Improve your playing continued – Page 55

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    Violinist Hilary Hahn on choosing fingerings

    2014-09-15T00:00:00Z

    I choose fingerings that don't get in the way of the music and that don't make the passage sound technical' Violinist Hilary Hahn gives advice on choosing fingerings for different passages and works. Read about other leading string players as tutors in the Strad's September issue education ...

  • BrainSurgery2
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    Brain surgery cures violinist's essential tremors

    2014-09-11T00:00:00Z

    Just a month after it was reported that Minnesota Orchestra musician Roger Frisch played his violin during brain surgery to cure his essential tremors, another video has emerged showing Naomi Elishuv, a former violinist in the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, undergoing the same operation with equally ...

  • Chiara
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    Performing from memory has given our string quartet new life

    2014-09-10T00:00:00Z

    After twelve years together, playing and recording from memory were key to an exciting rebirth for the Chiara Quartet, writes cellist Gregory Beaver

  • T43
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    Time for Three performs Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah

    2014-09-10T00:00:00Z

    American string trio Time for Three, a group that defies traditional genre classification, performs an original arrangement of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah at a workshop for high school musicians in Kitchener, Ontario. Read Time for Three's 7 ways to build a 21st century music career. Subscribe to ...

  • Tf3
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    7 ways to build a 21st-century music career by Time for Three

    2014-09-09T00:00:00Z

    Violinists Zach De Pue and Nick Kendall, and double bassist Ranaan Meyer talk about their path to success

  • PodgerBach
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    Violinist Rachel Podger on articulation in Bach

    2014-09-09T00:00:00Z

    'The bigger the interval, the more air between the notes.' Baroque violinist Rachel Podger gives a masterclass on the Chaconne from Bach's Solo Partita no.2. Read about other leading string tutors in the Strad's September issue education special, out now. Subscribe to The Strad or ...

  • VengerovBach
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    Maxim Vengerov on letting the music breathe

    2014-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Vibrato and bow speed must come together to let the music breathe'Violinist Maxim Vengerov gives a masterclass on Bach's Solo Violin Sonata no.1, paying particular attention to how vibrato and bowing can work together to lend colour and variety to the music.Read about other leading string tutors in ...

  • HistoryViolin
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    A twelve-minute history of the violin

    2014-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Violinist Charles Yang gives his humorous (and informative) take on the history of violin music - summing up 'hits' of the decades in a twelve-minute performance. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click ...

  • awesomefoursome
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    Vivaldi dream team - Isaac Stern, Ivry Gitlis, Ida Haendel and Shlomo Mintz

    2014-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Four legendary violinists - Isaac Stern, Ivry Gitlis, Ida Haendel and Shlomo Mintz - perform Vivaldi's Concerto in B minor for Four Violins, op.3 no.10 with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a ...

  • ehnes
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    Bach's Chaconne on film: James Ehnes

    2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

    The violinist explores the great composer's towering work

  • Smallest_Fiddle
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    Vivaldi on the world's smallest performable violin?

    2014-09-01T00:00:00Z

    A video has emerged from Venezuela of a performance of Vivaldi's Concerto in A minor on what is described as the world's smallest violin. Whether this is indeed the world's smallest performable violin, it's certainly a squeaky novelty, boasting impressive finger control. Subscribe to The Strad or ...

  • Greenhouse
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    Great teachers on film: Bernard Greenhouse

    2014-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Do you know what happens when a person is frightened? He pulls back, and shrinks . This destroys the sense of beauty' Cellist Bernard Greenhouse gives a masterclass on the first movement of Haydn's Second Cello Concerto in Kronberg. Buy the August 2011 issue, featuring tributes to ...

  • HillelZori
    Blogs

    Recording your performance can be more of a hindrance than a help

    2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Israeli cellist and teacher Hillel Zori on the importance of listening in the present

  • mstislav-rostropovich-top
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    Mstislav Rostropovich gives Dvorák Cello Concerto masterclass

    2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

    You must play the opening for your public, not for yourself' Legendary cellist Mstislav Rostropovich gives a masterclass on Dvorák's Cello Concerto at the Kronberg Academy. Read about other leading string players as tutors in the Strad's September issue education special, out now. Subscribe to The Strad ...

  • Perlman_Beethoven
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    Itzhak Perlman discusses Beethoven's Violin Concerto

    2014-08-27T00:00:00Z

    This is one of the most difficult pieces to play. It's a really simple piece with lots of scales. So there is nothing to hide behind.' Itzhak Perlman talks about overcoming the technical difficulties of Beethoven's Violin Concerto. Read about other leading string players as tutors in ...

  • Overtones2
    Blogs

    Overtones and resonance: why stringed instruments allow you to feel the music

    2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

    When physicist and engineer Keith Williams began learning the cello, he was able to feel for the first time theoretical sound waves and vibrations

  • VengerovBeauty
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    Violinist Maxim Vengerov on achieving different tonal colours

    2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

    Virtuoso violinist Maxim Vengerov demonstrates to a student how to achieve different tonal colours in the opening of Sibelius's Violin Concerto.Read about other leading string tutors in the Strad's September issue education special, out now.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day ...

  • Isserlis_Vib
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    Steven Isserlis on using the right amount of vibrato

    2014-08-25T00:00:00Z

    You do need vibrato to emphasise phrasing and emotion, but not as an automatic part of your sound'Cellist Steven Isserlis puts former BBC Young Musician of the Year winner Guy Johnston through his paces in Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata at the International Musicians' Seminar Prussia Cove, and talks about ...

  • Ehnes_Practice
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    Violinist James Ehnes on how to make the most of your practice

    2014-08-24T00:00:00Z

    It helps to have a goal - to say, 'I will accomplish this today'. For me, motivation is easy, as I always have the spectre of failure at the next concert or recording staring at me'Violinist James Ehnes talks to students about how to practise effectively at Wells ...

  • Ivry_Gitlis_Birthday
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    Ivry Gitlis performs Wieniawski's Capriccio-Valse

    2014-08-21T00:00:00Z

    Ivry Gitlis performs Wieniawski's Capriccio-Valse, op.7 with pianist Tasso Janopoulo. Read the great violinist's 8 opinions on performance and career. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.