All Video articles – Page 86
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ArticleCigar box violin with guitar strings
A violin made from a cigar box is sound tested. The neck is made of pear wood, and the fingerboard of beech. The instrument is strung with standard guitar strings.Watch: Violin made from 16,000 matchsticks is performed in concertWatch: Glenn Donnellan plays his electric baseball bat violin
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ArticleViolinist Augustin Hadelich performs Tchaikovsky's Valse-Scherzo
Violinist Augustin Hadelich performs Tchaikovsky's Valse-Scherzo, op.34 with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra on 2 December 2015 at Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, University of California, Davis. Read: Violinist Augustin Hadelich on performing a concerto with the LA Phil at three days’ notice Read: Violinist Augustin Hadelich ...
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ArticleBerlin Philharmonic masterclass by principal double bass Klaus Stoll
The fingering here has to be more economical, ensuring fewer string changes and a clearer line'Berlin Philharmonic principal double bass Klaus Stoll gives a masterclass for the 2011 YouTube Symphony Orchestra on Dittersdorf's Double Bass Concerto no.2.Watch: Sydney Symphony double bass masterclass † Beethoven Symphony no.9
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ArticleCellist Karine Georgian performs Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations
Russian cellist Karine Georgian performs Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yuri Simonov.Georgian offers advice and suggests exercises for gaining confidence in cello thumb position in the Technique section of The Strad's March 2016 issue, out now - download on desktop computer or through ...
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman on the importance of singing
When you play a stringed instrument, breathing and phrasing are so important' Violinist Itzhak Perlman and his wife Toby Perlman discuss why it's important for string players studying on the Perlman Music Program to sing in a WYNC radio interview. Read: More string players of today should ...
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Article12-year-old Veronika Mona Bogic gives winning de Falla performance at Grumiaux Violin Competition
Serbian violinist Veronika Mona Bogic gives a winning performance of Manuel de Falla's Danse Espagnole. The 12-year-old shared first place with 11-year-old Aliaksandra Arbuzava in the 13 years and under category at the International Grumiaux Violin Competition 2016 .Winner of the 10 years and under category was 9-year-old ...
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ArticleViolinist Isaac Stern on what makes an artist
It takes a very peculiar combination of humility and arrogance. You need arrogance to believe in ideas of your own and humility enough to know you will never find the final answer' The great violinist Isaac Stern talks about musicianship and what it takes to be an ...
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ArticleViolinist Augustin Hadelich performs Sarasate's Zapateado
Violinist Augustin Hadelich performs Sarasate's Spanish Dance, op.23 no.2 'Zapateado' with pianist Akira Eguchi. The violinist has won the Best Classical Instrumental Solo category at the 58th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles - his first Grammy.
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ArticleViolinist Midori on practising
The build up of skills is very exciting and motivating...' Violinist Midori speaks about practising for Classical Chops Watch: Violinist Midori on coping with stage fright Read: Never practise for more than five hours per day, says violinist Itzhak Perlman Read: 12 ways to encourage children to ...
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ArticleAn inside view of Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra with 12 GoPro cameras
The Cleveland Institute of Music has launched CIM Perspectives, a series of videos to be published on YouTube, in which student performers wear GoPro cameras during concerts to give viewers an idea of what it feels like to perform with an orchestra.In the first video the Cleveland Institute ...
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ArticleGautier Capuçon performs Thaïs Meditation at the Eiffel Tower
Cellist Gautier Capuçon performs Massenet's Meditation from Thaïs with Orchestre National de France conducted Daniele Gatti at the Eiffel Tower in Paris in July 2015. Read: ‘As a musician you never finish learning,’ says cellist Gautier Capuçon Capuçon is interviewed about his Classe d’Excellence in The Strad’s ...
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Article15-year-old violinist Ziyu He performs Bartók at 2014 Eurovision Young Musicians Final
Chinese violinist Ziyu He, a student at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, performs the first movement of Bartók's Second Concerto at the Eurovision Young Musicians competition Grand Final in 2014, which he won.The young musician, now aged 16, has recently won the International Mozart Competition Salzburg 2016.
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ArticleViolinist Christian Tetzlaff on whether or not to practise scales
Sometimes in a concert if you feel tense or unsure, you might want muscle memory and motor skills to take over for a while so you can remove yourself from the performance and calm down...' Violinist Christian Tetzlaff and neurologist Dr Steven Frucht talk about whether scales and technical exercises ...
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ArticlePierre Fournier performs Schumann's Cello Concerto
French cellist Pierre Fournier performs Schumann's Cello Concerto with Orchestre National de France conducted by Jean Martinon in 1966.The Strad's February 2016 issue explores the career and playing of Pierre Fournier - 'the aristocrat of cellists' who embodied a smooth and lyrical style. Download on desktop computer or through The ...
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ArticleBoston Symphony violin masterclass on orchestral excerpts and auditions
The 10 minutes you have to sell yourself at an audition are frequently traumatic - none of us escapes a little blood at some point in our lives with these auditions'Boston Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Malcolm Lowe leads a violin masterclass on orchestral excerpts and auditions at Tanglewood in ...
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ArticleViolinist Jascha Heifetz performs Debussy's The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
Jascha Heifetz performs an arrangement for violin of Debussy's The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin) from the composer's Preludes Book I accompanied by Emanuel Bay. Read: Studying the violin with Jascha Heifetz Read: Jascha Heifetz and Nathan Milsetin - two titanic ...
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ArticleJohn Williams conducts his score for E.T.
Composer John Williams conducts 'Adventures on Earth' from his soundtrack to the film E.T.The composer features in The Strad's article on the importance of strings in film music, published in the February 2016 issue - download now through The Strad App or on desktop computer.
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ArticleAna Chumachenco gives Mozart violin cadenza masterclass
Play with virtuosity but with a cool head...'Kronberg Academy violin professor Ana Chumachenco gives a masterclass on the cadenza of Mozart's Third Violin Concerto.The full 120-minute video is available to buy as a download or DVD through the Masterclass Media Foundation.Watch: Maxim Vengerov on playing the violin like ...
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ArticleCellists Gautier Capuçon and Stéphane Tétreault perform Shostakovich
Gautier Capuçon and Stéphane Tétreault perform Shostakovich's Prelude from his Five Pieces for Two Violins, arranged for cello duo.Capuçon is interviewed about his Classe d’Excellence de Violoncelle in The Strad’s February 2016 issue – download now through The Strad App or on desktop computer.Watch: Cellist Gautier Capuçon performs ...
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ArticleCellist Gautier Capuçon performs with his Classe d'Excellence de Violoncelle
Gautier Capuçon performs with the six young cellists of his 2015 Classe d'Excellence de Violoncelle - a mentorship programme which aims to help young players each year to bridge the gap between graduation and embarking on a career. The work is Fantaisie pour la 'Classe d'Excellence' by ...
