All Artists articles – Page 25
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ArticleMenuhin Competition 2014 announces winners
Violinists Stephen Waarts and Rennosuke Fukuda triumph in the Senior and Junior Divisions
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BlogsViolinist Gil Shaham on the irresistible lure of 1930s violin concertos
The Turbulent Thirties gave rise to an unprecedented explosion of concertos for the violin from some of the 20th century's greatest composers. American violinist Gil Shaham shares his thoughts on a choice selection from this most pivotal of decades
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ArticleCellist Zoë Keating publishes 2013 earnings through iTunes, Spotify and YouTube
Streaming services accounted for less than ten per cent of her earnings last year
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FocusHow to make a five-string viola
The five-stringed viola represents a creative and technical challenge for both players and luthiers. Ariane Todes talks to some of the people who are exploring its exciting possibilities
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ArticleViolinist Tatiana Samouil and violist Yuri Bashmet to perform at Winter Olympics closing ceremony
St Petersburg-born violinist Tatiana Samouil is to perform alongside her compatriot Yuri Bashmet in a concert at the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi this Sunday, 23 February.The details of the concert are being kept secret, save for the fact that the programme will include ...
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FocusBringing singing to violin technique: Charles-Auguste de Bériot
The Belgian pedagogue, who was born on this day in 1802, combined elements of the human voice with the virtuosity of Paganini in his violin treatise. Robin Stowell considers his Méthode de violon alongside the Violinschule by Joseph Joachim and Andreas Moser The violin playing ...
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Blogs6 pieces of advice for performers by violinist Vadim Repin
There are as many ways to advise violinists about performance careers as there are violinists, says Vadim Repin. Nevertheless, he tells Pauline Harding six of his secrets to success
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The art of distraction is more effective than repetitive practice
Repeating a difficult passage over and over again can lead to stress and tension. Instead distract your mind at the point of execution to feel relaxed as you play, writes cellist Thomas Demenga
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ArticleCellist Alexander Ivashkin has died aged 65
The Russian cellist premiered a large number of works throughout his career by such composers as Schnittke and Penderecki
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ArticleViolinist Midori and the Minnesota Orchestra receive 2014 Grammy Awards
The 56th annual Grammys were held in Los Angeles on 26 January
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ArticleNearly a century after her death, Maud Powell finally receives a Grammy
Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr may have stolen the limelight at the 56th Grammy Awards over the weekend when they collected The Beatles’ Lifetime Achievement Award, but another Lifetime Achievement recipient has waited even longer to receive the accolade. Some 94 years after her ...
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BlogsViolinist Augustin Hadelich on performing a concerto with the LA Phil at three days' notice
The soloist describes his recent experience filling in for Christian Tetzlaff at LA's Walt Disney Concert Hall
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BlogsJascha Heifetz and Nathan Milstein – two titanic violinists who still divide opinion today
Tully Potter compares the recorded legacy of the two renowned performers
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ArticleMenuhin Competition returns to London in honour of the violinist
The 2016 contest will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the great prodigy
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FocusJascha Heifetz – unique and influential violin virtuoso
Julian Haylock considers the dazzling technique, supreme concentration and absolute clarity of interpretation that made Jascha Heifetz a unique performer
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FocusCelebrating the great violinist Nathan Milstein
In honour of Nathan Milstein's 110th birthday today, The Strad revisits a ‘Great Violinists' article by Julian Haylock, published in the September 2009 issue
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ArticleViolinist Nemanja Radulović signs an international contract with DG
The 28-year-old Serbian recorded a Paganini album for DG France last year
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ArticleViolinist Augustin Hadelich to make Walt Disney Concert Hall debut
He replaces Christian Tetzlaff, who has pulled out of the LA Phil concerts due to illness
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ArticleHungarian violinist János Négyesy dies aged 75
Violinist and pedagogue János Négyesy died on 20 December at the age of 75. For more than three decades he was a member of the music faculty at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), also giving masterclasses worldwide. A leading advocate for contemporary music, Négyesy ...
