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 Stern on what makes an artist
The Strad's feature on Isaac Stern in China is published The Strad’s August 2016 issue – download on desktop computer or through The Strad App.
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Now nearing his ninth decade, the great French violinist Régis Pasquier has enjoyed a dazzlingly varied 65-year career taking in everything from core repertoire to contemporary music to jazz. He shares some of his memories over tea in Paris with Jessica Duchen
The 2018 Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition winner is joined by pianist Zhen ’Victor’ Chen in works by Gershwin, Bartók and Chen Yi
Taiwan-born, American violinist Cho-Liang Lin took part in several of Isaac Stern’s late chamber music recordings. Here he shares his impressions with Tully Potter
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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Oesi and pianist Andrea Vasi perform Bottesini’s Allegro Di Concerto ’Alla Mendelssohn,’ which was released as a single last week
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