All Artists articles – Page 15
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VideoRay Chen plays Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Ray Chen gives a solo rendition of this cosy little number
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FeatureLisa Batiashvili on the joys of collaboration
Georgian violinist Lisa Batiashvili has recently taken on new challenges, among them artistic directorship of the Audi Summer Concerts festival and performing on the soundtrack to The White Crow. But, she tells Toby Deller, she finds equal joy in creating wonderful interpretations from long-term partnerships
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Premium ❘ Feature‘Art has space for everything’, says Patricia Kopatchinskaja
She describes her violin as a family member, and her storyteller’s gift as an interpreter has won her artist residencies at the Lucerne and Kissinger Sommer festivals this year. Patricia Kopatchinskaja talks to Toby Deller about sound, vision and changing the world through music
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Premium ❘ FeatureThree’s Company
A decade after its founding, Trio Zimmermann has put the string trio back in the spotlight. How does this all-star ensemble function, and can it save the string trio from obscurity? Andrew Mellor went to meet its members
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ArticleLisa Batiashvili plays Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto
Lisa Batiashvili, our cover star for the January 2020 issue of The Strad, plays Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in this performance with the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra under Gábor Takács-Nagy. The performance took place last September at the 2019 Tsinandali Festival in Tsinandali, Kakheti, Georgia.
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VideoVerona Quartet perform Janáček’s String Quartet no.2 ‘Intimate Letters’ I: Andante
Watch the Verona Quartet perform Janáček’s String Quartet no.2 ‘Intimate Letters’ I: Andante.
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VideoLigeti Quartet perform The Holly and the Ivy by Tom Green
’Exploded Christmas carols to crush the spirit of Noddy Holder’, is how composer Tom Green describes his new collection of five reconfigured seasonal tunes, Solstice Songs, a commission from the Ligeti Quartet. The London-based quartet will perform the new works in a programme alongside Robin Haigh’s String Quartet (2019) on ...
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VideoRostropovich: a 90-minute documentary
A documentary that delves into all aspects of the cellist’s life and career - from his four-day courtship of his wife to that 1968 performance of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto at the Proms, coinciding with the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. With contributions from Rostropovich’s wife Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya, and the ...
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Focus5 essential recordings by violinist Itzhak Perlman
To tie in with the violin star's 70th birthday in 2015, Julian Haylock rounded up some of the master violinist’s finest recordings
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VideoPrepare with Nicky: Introduction - Meet Your Tutors
With only 33 days until the Benedetti Sessions - Nicola Benedetti’s series of orchestra-based weekend workshops which aim to address the needs of young musicians and of teachers - the violinist is launching a video a day. And she’s starting by introducing some of the tutors involved. ‘The good news’, ...
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VideoMariss Jansons conducts Rossini’s William Tell Overture
Guest cellist Mischa Meyer performs the opening solo
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ReviewAnne-Sophie Mutter: John Williams Across the Stars
Star violinist turns her hand to the movie music of our time
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VideoKronos Quartet performs One Earth, One People, One Love
Watch the official music video for One Earth, One People, One Love, the final movement of Sun Rings, a 2002 collaboration between Kronos and composer Terry Riley. The first full recording of Sun Rings was released by Nonesuch Records in August.The piece is scored for string quartet, chorus and pre-recorded ...
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VideoItzhak Perlman discusses his early days as a musician
In this interview, originally aired in June 2019, Itzhak Perlman discusses his early days as a musician and his battle with polio.
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Focus10 playing tips by violist Lionel Tertis
Sydney Errington, who was to become principal violist of The Hallé, was a student of the great British violist Lionel Tertis in the 1930s. Here, taken from Errington's notebook, are some of the things Tertis told him during his introductory lesson: 1 Feel every note you are performing all the ...
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VideoSheku Kanneh-Mason recording Elgar at Abbey Road Studios
Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason recording the Elgar Cello Concerto with Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, in June 2019 at Abbey Road Studios. The 20-year-old soloist will release his new album, Elgar, on Decca Classics on 10 January 2020. The recording also includes a new arrangement of Elgar’s ‘Nimrod’ from ...
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FeatureGautier Capuçon plays Bloch to mark anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall
The cellist Gautier Capuçon plays the Prière from Ernest Bloch’s ‘from Jewish Life’ at the memorial of the Berlin wall to mark the 30th anniversary of the Fall of Berlin Wall.
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NewsJoshua Bell extends Academy of St Martin in the Fields contract until 2023
The musician has led the London-based chamber orchestra since 2011, succeeding founder Sir Neville Marriner
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NewsLeon Bosch awarded honorary Fellowship of RNCM
The double bassist will receive his award at the college on 10th December
