All Improve your playing articles – Page 59
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ArticleHilary Hahn performs Paganini's Caprice no.24 and Milstein's Paganiniana
Hilary Hahn, who was guest editor of The Strad's June 2012 issue, performs Paganini's Caprice no.24 and Milstein's Paganiniana at the Verbier Festival in 2007. You can read excerpts from Hahn's interviews in the June 2012 here. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...
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ArticleThe Kronos Quartet performs on Sesame Street
The Kronos Quartet, which celebrates 40 years of performing in The Strad's May 2014 issue, appears on Sesame Street in 1987. See selected pictures from the magazine feature in our online Kronos Quartet gallery. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part ...
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ArticleNadja Salerno-Sonnenberg performs Rachmaninov's Vocalise
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, who appears on the cover of The Strad's May 2014 issue, performs Rachmaninov's Vocalise with pianist Anne-Marie McDermott in the lobby of San Francisco's Classical 102.1 KDFC-FM. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To ...
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ArticleCellist Dane Johansen performs Bach's Cello Suite no.3
Cellist Dane Johansen, who has made a video demonstrating 'blurred' string-crossing for The Strad to accompany his Practice Diary in the May issue, performs the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite no.3. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day ...
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ArticleThe Kronos Quartet performs Lullaby from Floodplain
The Kronos Quartet, which celebrates its 40th anniversary with pictures of career highlights in the May issue of The Strad, performs Lullaby from its 2009 album Floodplain at London's Barbican. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. ...
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ArticleNadja Salerno-Sonnenberg performs Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, who appears on the cover of The Strad's May 2014 issue, performs the Third Movement of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase ...
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ArticleJulian Lloyd Webber performs Fauré's Elegy
British cellist Julian Lloyd Webber, who has today announced his forced retirement from playing due to injury, performs Fauré's Elegy with pianist Peter Pettinger. 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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ArticleCellist Dane Johansen demonstrates 'blurred' string-crossing
US cellist Dane Johansen demonstrates 'blurred' string-crossing to accompany his Practice Diary on solo Bach in The Strad's May 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 here.
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Premium ❘ Gallery40 Years of the Kronos Quartet in Pictures
It is the original American breakaway quartet, perhaps the most famous new-music group in the world, and currently celebrating four decades of boldly redefining the possibilities of the string quartet experience and repertoire. As the Kronos Quartet continues with its 40th anniversary season, its current members – founder David Harrington ...
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ArticleXavier Foley performs Bottesini's Double Bass Concerto no.2
Xavier Foley, winner of the $50,000 Sphinx Competition 2014, performs Bottesini's Double Bass Concerto no.2 in the Senior Division final. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues click here.
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ArticleNadja Salerno-Sonnenberg performs on Sesame Street
Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, who appears on the cover of The Strad's May 2014 issue, performs to Big Bird on Sesame Street. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues click here.
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BlogsViolinist Roman Mints on overcoming a career-threatening ganglion
The Russian musician was forced to withstand ten needle treatments to drain the recurring cyst – and was advised to keep playing throughout his ordeal
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ArticleThe Beaux Arts Trio perform Dvorák's Dumky Trio
The Beaux Arts Trio – featuring violinist Daniel Hope, who has written a blog offering advice for performers – play the Lento Maestoso from Dvorák's Piano Trio no.4, 'Dumky' in San Francisco in April 2008.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day ...
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Blogs6 pieces of advice for performers by violinist Daniel Hope
The soloist, former Beaux Arts Trio member and associate artistic director of the Savannah Music Festival offers tips for musicians on performing and launching a career
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ArticleJános Starker performs The Swan by Saint-Saëns
Cellist János Starker, who appears on the cover of The Strad's April 2014 issue, performs The Swan by Saint-Saëns and Popper's Tarantella in a 1976 television broadcast.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues click here.
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BlogsCreating a broad portfolio career rewards both musician and audience
Cellist and baritone Matthew Sharp explains why you should broaden your musical horizons ahead of his RE:naissance festival, celebrating Shakespeare's 450th anniversary, at London's Kings Place
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ArticleLuise Buchberger named Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment co-principal cellist
The 29-year-old from Germany will perform with the orchestra in June
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ArticleJános Starker speaks about humility
Cellist János Starker, who appears on the cover of The Strad's April 2014 issue, speaks in 2010 at the Indiana University Summer String Academy about the importance of humility for a successful music career.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free ...
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ArticleThomas Gould performs Shardad Rohani's Violin Adagio
British violinist Thomas Gould, who has recently signed a four-album deal with Edition Classics, performs Shardad Rohani's Adagio for Violin and Orchestra with the Orion Orchestra at London's Cadogan Hall in 2010. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day ...
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ArticleSir Neville Marriner conducts Mozart's Figaro Overture
Violinist and conductor Sir Neville Marriner, who is interviewed in The Strad's April 2014 issue for his 90th birthday, leads the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in the Overture to Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro in New York's Carnegie Hall in 1994. Subscribe to ...
