All Performance articles – Page 3
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #51: John-Henry Crawford on Latin American music
The cellist speaks about the parallels between language and music, as well as exploring new sound worlds in his new album Corazón
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #50: Itamar Zorman on violin globetrotting
The Strad’s 50th podcast episode celebrates violin repertoire from around the world
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #49: Zina Schiff and Avlana Eisenberg on mother and daughter collaboration
The violin/conductor mother and daughter team speak about working together on their new album of works by William Grant Still
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #48: Noah Bendix-Balgley on performing under pressure as a concertmaster
Yes, the Scheherazade and Ein Heldenleben solos are nerve-wracking for everybody…
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #45: The New Zealand String Quartet on its 35th anniversary
‘Make sure the music is first and the ego last’ - words of advice from the long-standing ensemble
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #44: Amit Peled on playing in cello choirs
The cellist speaks about the educational and professional benefits of playing in a massed ensemble
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #43: Jan Vogler on music festivals
’They celebrate music, they celebrate friendship, they celebrate communication between different cultures’
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #42: Kerenza Peacock on environmental awareness and musical connection
‘A violin was once a tree’ - the violinist speaks about the connection musicians have with the environment, as well as using music to drive environmental and social awareness
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #41: Ani Aznavoorian on Armenian music
’It’s our way of maintaining our culture and paying it forward to the next generation’
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #39: Kronos Quartet’s David Harrington on musical activism
’I didn’t have a choice, I had to play that piece’ - Kronos Quartet’s founding violinist on using music to speak out against injustice, as well as giving a voice to the voiceless
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #38: Eldbjørg Hemsing on Norwegian music
The violinist outlines the history of classical and folk music in Norway and illustrates her sentimentality behind the sound of her home country
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #36: Coco Tomita on forging a solo career during the pandemic
The young violinist shares her experiences of the last two years, as well as the time she was lucky enough to play on a Stradivari violin
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #35: Philippe Quint on new ways to programme music
’We’re going through an incredible renaissance of invention’
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #34: Maria Ioudenitch on her competition success
The winner of both the Tibor Varga and Joseph Joachim International Violin Competitions in 2021 reflects on a successful year
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #33: Louise Lansdown and Njabulo Nxumalo on the Arco project
Founder Louise Lansdown speaks about the mission behind the project, while student double bassist Njabulo Nxumalo shares his first-hand experiences of learning music under the scheme
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #32: Rachel Barton Pine and Billy Childs on a new violin concerto
’If our violin concertos were only written by violinists, we’d get things that were very idiomatic, but perhaps never transcending that. It broadens our perspective’
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #31: Nils Mönkemeyer on Mozart Sinfonia Concertante
The violist speaks about the spontaneity and openness of performing a work that is part solo and part chamber music, as well as what he really thinks about playing the viola part scordatura
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #30: Sean Lee on performing Paganini Caprices
’It’s sort of like going to the gym: you show up, you do your workout, you recover and you come back a bit stronger’
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #29: Julia Fischer on Mozart Violin Concertos
‘I played the first movement of the G major concerto in the Philharmonie in Munich when I was eight’
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #28: Alexandra Conunova on losing her Guadagnini violin
Conunova’s violin was seized by customs officials at Chișinău airport in October 2021. She shares what happened on that day, as well as how she finally managed to get the instrument back after two months
