All News articles – Page 222
-
ArticleStudy finds long-term goals are as important to musical achievement as instrumental practice
Australian university researchers arrive at results following ten-year investigation
-
ArticleDouble bassist Richard Davis receives NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship
The American double bassist has performed with Igor Stravinsky, Leonard Bernstein and Bruce Springsteen
-
ArticleArmenian violinist Sergey Khachatryan wins £50,000 Credit Suisse Young Artist Award
String players continue to dominate the list of winners of the Credit Suisse Young Artist Award, with Armenian violinist Sergey Khachatryan receiving this year's accolade, which carries a cash prize of CHF75,000 (£50,000). Khachatryan also received a concerto performance with the Vienna Philharmonic at Lucerne Festival on ...
-
ArticleStudy suggests orchestral first violins experience highest stress levels
Mood also plays a role in reducing anxiety levels during performance
-
ArticleLeonidas Kavakos takes on dual role of violin soloist and conductor at Vienna Philharmonic Ball
The violinist replaces Riccardo Chailly, marking the first time in the history of the Ball that a conductor will also play
-
ArticleVerbier Festival Academy launches outreach programme
Reaching Out will help Academy graduates to work actively in their communities
-
ArticleMenuhin Competition returns to London in honour of the violinist
The 2016 contest will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the great prodigy
-
ArticleMinnesota Orchestra ends 15-month musician lockout with a new three-year contract
Orchestral musicians will return to work on 1 February 2014 at a reduced rate of pay
-
ArticleTwelve-year-old violinist takes top prize at Jefferson Competition
A twelve-year-old violinist from California has become one of the youngest prize winners at the Jefferson Symphony International Young Artists Competition in the contest's history. Robert Chien, who was awarded the second prize, performed Pablo de Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy, op.25 in the finals of the competition, held ...
-
ArticleCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra violinist awarded RPS/ABO Salomon Prize
Catherine Arlidge is the first violinist to receive the award recognising UK orchestral musicians
-
ArticleSphinx Organisation string competition winners to benefit from $4m gift
The Competition is open to Black and Latino string players residing in the US
-
ArticleViolinist Nemanja Radulović signs an international contract with DG
The 28-year-old Serbian recorded a Paganini album for DG France last year
-
ArticleThe Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments to celebrate Will Kemp's 100-mile dance
The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments will celebrate the antics of the 16th-century Shakespearean actor Will Kemp this month when it recreates his famous nine-day dance from London to Norwich with a programme of music performed on contemporary instruments - including reconstructions of rare and obsolete ...
-
ArticleThe Strad Features Index available to download
Looking for a specific article published in The Strad magazine? You can now download The Strad features indexes from the past four years, 2010 to 2013, by clicking on the PDFs below. Each index includes every article published in The Strad magazine and supplements that year, and ...
-
ArticleViolinist Augustin Hadelich to make Walt Disney Concert Hall debut
He replaces Christian Tetzlaff, who has pulled out of the LA Phil concerts due to illness
-
ArticleDanish violin maker Lise Jørgensen dies aged 51
Danish violin maker and restorer Lise Ingeborg Jørgensen has died aged 51 following a long battle with cancer. Jørgensen became interested in violins while at school, and at 19 began training at the Pauli Merling Violin workshop in Copenhagen under the guidance of maker and restorer Poul ...
-
ArticleString appointments at London's Royal Academy of Music
Dominic Seldis, Giovanni Guzzo and Richard Ireland to join in 2014
-
ArticleThe Strad January 2014 issue is on sale now
The January issue of The Strad is now on sale. In our 'Fresh Thinking' edition Californian cello innovator and sound sculptor Zoë Keating reveals how technology and the internet have helped her home-grown music to flourish outside the mainstream. Our article on pop-up exhibitions investigates why a ...
-
ArticleGerman music schools report 14 per cent rise in student numbers
The number of young people learning musical instruments in Germany has risen by 14 per cent in the past decade, according to new figures released by the Association of German Music Schools (AGMS). A total of 920,000 students are currently involved in music education programmes, compared with ...
-
ArticleCellist wins £8,000 first prize at 2013 Penderecki Competition
French–Armenian cellist Astrig Siranossian has won the first prize at the second International Krzysztof Penderecki Cello Competition. The 25-year-old (pictured) received PLN40,000 (£8,000) and performance opportunities with a number of Polish orchestras. She was also awarded two special prizes, including one for the best performance of Penderecki’s ...
