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BlogsA Brief Survey of Summer Festivals Without All the Bother of Joining a String Quartet – Part Five
American String Quartet violist Daniel Avshalomov reports from Aspen, where he and his colleagues perform Janácek, Haydn, Korngold and Brahms against the backdrop of the Rocky Mountains
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BlogsA Late Quartet – the new DVD reviewed
Ariane Todes watches a film that pushes all the buttons of the string world, and quartets in particular
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FocusFrom the archive: a female concertmaster comes out from the shadows
An article from The Strad, 1935, pays credit to pioneering violinist Marie Wilson
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BlogsTwists and turns – and a deserving first prizewinner in Munich
For the first time in its history, women alone made the solo instrument finals at the International ARD Music Competition – and there was only one first prizewinner. Heather Kurzbauer reports
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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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FocusPractice Diary: The Miró Quartet - part two
In the November issue, second violinist William Fedkenheuer explains how the four players prepare for a recording of Schubert's Quartettsatz. Here he goes into more detail regarding tempo and intonation
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FocusTeacher Talk: your string teaching questions answered by the experts
How long should a student work on a piece?
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FocusWhy injury prevention is so important
Janet Horvath gives some essential guidance on how to avoid injury and ensure a long and healthy career
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BlogsA Brief Survey of Summer Festivals Without All the Bother of Joining a String Quartet – Part Three
American String Quartet violist Daniel Avshalomov reaches Winona, Minnesota, and reflects on the challenges of Mendelssohn's Octet
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BlogsDo violin competitions face extinction?
A day trip to Switzerland yielded some provocative conversations about the future of string music contests for Ariane Todes
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FocusDoes success in music competitions really matter?
Violin laureates share their stories with The Strad
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BlogsA Brief Survey of Summer Festivals Without All the Bother of Joining a String Quartet – Part Two
American String Quartet violist Daniel Avshalomov continues his blog tour of US festivals in the clean mountain air of Crested Butte, Colorado
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BlogsScaling the wall in Beijing
The ninth Great Wall International Music Academy, which took place in Beijing in July, forged connections both musical and social between young musicians from east and west that will enrich their careers, says Nancy Pellegrini
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BlogsA Brief Survey of Summer Festivals Without All the Bother of Joining a String Quartet – Part 1
American String Quartet violist Daniel Avshalomov begins his blog tour of US festivals with song and dance – both courtesy of larger-than-life choreographer Mark Morris – in Ojai, California
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FocusShould all performers learn how to teach?
Performance degree students should put all their energies into becoming great performers, and leave learning teaching skills to their music education counterparts – right? Wrong, say Cornelia Watkins and Laurie Scott, authors of From the Stage to the Studio: how fine musicians become great teachers. In an exclusive article in ...
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FocusWhat's in the August digital edition
With The Strad’s digital edition, you can jump from the cover or the contents pages straight to the articles you want to read. You can also link directly to pages on thestrad.com or to products in The Strad Library. Not only that, there’s a wealth of additional ...
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FocusEXCLUSIVE: David Aaron Carpenter plays Brahms
In February this year, we caught up with US violist David Aaron Carpenter as he was preparing to record Brahms’s Clarinet Quintet op.115 (viola version) with members of the Berlin Philharmonic. You can read the interview in our August issue, available now for download or in print. ...
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FocusViolinist Isabelle Faust on finding a balance in Bach
The musician explains the challenges of interpreting the great master
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DebateEmbrace the difference
Luthiers often have more experience than players of Baroque instruments and bows. So, says US bow maker David Hawthorne, they should be fearless in producing authentic equipment to enlighten and inform
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FocusPractice Diary: The Miró Quartet - part one
In the November issue, second violinist William Fedkenheuer explains how the four players prepare for a recording of Schubert's Quartettsatz. Here he goes into more detail regarding tempo and intonation
