All Video articles – Page 83
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman performs Wieniawski's Etude Caprice, op.18 no.4
Violinist Itzhak Perlman performs Wieniawski's Etude Caprice op.18 no.4 in Moscow's Tchaikovsky Concerto Hall in 1992. Read: Never practise for more than five hours per day, says violinist Itzhak Perlman Watch: Violinist Itzhak Perlman on musical prodigies
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ArticleViolinist Isaac Stern and cellist Yo-Yo Ma perform the Brahms Double Concerto
A 66-year-old Isaac Stern performs Brahms Double Concerto in A minor, op.102, with Yo-Yo Ma and the NHK Symphony Orchestra at the Suntory Hall in Tokyo in 1986. Watch: Isaac Stern on what makes an artist Watch: Isaac Stern, Leonard Rose and Eugene Istomin perform Brahms Watch: ...
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ArticleViolinist Yoojin Jang gives winning Mendelssohn and Stravinsky performances at Sendai Competition
Yoojin Jang gives her winning performances of Mendelssohn and Stravinsky violin concertos in the final of the 2016 Sendai International Violin Competition with the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Junichi Hirokami.Read: Yoojin Jang wins Sendai International Violin Competition 2016
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ArticleViolinist Ayana Tsuji gives winning Sibelius performance at Montreal Music Competition
18-year-old Japanese violinist Ayana Tsuji gives her winning performance of Sibelius's Violin Concerto at the 2016 Montreal International Music Competition with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.Read: Violinist Ayana Tsuji wins Montreal International Music Competition
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ArticleChristian Tetzlaff violin masterclass: Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47
You use an arm vibrato, but I think you should add a hand vibrato to your repertoire - the piece needs to sound like an old man with lots of body, more relaxed' Christian Tetzlaff gives a masterclass on Sibelius' Violin Concerto in D minor at the ...
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ArticleMischa Maisky plays Bach Cello Suite No.1 in G
Mischa Maisky performs the Bach Cello Suite No.1 in G.Watch: Cellist Mischa Maisky performs Rachmaninov’s VocaliseWatch: Mischa Maisky performs Haydn’s Cello Concerto no.1Read: Cellist Mischa Maisky on studying with Piatigorsky and Rostropovich
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ArticleQuebec violin students perform Star Wars theme with lightsaber bows
Students from the École de l'Harmonie in Quebec perform John Williams's Star Wars theme with lightsaber bows in December 2015. The bows were made using LEDs by violin teacher Philippe Amyot. 'Balancing the bows was hard work for the children because of the added weight,' he said.Watch: John ...
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ArticleItzhak Perlman performs Prokofiev's First Violin Concerto
Itzhak Perlman performs Prokofiev's Violin Concerto no.1 A recording collector's guide to the Prokofiev Concerto is featured in The Strad's June 2016 issue – download now through The Strad App or on desktop computer
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ArticleLionel Handy plays the Kodály Cello Sonata
Royal Academy of Music cello professor Lionel Handy performs the first movement of Kodály's Cello Sonata, Op.8.Handy discusses double-stopping in the Technique section of The Strad’s June 2016 issue – download now through The Strad App or on desktop computer.
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ArticleAdrian Anantawan, born without a right hand, performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto
Adrian Anantawan, a Canadian violinist born without a right hand, performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra with the help of a prosthetic arm.The violinist, who studied at the Curtis Institute of Music, features in The Strad's June 2016 issue analysis feature on the training of ...
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ArticleRay Chen's violin swapping Bach Double Concerto encore
Ray Chen gives an entertaining rendition of Bach's Double Violin Concerto alongside close friends and conductors Diego Matheuz and Christian Vasquez. Chen was performing a concert as part of the El Sistema programme in Venezuela. Watch: Ray Chen comedy videos compilation Watch: The Strad Masterclass: Ray Chen ...
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ArticleJennifer Stumm viola masterclass: Bartók Concerto
To me this piece is about contrasts between light and dark, speaking and singing, and tension and relaxation'Jennifer Stumm, Chair of Viola Studies at the Royal College of Music, presents a masterclass on the Bartók Viola Concerto at the 2014 SÁo Paulo Viola Day.Watch: Tabea Zimmermann performs Bartók's ...
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ArticleMasterclass with David Finckel: Brahms Piano Quartet no.1 in G minor
There has to be enough definition to these four-note phrases for the audience to make sense of the music' Cellist David Finckel leads the Zelda Quartet in a masterclass at The Juilliard School's Paul Hall. The quartet play the Allegro non troppo from Johannes Brahms' Piano Quartet ...
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NewsKent Nagano conducts 1,000 musicians in Berlin shopping mall
More than 900 amateur musicians descended on the ‘Mall of Berlin’ shopping centre in the German capital’s Leipziger Platz on Monday 16 May, where they were joined by 50 members of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin for a surprise concert. Conducted by Kent Nagano, the musical flashmob performed works ...
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ArticleGuy Johnston breaks cello string at BBC Young Musician 2000
I had this dream - which turned out to be a premonition - that I was going to break a string at the competition - and it actually happened!'British cellist Guy Johnston talks about the moment that his string snapped at the live televised 2000 BBC Young Musician ...
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Article13-year-old violinist Eduard Kollert performs Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen
13-year-old violinist Eduard Kollert, who yesterday won the Junior first prize at the 2016 Novosibirsk International Violin Competition in Russia, performs Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen at the International ‘Nutcracker’ Contest for Young Musicians in Moscow in 2015. Kollert is a student of Professor Zakhar Bron, who was chair of ...
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ArticleBBC Young Musician cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason performs on Britain's Got Talent
2016 BBC Young Musician finalist, cellist Sheku-Kanneh Mason performs with his siblings on Britain's Got Talent in 2015.Read: BBC Young Musician of the Year names three finalists
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ArticleMariinsky Theatre Orchestra performs at Palmyra ruins in Syria
Valery Gergiev conducted the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra in a concert at the ruins of Palmyra, Syria yesterday. The historic site was recaptured from the so-called Islamic State (IS) by Syrian forces backed by Russian air strikes in March.The orchestra performed works by Bach, Prokofiev and Shchedrin at Palmyra's ...
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ArticleItzhak Perlman, Mischa Maisky and Evgeny Kissin perform Tchaikovsky
Violinist Itzhak Perlman, cellist Mischa Maisky and pianist Evgeny Kissin perform an excerpt from Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio in A Minor, op. 50 on 3 December 2015 at Carnegie Hall, New York. Read: Never practise for more than five hours per day, says violinist Itzhak Perlman Watch: 2Cellos, ...
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ArticlePhotographing a 299-year-old Stradivarius violin
After each shot I turn the violin 30 degrees and take another picture. I have to turn the violin to shoot it in 12 different angles. It's all about precision'What does it take to photograph the qualities of a Stradivari violin? Photographer Søren Jonesen takes us through the ...
