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ArticleVadim Repin, Mischa Maisky and Lang Lang perform Rachmaninov
Violinist Vadim Repin, cellist Mischa Maisky and pianist Lang Lang perform Rachmaninov's Trio élégiaque No. 1 at the Verbier Festival in 2009.Read 6 pieces of advice for performers by violinist Vadim Repin.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To ...
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ArticleAnne-Sophie Mutter performs Summer from Vivaldi's Seasons
Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and the Mutter Virtuosi perform the Summer Presto from Vivaldi's Four Seasons at New York's Carnegie Hall in November 2014. Watch Mutter filming her own performance at Berlin's Yellow Lounge with a head cam. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...
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ArticleCellist Gautier Capuçon performs Paganini's Variations on a Theme of Rossini
French cellist Gautier Capuçon demonstrates tremendous control in Paganini's Variations on a Theme of Rossini.Watch Gautier's violinist brother Renaud performing Gluck’s Melodie on the Giuseppe Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ ‘Panette’ violin, 1737.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase ...
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ArticleViolinist Boris Kuschnir gives Mozart masterclass
I need to hear the head, body and legs of each note...'Celebrated violin professor Boris Kuschnir gives a masterclass on Mozart's Fourth Violin Concerto at the Verbier Festival.The full 48-minute video is available to buy as a download or DVD through the Masterclass Media Foundation.Read Kuschnir's advice on ...
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ArticleViolinist Maxim Vengerov on Bach's musical architecture
Bach's harmonies are like columns in a gigantic cathedral. Only when you come nearer, do you see the detail.'Violinist Maxim Vengerov gives a masterclass on Bach’s Solo Violin Sonata no.1, paying particular attention to the harmonic architecture.The full 48-minute video is available to buy as a download or ...
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BlogsWhy no Gold Medal violinist at this year’s Tchaikovsky Competition?
For those witnessing the violin finals, the results of the 2015 competition were an anti-climax. But, writes Charlotte Smith, perhaps they were inevitable.
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ArticleTchaikovsky Competition 2015: violinist Alexandra Conunova performs in the final
Violinist Alexandra Conunova, one of three Bronze Medal winners in the violin category of the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition last week, performs both Sibelius and Tchaikovsky concertos in the final of the competition. All competition performances can be viewed through Tch15.medici.tv. Read The Strad's blog ...
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ArticleTchaikovsky Competition 2015: cellist Andrei Ionuț Ioniță performs Stravinsky
Cellist Andrei Ionuț Ioniță, who won the cello category of the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition this week, performs Stravinsky's Suite Italienne arranged for cello by Gregor Piatigorsky in the first live round of the competition. His full performance can be viewed through Tch15.medici.tv, which broadcast ...
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ArticleTchaikovsky Competition 2015: violinist Yu-Chien Tseng performs in the final
Violinist Yu-Chien Tseng, the highest ranked competitor in the violin category of the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition this week - achieving second place - performs both Sibelius and Tchaikovsky concertos in the final of the competition. All competition performances can be viewed through Tch15.medici.tv. Subscribe ...
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ArticleJazz violinist Aaron Weinstein performs Cheek to Cheek
Jazz violinist Aaron Weinstein performs Cheek to Cheek at the 23rd International Bohém Ragtime & Jazz Festival in Kecskemét, Hungary in March last year.The New York City musician and comedian is due to perform at Crazy Coqs at Brasserie Zedel in London from 14-18 July 2015 in a ...
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ArticleOrchestral audition masterclass on Midsummer Night's Dream at Royal College of Music
The stroke is a little too cushioned. It needs to be a little shorter and crisper'Morgensterns in partnership with the Musicians’ Union present a string audition masterclass on Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream at The Royal College of Music in London. On the panel are Pieter Schoeman, London Philharmonic ...
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ArticleTchaikovsky Competition 2015: Pablo Ferrández-Castro performs Bach
Cellist Pablo Ferrández-Castro, Onyx recording artist and 2015 winner of the Rheingau Music Festival award, performs the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite no.3 at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition, which is currently underway. Ferrández-Castro is one of six cello finalists competing for the top prize this week. ...
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ArticleThe Borodin Quartet performs Borodin
The Borodin Quartet showcases its distinctive sound in a performance of Borodin's String Quartet no.2.In celebration of the ensemble's 70th birthday, its current line-up speaks to The Strad in the July issue, out now.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free ...
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ArticleTchaikovsky Competition 2015: Alexandra Conunova performs Kreisler
Violinist Alexandra Conunova, winner of the 2012 International Josef Joachim Violin Competition in Hannover, performs Kreisler's Gypsy capriccio at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition, which is currently underway. Conunova is one of six violin finalists competing for the top prize this week. Her full performance can be ...
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NewsUS double bassist Neil Courtney has died aged 82
Double bass player Neil Courtney, who performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra for 48 years, has died at the age of 82 after a long battle with heart disease. Born in Rochester, NY, in 1932, Courtney studied at the Eastman School of Music during which time he performed with ...
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ArticleTchaikovsky Competition 2015: violinist Clara-Jumi Kang performs Chausson
Violinist Clara-Jumi Kang, winner of the 2010 Indianapolis International Violin Competition, performs Chausson's Poème at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition, which is currently underway. Kang is one of six violin finalists who will compete for the top prize next week. Her full performance can be ...
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ArticleViolinist Ray Chen comedy videos compilation
Violinist Ray Chen is not only a former winner of the Yehudi Menuhin and Queen Elisabeth competitions, but a budding comedian as well - as this compilation of amusing videos from the artist's Facebook page demonstrates.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a ...
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ArticleTchaikovsky Competition 2015: violinist Yu-Chien Tseng performs Valse-Scherzo
Violinist Yu-Chien 'Benny' Tseng, winner of this year's inaugural Singapore International Violin Competition, performs Tchaikovsky's Valse-Scherzo at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition, which is currently underway. The names of those violin and cello candidates progressing to the final will be revealed this evening. Tseng's full performance can ...
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ArticleOAE violinist Helen Kruger discusses Baroque phrasing
Another element to consider is how to turn all these notes into musical sentences and to not be afraid to include more space within the music.'The National Centre for Early Music, working alongside string players from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, has launched a Baroque String ...
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BlogsTranscribing Bach's Air for solo violin
Violinist Roman Kim experimented with new and interesting techniques to arrive at his arrangement of the famous work, part of Bach's Orchestral Suite no.3
