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ArticlePinchas Zukerman performs Elgar's Violin Concerto in 2017
In this short excerpt violinist Pinchas Zukerman performs Elgar's Violin Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta at Berlin's Philharmonie. The performance was recorded live for the Berlin Phil's Digital Concert Hall on 12 March 2017. Read: ‘Playing the viola is greatly beneficial to ...
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ArticleLeonidas Kavakos performs Brahms's Violin Concerto in 2017
Leonidas Kavakos performs Brahms's Violin Concerto with the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fabio Luisi in celebration of his Léonie Sonning Music Prize win. The recording was made for Danmarks Radio in January 2017. Worth €100,000, the award is Denmark’s highest musical honour and has been ...
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ArticleMy father Slava - by Elena Rostropovich
Accompanist, assistant, daughter: Elena Rostropovich saw her father Mstislav from a uniquely intimate perspective. Marking what would have been the great cellist's 90th birthday in March, she shares some enduring memories with Peter Quantrill
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ArticleViolinist Maxim Vengerov on being flexible in Bach
The phrase can be more flexible; you can be the creator on Bach's frame' Maxim Vengerov gives a violin masterclass on Bach’s Solo Sonata No.1, recorded at the Royal Academy of Music in London. The student is Nasrin Rashidova. The full 45-minute video is available to buy as a download ...
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FocusPlaying the double bass with little hands, by bassist Thierry Barbé
The Paris National Opera Orchestra principal bassist discusses how smaller musicians can avoid injury when playing this large instrument
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ArticleViolinist David Garrett performs Paganini Caprice no.24 at La Scala, Milan
David Garrett performs Paganini's Caprice no.24 with Filarmonica della Scala in Milan, conducted by Riccardo Chailly on 30 May 2015. Watch: David Garrett performs on the ‘Cannon’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin Watch: Violinist David Garrett performs Mozart aged 14
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ArticleAugustin Hadelich performs Sibelius's Violin Concerto at Bravo! Vail Festival
Augustin Hadelich performs Sibelius's Violin Concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Stéphane Denève at the Bravo! Vail Festival on 18 July 2015. Watch: Violinist Augustin Hadelich performs Tchaikovsky’s Valse-Scherzo Read: Violinist Augustin Hadelich on performing a concerto with the LA Phil at three days’ notice
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DebatePerforming works composed before the recording era in an 'authentic' style misses the point artistically
We will never truly know what this music sounded like, argues cellist Jeffrey Solow
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FocusConductor Hannu Lintu on what makes a competition winner
Performing as a soloist with an orchestra can be a nerve-wracking experience, particularly for competition finalists who have very little rehearsal time, Hannu Lintu tells Pauline Harding
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Article'I can hear it when you smile' - cellist Leonard Elschenbroich on facial expressions
The body believes what the face is doing...I can hear it when you smile' Leonard Elschenbroich gives a masterclass on Beethoven's Piano Trio no.3 at the Carole Nash Recital Room at the Royal Northern College of Music in November 2016. In this clip, Elschenbroich explains the importance ...
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Article'Being Pat' - stream of consciousness by violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja
I play the violin by coincidence. Everything is out of my control and that is magic - like falling in love. We need to remember us as we were children - pure and daring!'In this lighthearted, stream of consciousness video violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja - The Strad's May 2017 ...
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BlogsHow to approach contemporary music, by violist Stephen Upshaw
The contemporary music specialist provides strategies for understanding and executing new works effectively
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ArticleTruls Mørk performs Elgar's Cello Concerto
Truls Mørk performs Elgar's Cello Concerto with the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne conducted by James Gaffigan. The concert took place at the Kölner Philharmonie on the 15 March 2016. Read: 'I prioritise sound over virtuosity,’ says cellist Truls Mørk Watch: Yo-Yo Ma performs Elgar’s Cello Concerto
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BlogsCellist David Watkin on the art of continuo playing
Ahead of his weekend residency at the Cello Unwrapped festival at London’s Kings Place, Watkin defends the importance of the continuo cellist, and the skills required by the role
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ArticleRenaud Capuçon and Martha Argerich perform Beethoven's Eighth Violin Sonata
Violinist Renaud Capuçon joins pianist Martha Argerich to perform the Allegro Vivace from Beethoven's Eighth Violin Sonata on French television programme 'Fauteuils d'orchestre' in January 2017.Watch: Renaud Capuçon rehearses Beethoven’s Violin Concerto 2017Watch: Renaud Capuçon plays the Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ ‘Panette’ violin, 1737Watch: Capuçon brothers – violinist Renaud ...
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BlogsBring back violin recitals of the Golden Era, says Aaron Rosand
Recital programmes should be like a well-balanced meal, and always incorporate tasteful virtuoso pieces, argues the American maestro
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ArticleViolinist Janine Jansen performs Tchaikovsky's Melodie 2017
Violinist Janine Jansen performs Tchaikovsky's Melodie, op.42 as an encore at a concert on 30 March 2017 with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Thomas SøndergŠrd. Watch: violinist Janine Jansen performs Brahms aged 13 Watch: Janine Jansen rehearses Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with Orchestre de Paris in 2015 ...
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DebateMust all orchestral string sections sound the same?
Orchestras once boasted unmistakable musical identities, but an emotionally sanitised age has brought about a lamentable universality of sound, says Julian Haylock
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ArticleViolinist Ray Chen breaks his string mid-performance
In the video above Ray Chen demonstrates exactly how to react when breaking a string mid-performance. The violinist is performing with the Taiwan Philharmonic on a recent tour of Brussels when his string breaks. Coolly he turns to the orchestral leader and swaps instruments before continuing to ...
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Article10-year-old Leia Zhu performs Paganini's First Violin Concerto
10-year-old British violinist Leia Zhu performs Paganini's First Violin Concerto at the Leonidas Kavakos masterclass in Athens, Greece in April 2017. Her piano accompanist is Ai Motohashi.Zhu is currently studying with Professor Itzhak Rashkovsky and is a regular participant in Zakhar Bron’s violin masterclasses in Switzerland.Watch: 8-year-old Leia ...
