Sponsored by Music at Port Milford: Nestled in Ontario’s historic Prince Edward County, Music at Port Milford has been offering an intensive chamber music program for advanced students aged 12 to 19 for over three decades. Students, who are admitted…
2 Winners will receive the violin or cello case of their choosing from the Gewa Air line. Plenty of colors and finishes to choose from, violin cases are available shaped or oblong. GEWA Air cases are made from an ultra-protective thermoplastic…
Sponsored by the Music Conservatory of Westchester: Over a 4-week period during summer 2020, the Music Conservatory of Westchester’s Collegiate Orchestra Institute will offer a unique opportunity for college music students to advance their skills and form collegial relationships with…
By Cristina Schreil | From the January/February 2020 issue of Strings Magazine In 2014, Trio Oreade, a Zurich- and Hamburg-based ensemble, performed in a chamber-music competition in Basel, Switzerland. The real treat, however, was what came after. A representative from…
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Eastman Strings showed its new Electro Acoustic series at NAMM 2020, available as an option in any Eastman Step Up model for a $200 upcharge. The pickup is in the spruce top, and the low-profile 2.5mm cable plugs into the…
Wood violins released the new Viper Classic at NAMM 2020, available in 4-string and 5-string fretless models. The new models feature a wood Tru-Tone piezo pickup, with a transducer in the bridge, as well as a first position heel for…
By Erin Holt | From the January/February 2020 issue of Strings Magazine My hand is shaking so much I’m afraid I won’t be able to hold the whole-note double-stops that open the first movement of the Schumann Piano Quartet in…
Yamaha’s new SLB300 “silent bass” features the same design of its electric upright bass predecessor but with new sound reinforcement technology, which images sound of acoustic instrument recorded through a microphone. New for this model, players can select vintage tube…
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NS Design showed off some new and returning favorites, including a fretted violin, and Wave series entry level violins, and the NXT fretted violin, which runs on a “charged supercapacitor,” that will run for 16 hours on a one-minute charge.…
After launching the Versum and Versum Solo string sets, Thomastik Infeld now offers the Rondo set for cello and violin, which provides a “tiny bit more resistance” while delivering direction, focus of sound, and opening up the overtones.
At NAMM 2020 D’Addario showed off its Prelude string line, Ascente violin and viola strings, and its professional Kaplan line for violin and viola, which is now available in fractional sizes in addition to standard sizes. The company also introduced…
By Inge Kjemtrup | From the January/February 2020 issue of Strings Magazine I bought my first viola at a school auction many years ago. I’d just made the switch from violin, and the viola I had been borrowing had to…
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By Tandum Lett | From the January/February 2020 issue of Strings Magazine As I walked onstage at the Mark O’Connor string camp with my fellow adult learner and friend Suzette, I tried not to look out at the audience full…
By Laurence Vittes | From the January/February 2020 issue of Strings Magazine When 22-year-old Hao Zhou won the 18th Concours musical international de Montréal in June and then, as one of the Viano String Quartet’s violinists alongside Lucy Wang, shared…
By Sasha Margolis | From the January/February 2020 issue of Strings Magazine In Budapest, at the dawn of the last century, a collection of jaw-dropping violin talents gathered to study at the city’s Academy of Music. Between 1900 and 1905,…
By Stephanie Powell | From the January/February 2020 issue of Strings Magazine Eastman has released its new Electro Acoustic instrument line, designed to deliver the warm resonance of an acoustic with the convenience of built-in amplification. The setup is carefully…
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Sponsored by Brevard Music Center: Each summer at Brevard in North Carolina, 500 musicians from across the globe perform alongside some of the most celebrated names in music. Summer 2020 repertoire highlights include Shostakovich 10, Bartók’s Miraculous Mandarin, Mahler 7,…
By Greg Cahill | From the January/February 2020 issue of Strings Magazine Cape Breton, an island on the northeast end of Nova Scotia, Canada, is one of the most remote regions on the planet. But it boasts some of the…
The Grammy rarely loses that headline status. But just how powerful is this perceived value for classical musicians?
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