All Video articles – Page 55
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VideoRay Chen's practice challenge: Paganini Sauret Cadenza
The violinist lays bare his practice process, beginning from scratch on one of the steepest technical challenges in the repertoire – the Émile Sauret cadenza for Paganini’s First Violin Concerto.
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VideoLayale Chaker and the Sarafand Ensemble
In this video from Morgenland Festival Osnabrück 2017, Layale Chaker and the Sarafand Ensemble with Michel Godard perform their version of the Lebanese folk solk Havvel ya gannam. Violinist and composer Layale Chaker trained at the National Higher Conservatory of Beirut in her native Lebanon, followed by studies at the ...
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VideoDie Seele der Geige: documentary featuring Frank Peter Zimmermann and luthier Martin Schleske
[n.b. no English subtitles. As broadcast on Arte.tv, the film is in German, or click the gear icon to change to French.] This documentary, a coproduction by EuroArts and BR (Bavarian Broadcasting), follows violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann in 2016 as he reunites with the ‘Lady Inchiquin’ Stradivari, after a period ...
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VideoSheku Kanneh-Mason meets Rostropovich's Cellos
Ahead of Sotheby’s sale Rostropovich & Vishnevskaya (November 28th), Sheku Kanneh-Mason went to the auctioning house to try out three of the cellos belonging to his musical hero.
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VideoNicolas Cherniavsky makes music in the woods
In this video cellist Nicolas Cherniavsky explains why playing in the forest is unlike playing in any other space, and describes the ways in which the music reflects the qualities of the wood.
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VideoSantiago Cañón Valencia plays Bach Chaconne cello transcription
Colombian cellist Santiago Cañón Valencia, who was recently presented with the 2018 János Starker Award here performs his own transcription of the Chaconne from Bach’s Partita no.2. This video was made at the Luis Angel Arango Hall in Bogotá on 13 August 2017.
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VideoNicolas Altstaedt plays Sarabande from first cello suite
German/French cellist Nicolas Altstaedt plays the Sarabande from Bach’s Cello Suite no.1 in G at the Bimhuis Amsterdam This is an excerpt from the 29 November 2015 edition of ‘Vrije Geluiden’ (Free Sounds), a programme on Dutch public broadcaster VPRO. More on: http://www.vpro.nl/vrije-geluiden
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VideoHow many luthiers does it take to make two violins in a week?
This video follows the week-long process of making two new violins for the Royal Northern College of Music instrument collection during its Strings Festival in March 2018. Luthiers Kai-Thomas Roth, William Castle, Marc Soubeyran and Tibor Szemmelveisz collaborated on building two violins between 2 and 8 March, one based on ...
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VideoYo-Yo Ma performs Bach to dignitaries
The cellist Yo-Yo Ma performs the Sarabande from Bach’s Cello Suite No 5 to world leaders in Paris on Sunday as part of the events marking the centenary of the Armistice.
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VideoDocumentary on Florian Leonhard
Florian Leonhard, the world-renowned maker and restorer of fine violins, tells his story, with contributions from Leonidas Kavakos and Sheku Kanneh-Mason. Filmed at Leonhard’s workshop in London.
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VideoDavid Leonard Wiedmer and Léa Trombert in comic promo
Léa Trombert and David Leonard Wiedmer, who share a workshop in Lyon, France, star in what starts looking like a standard promotional video. David Leonard Wiedmer won a number of medals at the 2018 VSA Competition, including Gold for violin, Gold for cello (in collaboration with Damien Gest) and Silver ...
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VideoRay Chen plays Paganini in the first round of Menuhin Competition 2008
For Ray Chen, the 2008 Menuhin Competition which turbo boosted his career started here, with Paganini’s Caprice no.5. Chen, then 19, won the event before going on to also win the 2009 Queen Elisabeth Music Competition.
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VideoTianyou Ma performs at Music for Youth Proms 2018
Chinese violinist Tianyou Ma performing at the Music for Youth Proms lunchtime concert on Tuesday 6 November. Ma was a prizewinner at the 2018 Menuhin Competition, winning 4th Prize and the Bach Prize. Music for Youth is an organisation that gives more than 40,000 children performing opportunities across the UK ...
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VideoNew Greenpeace campaign featuring violinist Pekka Kuusisto
Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto is featured in Greenpeace’s latest film as part of its campaign to protect the Great Northern Forest. ‘Forests have always been a source of inspiration in art, but nowadays they are becoming more and more a source of worry and sadness too, as we see that ...
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VideoTeaser for Mischa Maisky documentary
A teaser for a documentary about cellist Mischa Maisky, the great ’performing animal’, to be released in 2020. Featuring contributions from Maxim Vengerov, Evgeny Kissin, Valery Gergiev and others.
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VideoHow to Fake in Orchestra
Faking it: the great taboo of orchestral playing. Here’s how to do it safely and efficiently.
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VideoItzhak Perlman returns to the stage of his US debut
60 years after making his US debut as a 13-year-old prodigy on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’, Itzhak Perlman returns to the same stage for ’The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.’
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VideoHungarian Dance no.5 arranged for cello & piano – Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexandre Tharaud
Jean-Guihen Queyras and Alexandre Tharaud perform their own transcription of Brahms’ Hungarian Dance no.5, originally written for violin and piano. The duo has recorded the whole set of dances along with the composer’s two cello sonatas. The Strad review reads: ‘The players’ idiomatic arrangements of six of Brahms’s Hungarian Dances ...
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VideoOttawa Symphony experiments with 3D printed instruments
The Ottawa Symphony Orchestra ‘3D String Theory’ project is culminating with a performance on Sunday 4 November. ‘To explore the new creative possibilities that technology brings to music, the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra has commissioned Ottawa violin maker Charline Dequincey, Creadditive designer Laurent Lacombe and the Industrial Technology Centre in Winnipeg ...
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VideoScottish Ensemble & Andersson Dance: Prelude – skydiving from a dream
As a follow-up to their first collaboration Goldberg Variations – ternary patterns for insomnia, Scottish Ensemble and Andersson Dance will be premiering a new piece based around Beethoven’s Grosse Fugue, Bach’s Art of Fugue and Lutosławski’s Preludes. ‘Fusing music and movement, musician and dancer, Prelude – skydiving from a dream ...
