All Artists articles – Page 26
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FocusA luthier's tribute to Nelson Mandela
Inspired by South Africa's Nobel Peace Prize winners, luthier Brian Lisus made a quartet of instruments that could spread a message of reconciliation and help some of the world's poorest children to make music. Peter Somerford traces its evolution
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Kim Kashkashian: ‘The emotional landscape of Hindemith's music is a joy to enter'
Paul Hindemith did more than any other composer of his era to champion the viola as a solo instrument. Fifty years after his death, the American violist Kim Kashkashian reflects on the rewards and challenges of his music
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BlogsLeonidas Kavakos on modern violin making: 'This is an art that I want to support'
The Greek violinist offers an enlightened view of modern instruments that might inspire other players, as Ariane Todes reports
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BlogsSteven Isserlis on his long-time collaborator, the late John Tavener
The British cellist talks to Chloe Cutts about the conception and premiere of The Protecting Veil
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ArticleLeila Josefowicz's violin sells for £156,000 at auction
The violin that Leila Josefowicz used as her main concert instrument for the last twelve years was sold at a London auction yesterday. The violin fetched £156,000 (including buyer's premium) at Ingles & Hayday. The instrument, dated around 1750, was catalogued as 'probably by Michele Angelo Bergonzi' ...
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FocusSix great performances of Beethoven's ‘Kreutzer' Sonata on film
Over the last two weeks we’ve been posting videos of some of the finest performances of Beethoven’s ‘Kreutzer’ Sonata available on YouTube. The playlist begins with precious 1926 footage of the Russian violinist Efrem Zimbalist performing the last movement of the sonata with the pianist Harold Bauer, ...
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FocusJoshua Bell on the Stradivaris of his life
Our November issue cover star describes his relationship with his ‘Huberman' Stradivari violin in conversation with Sam Zygmuntowicz
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ArticleThe Strad November 2013 issue is on sale now
Our North America issue stars Joshua Bell and his 1713 'Huberman' Stradivari violin
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ArticleInternational organisation set up to promote music education and cultural understanding
Violinist Tasmin Little is among the artists lending their support to a new organisation being launched this month to promote and music education and cultural dialogue across the Mediterranean and the Middle East.EMMA for Peace, or the Euro Mediterranean Music Academy, is supported by UNESCO and seeks to create a ...
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ArticleSydney violinist Grace Clifford sweeps the board at Kendall Competition
Violinist Grace Clifford has won a clutch of prizes at the Kendall National Violin Competition in Australia. The 15-year-old took the first prize, as well as the audience choice award, the Richard Pollett Sonata Prize and prizes for the best performance of a solo sonata and partita by Bach. Clifford ...
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Otherworldly sounds: The Casals Festival in Perpigan
While pondering the fluctuating nature of musical trends and the idea of an underlying interpretative truth, our reviewer from September 1951 finds Pablo Casals to be a perfectly natural performer
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FocusPeace, enchantment and the enduring legacy of Casals
In this report from the Bach Festival at Prades published in The Strad July 1950, writer Christina Thoresby describes the love and respect felt towards the Catalan cellist – one of our great players of the past in the October issue
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FocusWhat happened at the 2013 China International Violin and Bow Making Competition
With an array of experts in attendance, Beijing's international violin and bow making competition was an engrossing affair. Nancy Pellegrini hears a range of views on the industry, and China's growing position within it
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ArticleJoshua Bell Carnegie Hall concert cancelled
Tonight's Carnegie Hall concert, to have featured violinist Joshua Bell and double bassist Esperanza Spalding, has been cancelled due to strike action by the hall's stagehands. The New York venue's season-opening performance tonight, 2 October, was scheduled to begin at 7pm in the Stern Auditorium Perelman Stage with ...
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BlogsThe story behind the cover of The Strad's October issue – part one
Designer Elma Aquino reveals the detailed thinking that took place and the decisions made in putting October's unusual cover together
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BlogsThe life and times of a historic London studio – part one
The private residence where some of the legendary players featured in the October issue of The Strad performed is under threat. Nicholas Lane revisits those glorious days – and nights – via first-hand accounts from the time
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Osmo Vänskä resigns as Minnesota Orchestra's music director
Osmo Vänskä has resigned from the Minnesota Orchestra, bringing to an end his ten-year role as music director. In a statement, the 60-year-old conductor (pictured) said it was ‘a very sad day’ for him personally, although he had originally warned of his intentions in a letter to the management on ...
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ArticleCould Mittenwald be sitting on a fortune in Nazi treasure?
Mittenwald, the violin making hub in southern Germany, could be the last resting place of a cache of gold and diamonds belonging to Adolf Hitler, according to a Dutch film-maker. Leon Giesen, 51, has carried out three excavations in the Bavarian town and is seeking funding for a fourth, using ...
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Article23 Spanish orchestras perform simultaneous protest concert
More than a thousand professional orchestral musicians from across Spain took part in a simultaneous concert on 23 September, in protest against arts budget cuts and a sharp rise in VAT on concert tickets. Twenty-three out of the 26 orchestras that are members of AMPOS, the country's professional symphony orchestra ...
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ArticleViolinist William Hagen awarded Dorothy DeLay Memorial Fellowship
American violinist William Hagen has won the Dorothy DeLay Memorial Fellowship competition at the Aspen Music Festival and School. Hagen, 20, was awarded a scholarship for the 2014 Aspen festival, where he will also give a performance with orchestra. Hagen, who hails from Utah, is a student of Robert Lipsett ...
