Walter Thompson, the inventor of Soundpainting, demonstrates his method for structuring improvisation with the Walter Thompson Orchestra in France, September 2011.
Read more about the live composition sign language in The Strad's February 2015 issue, out now.
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Can a new work encourage young, classically trained string players to lose their fear of improvisation and find their individual voice? Violinist Christina Åstrand and composer Signe Lykke explain the concept to Andrew Mellor
The violinist performs a work from his new album The Bow and The Brush, which features compositions all inspired by paintings and sculptures
Alex Laing reads US violinist Jason Anick’s method for learning how to improvise
The Sarabande from Bach’s Cello Suite no.6 is the latest single to be released from the cellist’s upcoming album
Bernsted performs a solo work that she describes as having ‘complexity like a kaleidoscope’
Check out a string chamber version of Vaughan Williams’s beloved work for violin
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