All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 90
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ArticleJean-Guihen Queyras plays Schumann
In the June issue's Masterclass, Jean-Guihen Queyras discusses his approach to Bach's Cello Suite no.5. Here he is playing Schumann.
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Northwestern University breaks ground on $117m Bienen School music building
A groundbreaking ceremony took place at Northwestern University in Chicago last Friday for a new $117m building to house the Bienen School of Music. The five-storey lakeside structure will house a 400-seat recital hall, rehearsal and recital rooms, soundproofed teaching studios and practice rooms, and administrative and faculty offices. It ...
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The Tesla Quartet wins gold at Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition
The Tesla Quartet won the gold medal in the senior string division of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition in South Bend, Indiana. The quartet, whose members study with the Takács Quartet at the University of Colorado at Boulder, received $3,000. The silver medal went to the piano trio Trio ...
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Violin maker Jin Chang Heryern dies in Japan
Korean-born violin maker Jin Chang Heryern has died at the age of 82. A resident of Japan since the age of 14, he was one of the first Asian luthiers to be recognised by the Violin Society of America. Jin’s work received five gold medals in the society’s 1976 competition ...
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Avery Fisher grant for violinist Benjamin Beilman
Violinist Benjamin Beilman, 22, has been awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant worth $25,000. Just this March he received a £10,000 career development award from music charity London Music Masters. A first-prize winner of the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 2010, Beilman also won first prize at the ...
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ArticleJoseph Hague plays Paganini's Caprice no.13
For years, Jascha Heifetz was believed to have made a series of spoof recordings under the name Joseph Hague. In the June issue, we reveal that Hague was a real person – and track his life and career as a violinist, teacher and rosin maker in the US. ...
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Beijing Symphony Orchestra fires cellist for rude behaviour
A Russian cellist in the Beijing Symphony Orchestra has been sacked after a video of him insulting a train passenger went viral on the internet. Oleg Vedernikov was filmed resting his bare feet on the seat of the woman in front of him, and then insulting her in Chinese when ...
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ArticleBenjamin Beilman plays Sibelius
Benjamin Beilman, 22, has been awarded a $25,000 Avery Fisher Career Grant. Here he performs the Sibelius Violin Concerto, which won first prize at the 2010 Montreal International Music Competition.
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ArticleJoseph Hague plays Poliakin's Le canari
For years, Jascha Heifetz was believed to have made a series of spoof recordings under the name Joseph Hague. In the June issue, we reveal that Hague was a real person – and track his life and career as a violinist, teacher and rosin maker in the ...
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Concertmaster Glenn Dicterow to leave New York Philharmonic
Glenn Dicterow has announced he will be stepping down as the New York Philharmonic's concertmaster at the end of the 2013–14 season. He will have held the position for 34 years – the longest tenure of any New York Philharmonic concertmaster. In autumn 2013 Dicterow is set to take ...
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ArticleJoseph Hague plays Monti's Csárdás
For years, Jascha Heifetz was believed to have made a series of spoof recordings under the name Joseph Hague. In the June issue, we reveal that Hague was a real person – and track his life and career as a violinist, teacher and rosin maker in the US. ...
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ReviewBrahms: Cello Sonatas no.1 in E minor op.38 & no.2 in F major op.99, Violin Sonata op.78 (transc. Klengel)
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: A Brahms recital where only a transcription comes off wellMusicians: Antony Cooke (cello) Armin Watkins (piano)Composer: Brahms (transc. Klengel)Veteran California-based duo Antony Cooke and Armin Watkins add some rugged but uneven Brahms to the recorded canon as they celebrate more than 40 ...
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ReviewRota: Cello Concertos nos.1 & 2, Il gattopardo
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Stylish accounts of two concertos by a master of film musicMusicians: Friedrich Kleinhapl (cello) Augsburg Philharmonic Orchestra/Dirk KaftanComposer: Rota As with Korngold, Nino Rota’s reputation has suffered as a result of his considerable success as a composer for films, ...
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ReviewShostakovich: Cello Concerto no.1 in E flat major op.107. Britten: Cello Symphony op.68
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: An apt and successful coupling of two 20th-century cello masterpiecesMusicians: Johannes Moser (cello) WDR Symphony Orchestra Köln/Pietari InkinenComposer: Shostakovich & BrittenShostakovich and Britten, friends and mutual admirers, always make a good pairing, with Rostropovich, the dedicatee of both works on this disc, ...
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ReviewShostakovich: String Quartets nos.7 & 8. Beethoven: String Quartet in F major op.59 no.1 ‘Rasumovsky’
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Probing performances from a young Swiss quartetMusicians: Valentin Berlinsky QuartetComposer: Shostakovich, BeethovenNamed in honour of the Borodin Quartet’s long-serving cellist, the Valentin Berlinsky Quartet was formed in 2010 by four outstanding young Swiss musicians, all principal players in the Zurich Opera and ...
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ReviewDohnányi: String Quartets no.1 in A major op.7 & no.3 in A minor op.33
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Vivid performances of a pair of Hungarian quartetsMusicians: Aviv QuartetComposer: Dohnányi Far too little of Ern? Dohnányi’s music makes it into concert programmes, and as so often it has been left to the record industry to fill the gaps ...
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ReviewEduard Franck: String Quintets no.1 in E minor op.15 & no.2 in C major op.51
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Admirable performances of quintets by the ‘other’ FranckMusicians: Christiane Edinger (violin) Tassilo Kaiser (violin) Rainer Kimstedt (viola) Uwe MartinuHaiberg (viola) Katharina Maechler (cello)Composer: Eduard FranckAudite’s laudable exploration of the chamber music of Eduard Franck (1817–93) – previous releases have focused on his ...
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ReviewFélicien David: String Quartets no.1 in F minor, no.2 in A major & no.4 in E minor (unfinished)
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Welcome advocacy for music by a little-known 19th-century French composerMusicians: Cambini Quartet ParisComposer: Félicien David Félicien David (1810–76), a member of the Saint-Simonian movement and a pioneer in the use of ‘oriental’ material in his music following his ...
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ReviewAchron: Suites for violin and piano nos.1–4, Children’s Suite (arr. Heifetz), salon pieces
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Rewarding exploration of the music of a neglected Russian violinist–composerMusicians: Hagai Shaham (violin) Arnon Erez (piano)Composer: AchronLeaving his native Russia after graduating from the class of the legendary Leopold Auer at the St Petersburg Academy, Joseph Achron (1886–1943) settled in Berlin and ...
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ReviewTurina: Piano Quartet in A minor op.67, Violin Sonata no.2 in G major op.82, Escena andaluza op.7, Piano Trio no.1 op.35, La oración del torero
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Chamber music that successfully combines French and Spanish stylesMusicians: Nash EnsembleComposer: Turina Seville-born Joaquín Turina travelled to Paris in 1905 to study at the Schola Cantorum, where he encountered both the clean Classicism of d’Indy and Franck and the ...
