rodica Gonzalez
Gonzalez, a long-standing member of the Houston Symphony, died of cancer aged 59
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NewsSaint Paul Chamber Orchestra names Alina Ibragimova as new artistic partner
Ibragimova’s tenure with the orchestra begins in the 2026/27 season
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NewsApril 2026: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the German theme April issue, in which cover star Frank Peter Zimmermann explores his new recording of Elgar’s Violin Concerto
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BlogsHeroes for everyone at the London Festival of Chamber Music
Zephyr Wills, a violist with Sinfonia Smith Square, shares insights on preparing for the upcoming star-studded London Festival of Chamber Music, where ’everyone is everyone else’s biggest fan’
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NewsFibonacci Quartet appointed to new residency role
The award-winning quartet has been appointed associate ensemble at Music at Paxton festival for 2027-2029
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News44 ensembles selected to join MERITA Platform
The emerging chamber ensembles will have the opportunity to pursue performing projects and residencies across Europe through 2029
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NewsViolinist Alina Pogostkina steps back from performance
The winner of the 2005 Sibelius Competition has announced she will be focusing on her life away from the stage, after 35 years of performing
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NewsContinuo Foundation awards over £100k to early music projects
This marks the foundation’s eleventh round of grants, with the total amount awarded since 2021 surpassing £1.1 million
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NewsMaxim Vengerov steps in for indisposed Lisa Batiashvili in London
Vengerov will play the Tchaikovsky Concerto with the Philharmonia and Mark Wigglesworth
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ReviewSacrilegious Games: TwoSet Violin brings playfulness and virtuosity to London’s Barbican
Lauren Wesley-Smith attends the social media stars’ sold-out performance at the Barbican Centre in London on 14 March
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NewsCellist Friedrich Thiele signs with Harrison Parrott
The soloist and chamber musician was a major prizewinner at the 2019 ARD International Music Competition
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BlogsThe lost Elegy: Juliana Soltis on rediscovering Helen Crane’s forgotten cello work
Cellist Juliana Soltis recounts the century‑long disappearance and improbable rediscovery of Helen Crane’s An Elegy, a 1919 prize‑winning work lost in the depths of Library of Congress catalogues and revived through a cross‑institutional sleuthing effort worthy of its own mystery novel
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NewsObituary: double bassist Bronwen Naish (1939–2026)
Bronwen Naish, regarded as the first female double bass soloist and an advocate for the instrument, has died aged 86
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Blogs‘Never just the notes’: the musical and teaching legacy of Igor Ozim
The violinist and pedagogue Igor Ozim died on 23 March 2024. Two years on, Dijana Ihas writes about his legacy to commemorate a teacher whose seven‑decade career shaped generations of musicians through his analytical clarity, uncompromising discipline and deep commitment to musical expression
