All quartet articles
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NewsFitzwilliam Quartet appoints new cellist
Cellist Ursula Smith joins the quartet, succeeding Heather Tuach
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NewsInaugural Paul Juon Chamber Music Competition results announced
Grand prizes were awarded to the Trio Zeitgeist, Loewe Quartett, and ensemble focus
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NewsNew platform for emerging string quartets goes online
The MERITA project aims to help 38 young string ensembles in the early stages of their careers
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NewsMaggini Quartet cellist Michal Kaznowski has died
The veteran musician, pedagogue and conductor was 69 years old
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ReviewBook review: Distant Melodies: Music in Search of Home
Julian Haylock reviews a volume of musings on music and geography by Edward Dusinberre, first violinist of the Takács Quartet
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Blogs9 tips on playing the Ravel and Debussy quartets
Franck Chevalier, viola player of the Quatuor Diotima, gives advice on how to approach the most celebrated French additions to the quartet repertoire
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BlogsCrash course: are there benefits when things go wrong in a competition?
There was drama at the inaugural Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition this week, in everything but the string result, writes Andrew Mellor. From 2015
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FocusThe Doric Quartet on switching to Classical bows
In this extract from their cover story in the August 2018 issue of The Strad, the British quartet discusses how a recent experiment with Classical bows has taken the players’ musicianship to new heights. Interview by Toby Deller
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Premium ❘ FeatureGame, set and match: quartets of instruments
Four instruments from the same tree, varnished from the same pot, played by a single quartet. Is this the way to perfect harmony? Katherine Millett investigates in this article from August 2008
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Blogs10 tips for achieving long-term success with your quartet
The Henschel Quartet from Germany celebrated its 25th year in 2016. Here the group gives tips on achieving longevity in a chamber career
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Focus'A very supportive role': 8 tips for second violinists
Views on second violin playing from experienced orchestral and chamber performers
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Focus8 pieces of advice for happy string quartets
Words of instruction and inspiration on quartet playing from the pages of The Strad
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NewsNo first prize awarded at 2021 Premio Paolo Borciani competition
The Balourdet and Leonkoro quartets received the €10,000 second prize, while the Adelphi Quartet came third
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NewsQuartet and violinist receive 2021 Concert Artists Guild prizes
The winners will receive concert opportunities in New York and London following the virtual competition
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WinWIN the Modigliani Quartet’s new album
The recording of Haydn, Bartók and Mozart is released by Mirare in January
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VideoQuartet performs to audience of 2,292 plants
The members of the UceLi Quartet performed at Barcelona’s iconic Liceu opera house, filled with ficus trees, palms and Swiss cheese plants
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VideoArensky: Quartet for violin, viola, and two cellos
Recorded live in Alice Tully Hall, this performance took place as part of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center on 3 May this year. It features the first movement of Anton Arensky’s Quartet No. 2 in A minor for Violin, Viola, and Two Cellos, Op. 35. Danbi Um, ...
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VideoBorodin Quartet cellist Valentin Berlinsky’s granddaughter discusses her book
Filmed on 17 July at the Royal Academy of Music, London, this discussion features Maria Matalaev presenting her book Valentin Berlinsky - A Quartet For Life. Berlinsky (1925-2008), was a founding member of the Borodin Quartet and its cellist and mainstay for more than six decades. A proud Russian but ...
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Focus5 views on chamber playing by Borodin Quartet legend Rostislav Dubinsky
The Borodin's founding first violinist, who played with the quartet for 30 years from 1945, was interviewed in The Strad shortly before his death in 1997
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VideoAzure Quartet: Spiral Sequences by Jack Frerer
‘Spiral Sequences is a string quartet performed in two movements,’ writes composer Jack Frerer. ‘The first, the shorter of the two, is frantic and pulse-driven, carried by momentum generated by spiraling 16th note patterns and repeated ostinatos. It presents fragments of a sequence-like pattern, one which is played in its ...
