Leading British violist Graham Oppenheimer demonstrates the ultimate viola joke by turning his instrument into a tennis racket †• complete with expanding foam and ultra tough glaze. Those of a nervous disposition should look away now!
Oppenheimer contributes a Masterclass feature on the viola part of Dvorák's Piano Quintet no.2 in The Strad's December 2014 issue, out now.
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The Olympic gold medallist has been spotted playing a Storioni viola with Julian Rachlin and Sarah McElravy, while on holiday in Croatia
Expert and conservator Balthazar Soulier has curated this month’s poster which, for the first time, features an ‘original composite’ violin: the ‘Paderewski, Wendling’, made by Montagnana and Guarneri ‘del Gesù’. Here he places this unique instrument in context and highlights complementary information to enable a better understanding of the poster ...
Alberto Giordano examines a 20th-century violin by the Chiavari-based luthier
The cellist appears alongside the Greenwich Symphony Orchestra and its music director Stuart Malina
Philharmonia musicians perform one of Finland’s most popular Christmas carols, Jean Sibelius’s Julvisa
Double bassist Théotime Voisin and pianist Maurice van Schoonhoven perform an arrangement of the popular opera overture in a tribute to the bel canto tradition
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