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BlogsVideo: one-handed cellist Michael Spencer
One-handed cellist Michael Spencer gives an incredible performance of François-Joseph Gossec's Gavotte at a recital in Utah, USA.The young performer holds the cello between his knees, using his arm in place of fingers to change pitch and to produce vibrato.The Strad's December 2013 issue featured an article on ...
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NewsMenuhin Competition 2016 names 44 shortlisted violinists in a list dominated by females
This year’s contest, celebrating the centenary of its famous namesake, takes place in London during April
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ArticleViolinist Samuel Tan performs Kabalevsky aged 8
Samuel Tan from Singapore performs the first movement of Kabalevsky's Violin Concerto in C aged eight. The violinist is one of 44 candidates chosen to compete in the 2016 Menuhin Competition in London - and is this year's youngest competitor at the age of ten.Watch: Samuel Tan performs ...
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NewsIMSLP music library introduces paid membership
The new membership scheme is not mandatory and musicians may continue to use the sheet music downloading service for free
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Focus‘I’m exhausted by the time I reach the Sibelius third movement,’ says violinist Leonidas Kavakos
25 years after his pioneering recording, the Greek musician speaks about his relationship with the concerto in The Strad’s January 2016 issue
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ArticleHerbert von Karajan conducts Radetzky March with the Vienna Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan conducts Strauss's Radetzky March at the Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Concert 1987.Read: Vienna Philharmonic publishes pictures from its recent auditions
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FocusThe importance of making Bach speak
Claudio Bohórquez discusses phrasing in the great composer's Cello Suites
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ArticlePaul Silverthorne gives LSO viola masterclass on Stamitz and Bach
There are so many different opinions on how Bach should be played. You can't please everybody, so it's important to play in the style you really believe in'Paul Silverthorne from the London Symphony Orchestra gives a viola masterclass on Stamitz and Bach.Watch: Sydney Symphony masterclass – Beethoven Symphony ...
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ArticleAnne-Sophie Mutter performs Vivaldi's Seasons with the Mutter Virtuosi
Music is more than a passion and a hobby - music is a great bridge between people and can help us understand each other's cultural roots. It doesn't judge us or separate us from each other like religion tends to do.' Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and her Mutter ...
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Focus10 ways for orchestral musicians to protect their ears
If you're an orchestral musician you could be at serious risk of long-term hearing damage. Janet Horvath looks at some simple and effective solutions
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ArticleNobuko Imai gives viola masterclass
Watch your breathing as you play - breathe out as you begin your first phrase' Amsterdam Conservatory viola professor Nobuko Imai gives a masterclass at the University of Valencia. Read: The viola should sound like a human voice, says Nobuko Imai
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FocusThe importance of 'after-processing' for practice
Musicans often find that a difficult passage has been magically solved upon returning to it the next day, writes Rok Klopčič
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman talks about practice
It's wrong to think that if you put in five hours per day you'll achieve a certain amount, and if you do eight hours, you'll achieve that much more' Violinist Itzhak Perlman speaks about achieving an effective practice routine at Elon University. Read: Never practise for more ...
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ArticleViolinist Nicola Benedetti performs White Christmas with Rod Stewart
Violinist Nicola Benedetti joins singer Rod Stewart at Stirling Castle in Scotland in November 2012 to perform an arrangement of White Christmas. Watch: Violinist Joshua Bell and Igudesman & Joo present Christmas Confusion Watch: Violinist Nicola Benedetti gives Ysaÿe masterclass
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ArticleCellist Yo-Yo Ma and Alison Krauss perform The Wexford Carol
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma joins bluegrass-country singer Alison Krauss to perform traditional Irish Christmas carol, The Wexford Carol.Read: 9 opinions on performance and career by cellist Yo-Yo Ma
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FocusViolin jokes: who's laughing now?
For too long the good-hearted souls of the viola section have been the butt of their violin colleagues' humour - and sense of superiority. To turn the tables we've asked around to find some of the best violin jokes so that viola players can now have the last ...
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ArticleCellist Nick Canellakis 'interviews' violinist Itzhak Perlman
As a string player you have to figure out how to make a decent sound, then where to put your fingers to play in tune. By the time you have figured that out, it's been 10 years. Pianists just press down a note and they've made a ...
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NewsDallas Symphony Orchestra postpones European tour, citing security concerns
The ensemble has taken the decision following recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, US
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BlogsStudying contemporary music can inform our understanding of earlier works
It’s important to remember that just as we learn about new music from older works, the opposite is also true, says violinist Michael Barenboim
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Gallery3D-printed miniature orchestra at Musical Instrument Museum
The Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, US, has created the world's first, complete, 3D-printed miniature symphony orchestra. A number of musicians, mainly from London City Orchestra, were photographed by London studio my3Dtwin in a special 360-degree booth, with cameras arranged to capture every angle of the musician and his or ...
