All Artists articles – Page 13
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VideoIda Haendel plays Bach’s Chaconne in 2002
In this video from 2002, Ida Haendel plays JS Bach’s Chaconne from Partita No.2 in D minor. Her dog was called Decca. Read: ‘She was a strong woman when there were comparatively few great women soloists’ – Tasmin Little on Ida Haendel Read: Ida Haendel: Grande dame of the violin ...
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VideoAnne-Sophie Mutter plays Hoe-down
Anne-Sophie Mutter and pianist Lambert Orkis play the Hoe-down from Copland’s Ballet ’Rodeo’ (1943). Read: Anne-Sophie Mutter on fine and contemporary instruments Read: Sentimental Work: Anne-Sophie Mutter on Penderecki’s Metamorphosen Read: Anne-Sophie Mutter has tested positive for coronavirus
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VideoA comparison: Itzhak Perlman plays Mendelssohn in 1983 and 2011
In this video, which cuts between live performances filmed in 1983 and 2011, violinist Itzhak Perlman plays Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor with the New York Philharmonic under David Zinman (1983) and the San Francisco Symphony with Michael Tilson Thomas (2011). Watch: Juilliard students ‘do’ Bolero with guests including ...
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Focus‘Ida Haendel was not a natural collaborator’
Tully Potter shares his insights into the late violinist’s distinctive personality
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VideoVadim Repin plays Tchaikovsky’s Méditation
The Russian violinist plays Tchaikovsky’s Méditation in D minor from Souvenir d’un lieu cher (Memory of a Dear Place), Op. 42 (1878) with the Moscow Soloists Chamber Orchestra conducted by Yuri Bashmet. Read about Repin’s Sentimental Work in our August issue.
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VideoAnne-Sophie Mutter plays Kreisler’s Caprice Viennois
The violinist plays Kreisler’s Caprcie Viennois, Op.2, with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under Zubin Mehta.
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VideoDocumentary about Ida Haendel
In a special tribute to Ida Haendel, we are republishing archive content related to the late violinist, who died last week
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FocusIda Haendel making her first appearance in The Strad in 1937
In a special tribute to Ida Haendel, we are re-publishing content related to the late violinist. Here, in our March 1937 issue, our correspondent predicts great things for a 14-year-old violinist who may have actually only been 9 at the time
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VideoMusicians in isolation: Alina Ibragimova
The Russian-British violinist describes what life has held for her since the lockdown started, from the little pleasures of being able to ‘buy milk for the fridge’, to the challenge of tackling all 24 Paganini Caprices.
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FocusTop 11 places to find string music concerts online
With multiple venues embracing live-streaming and making past concerts available online, we present a round-up of the best sources for string music
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VideoWorking from home: Augustin Hadelich
The German-American violinist plays both the violin and piano parts of Kreisler’s Liebesfreud. The recording was made on 6 April 2020 in Hadelich’s home during the coronavirus lockdown. Hadelich writes: ’Here is “Liebesfreud” by Fritz Kreisler, one of his most joyful pieces. I love the line in the piano answering ...
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VideoWorking from home: Steven Isserlis gives an online children’s concert
Steven Isserlis performing his first ever children’s concert over Facebook Live on March 24th.
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NewsAnne-Sophie Mutter has tested positive for coronavirus
The German violinist addresses her fans in a video revealing that she has tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus
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FocusAnne-Sophie Mutter on Herbert von Karajan and John Williams
Anne-Sophie Mutter talks to Charlotte Smith about her very different, and yet in some ways remarkably similar, collaborations with conductor Herbert von Karajan and composer John Williams
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NewsNicola Benedetti receives honorary degree from Robert Gordon University Aberdeen
The violinist was rewarded for her ‘outstanding contribution to arts and continued work in making music accessible to young people’
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VideoClassical Up Close: Steven Isserlis
On February 28, 2020 British cellist Steven Isserlis came to The Greene Space in New York for an up close evening of music and conversation. He was joined by pianist Shai Wosner in a program of works by Beethoven, Janacek, and Prokofiev.
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Premium ❘ FeatureSession Report: Violinist Johan Dalene makes his recording debut
For his debut album as an exclusive BIS artist, Johan Dalene – teenage winner of last year’s Carl Nielsen International Competition – has not shied away from ambitious and much-loved repertoire. He and producer Jens U. Braun recall the recording process
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FocusViolinist Yehudi Menuhin's first appearance in The Strad, aged 10
We republish a snippet introducing the prodigy to Strad readers in 1926
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Premium ❘ FeatureLloyd Swanton on the art of free improvisation
As double bassist of long-running Australian trio the Necks, Lloyd Swanton is an expert in group improvisation. He speaks to Andy Hamilton about his inspirations, maintaining creativity, and making contemporary improvised music accessible
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Premium ❘ FeatureDaniel Müller-Schott: souvenir of Russia
Cellist Daniel Müller-Schott reveals how his album of Russian repertoire draws on the inspiration he felt as a participant in the 1992 International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians
