All Improve your playing articles – Page 54
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ArticleViolinist Pinchas Zukerman on James Ehnes
He's very exuberant in his playing, but clean, straightforward and honest. I don't like all that moving around. If you want to do that, be a dancer.'Violinist Pinchas Zukerman talks about fellow virtuoso James Ehnes and his similarities to Jascha Heifetz.James Ehnes, appears on the cover of The ...
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FocusThere's more to making a good sound than bowing parallel to the bridge
In our July 2006 issue, cellist Gerhard Mantel writes that there's more to good tone production than keeping the bow parallel to the bridge
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ArticleViolinist Hilary Hahn performs Bach's Sarabande from Partita no.2
Violinist Hilary Hahn performs the Sarabande from Bach's Solo Partita no.2. Hahn has been forced to withdraw from all performances since July this year due to injury. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues ...
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ArticleViolinist Renaud Capuçon performs in the Paris Metro
Two years after Joshua Bell posed as an incognito busker in Washington DC's Metro, violinist Renaud Capuçon took to the Paris Metro to try the same trick. The film, made by Simon Lelouch, shows the interest, or lack thereof, demonstrated by the busy travellers as Capuçon performs ...
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BlogsWhat I look for in a competition winner, by violinist Pierre Amoyal
The Singapore International Violin Competition jury member gives an insight into his decision-making process
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ArticleJames Ehnes performs Walton's Violin Concerto at The Proms 2014
James Ehnes performs Walton's Violin Concerto with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Thomas SøndergŠrd at the BBC Proms 2014 in London's Royal Albert Hall.Ehnes performs on the Antonio Stradivari 'Marsick' violin, 1715, as featured in The Strad's 2015 calendar, 'Violins of the Stars', on sale ...
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Article14-year-old violinist Midori breaks E string twice
At the age of 14, violinist Midori performs the fifth movement of Bernstein's Serenade after Plato's Symposium, conducted by the composer. When she breaks her E string, she quickly swaps her own three-quarter-sized violin for the concertmaster's full-sized violin. When the E string snaps again, she swaps ...
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ArticleKeeping cool under pressure - a violinist's E string snaps
During the fifth movement of Lalo's Symphonie Espagnole, op.21, soloist Marek Pavelec's E string snaps. The young musician goes on to show a remarkably cool head under pressure. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single ...
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman talks about his large hands
My hands are rather big for a violinist so my big, fat fingers have to struggle the further I move up the instrument' Itzhak Perlman talks about how hand size relates to technical challenges on the violin and demonstrates by performing sections of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto Finale. ...
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ArticleVadim Repin performs Prokofiev on the Guarneri 'del Ges’', 'Lafont' violin, c.1736
Vadim Repin performs Prokofiev's Violin Concerto no.2 on the Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', 'Lafont' violin, c.1736 with the Russian National Orchestra at the 2013 George Enescu Festival.The instrument features in The Strad's 2015 calendar, 'Violins of the Stars', on sale now.John Dilworth explores the stories and craftsmanship behind ...
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ArticleCellist Yo-Yo Ma performs Saint-Saëns's The Swan
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma performs Saint-Saëns's The Swan as an encore conducted by John Williams.Read the artist's 9 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.
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ArticleNicola Benedetti performs Bruch on the Stradivarius 'Gariel' violin, 1717
Nicola Benedetti perform the third movement of Bruch's Violin Concerto no.1 with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra on the Stradivarius 'Gariel' violin, 1717. The instrument features in The Strad's 2015 calendar, 'Violins of the Stars', on sale now. John Dilworth explores the stories and craftsmanship behind each ...
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ArticleAnne-Sophie Mutter performs solo Bach on the 'Lord Dunn-Raven' Stradivarius
Anne-Sophie Mutter performs the Sarabande from Bach's Solo Partita no.2 on the Antonio Stradivari 'Lord Dunn-Raven' violin, 1710. The instrument features in The Strad's 2015 calendar, 'Violins of the Stars', on sale now. John Dilworth explores the stories and craftsmanship behind each of the twelve instruments showcased ...
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ArticleRichard Tognetti performs the Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Ges’' 'Carrodus' violin, 1743
Richard Tognetti performs the Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù' 'Carrodus' violin, 1743 with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in his own arrangement of the third movement of Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata. The instrument features in The Strad's 2015 calendar, 'Violins of the Stars', on sale now. John Dilworth explores the ...
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ArticleDouble bassist Christine Hoock performs Bach's Gamba Sonata no.2
German double bassist Christine Hoock performs a transcription of the fourth movement of Bach's Gamba Sonata no.2 with harpsichordist Florian Birsak. Hoock contributes a Practice Diary to The Strad's October 2014 issue, out now. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part ...
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ArticleBrooklyn Rider performs Debussy's String Quartet
Contemporary New York-based string quartet Brooklyn Rider performs the second movement from Debussy's String Quartet. The ensemble features in The Strad's October 2014 issue, out now. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click ...
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GalleryThe six laureates of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis
South Korean violinist Jinjoo Cho won first prize, worth $30,000, at the 2014 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis (IVCI) on Saturday, following her performance of Korngold's Violin Concerto.See pictures of the six competition laureates performing during the final with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra by clicking on any photo ...
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ArticleJinjoo Cho performs Saint-Saëns's Introduction et rondo capriccioso
Jinjoo Cho, winner of the 2014 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, performs Saint-Saëns's Introduction et rondo capriccioso, op.28 in 2010.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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Premium ❘ FeatureHow to use bowing angle to vary articulation by cellist Colin Carr
How to vary the attack and timbre of a note by modifying the angle of the bow to the string
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ArticleCavaleri Quartet performs Schubert's Death and the Maiden
The Cavaleri Quartet performs the First Movement of Schubert's String Quartet no.14, 'Death and the Maiden' at Schubertiade in Austria in 2013. The quartet's violist Ann Beilby contributes a Practice Diary to The Strad's September 2014 issue, out now. Subscribe to The Strad or download ...
