All Video articles – Page 81
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ArticleViktoria Mullova plays Sibelius Violin Concerto
Viktoria Mullova performs Sibelius's Violin Concerto with the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest in April 2016. Watch: Violinist Viktoria Mullova gives winning performance at the 1980 Sibelius Competition
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ArticleFormlabs' 3D-printed acoustic violin made from white resin
Formlabs engineer Brian Chan and violinist Rhett Price have combined forces to build a 3D-printed violin from white resin.The instrument was made with SLA (StereoLithoGraphy) printing technology - which lends itself well to intricate details and a smooth surface finish - rather than a FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) ...
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Article93-year-old violinist Ivry Gitlis performs Kreisler
93-year-old violinist Ivry Gitlis joins pianist Khatia Buniatishvili to perform Kreisler's Liebesleid, Schön Rosmarin and Syncopation, alongside Maria Theresia von Paradis' Sicilienne at an Aix-en-Provence concert in April 2016, broadcast by ARTE Concert. Read: 8 opinions on performance and career by violinist Ivry Giltis Watch: Ivry Gitlis ...
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ArticleAnne-Sophie Mutter performs Sibelius Violin Concerto
Anne-Sophie Mutter performs the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Andris Nelsons in May 2015. Read: ‘Extremes of constant vibrato or none at all do not solve musical problems,’ says violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter Watch: Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter films her performance with a head ...
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ArticleA violin bow with a mind of its own
A violinist's enthusiastic final bow stroke makes for a finale to remember in this orchestral concert from 2013.Watch: A bow hair disasterWatch: Violist Yuri Bashmet in tailpiece disasterWatch: Violinist Christian Tetzlaff and pianist Lars Vogt in page turning catastrophe
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ArticleRenaud Capuçon performs Gluck's Melodie on solo violin
Renaud Capuçon performs Gluck's Melodie on solo violin as an encore at a concert with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony in May 2016.Watch: Violinist Renaud Capuçon performs in the Paris MetroWatch: Capuçon brothers – violinist Renaud and cellist Gautier – perform together at the BBC Proms
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Article'You must play as naturally as you sing': violinist Isaac Stern in China
One sings very naturally. You must figure out how to make that sound on your violin' In this clip from the 1979 documentary 'From Mao to Mozart', violinist Isaac Stern demonstrates to a young student the importance of listening and playing like a singer. Watch: Violinist Isaac ...
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ArticleMadeleine Mitchell on becoming a complete violinist
The violinist and Royal College of Music, London professor speaks about adopting a rounded approach to being a musician
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ArticleEric Silberger and ensemble perform The Lark Ascending arranged for string sextet
In this brand new video Heifetz Institute Artist in Residence Eric Silberger is joined by the Von Quartet and bassist Matt Sorrentino to give the North American premiere of composer and arranger Martin Gerigk's string-sextet version of The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams.Watch: Violinist Eric Silberger performs ...
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ArticleSol Gabetta performs Elgar's Cello Concerto at Proms 2016
Sol Gabetta performs the fourth movement of Elgar's Cello Concerto at the 2016 BBC Proms with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo. Read: ‘There is a tiger inside my instrument': Sol Gabetta talks about her newly acquired cello Watch: Sol Gabetta’s cello transformed by light ...
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ArticleSol Gabetta and cello ensemble perform Piazzolla's Primavera Porteña
Sol Gabetta joins fellow cellists Ivan Monighetti, Monika Leskovar, Rafael Rosenfeld, Emil Rovner, Asier Polo, Kian Soltani and Astrig Siranossian to perform Astor Piazzolla's Primavera Porteña at the Solsberg Festival in 2015. Watch: Sol Gabetta's cello transformed by light show for BBC Proms Sol Gabetta is The ...
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ArticleDavid Garrett sets Guinness World Record for Fastest Violin Player
David Garrett breaks the Guinness World Record for the Fastest Violin Player in December 2008, performing Flight of the Bumblebee in 1 minute 5.26 seconds. Read: 7 tips for playing fast passages Read: How to play fast passages without tension, by cellist Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi
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ArticleRay Chen and Daniel Jang perform Wieniawski's Etude Caprice, op.18 no.4
Classical musicians are actually really funny people - they are often just too shy or intimidated to show their real selves to the audience. So I just try to show what I am like as a person'Virtuoso violinist Ray Chen joined Daniel Jang to perform Wieniawski's Etude Caprice ...
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ArticleViolin accident: what to do when your bow flies out of your hand
Violinist Sara Delić loses control of her bow - which threatens to go flying - during a performance of Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen.Watch: A bow hair disasterWatch: Violinist Christian Tetzlaff and pianist Lars Vogt in page-turning disaster
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ArticleCellist Sol Gabetta performs - and sings - at the Proms 2016
Argentine cellist Sol Gabetta performs Peteris Vasks' Gramata cellam – Dolcissimo at the First Night of the Proms 2016 as an encore. The work includes the opportunity to hear Gabetta sing, while playing her instrument. Read: 'There is a tiger inside my instrument': Sol Gabetta talks about ...
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman records Fiddler on the Roof
Itzhak Perlman records a special bonus track for the 2016 Broadway cast recording of Fiddler on the Roof, released on Broadway Records. Perlman’s bonus track, titled ‘Excerpts from Fiddler on the Roof’, is arranged by film composer John Williams. Read: Violinist Itzhak Perlman to perform on Fiddler ...
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Blogs'Even the best vibrato can't help a poor right-hand sound,' says cellist Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt
The German cellist and pedagogue discusses how to produce a strong and colourful tone
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ArticleJulia Fischer performs De Beriot's Ninth Violin Concerto, aged 8
An eight-year-old Julia Fischer performs De Beriot's Ninth Violin Concerto in 1992.
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ArticleCapuçon brothers - violinist Renaud and cellist Gautier - perform together at the BBC Proms
The Capuçon brothers - violinist Renaud and cellist Gautier - perform Handel-Halvorsen's Passacaglia as an encore at the BBC Proms in London's Royal Albert Hall in 2011. Read: ‘As a musician you never finish learning,’ says cellist Gautier Capuçon Watch: Gautier Capuçon performs Thaïs Meditation at the ...
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ArticleViolinist Hilary Hahn on owning the stage
You can't be afraid when you go on stage. If you're afraid you'll just be replicating what you think other people want you to do - and replicating is never the way to convince people you know what you're doing.' Hilary Hahn speaks about performing on stage ...
