By Stephanie Powell “It’s not hard to settle on Beethoven,” Patrick Jordan, violist in the Eybler Quartet says. And then he beats me to the punch. “The one hesitation we had about it really was that there are so many…
By Stephanie Powell In collaboration with Lisa Gass of Los Angeles Bass Works, Eastman Strings announced the release of its first pre-installed c-extension for bass. A c-extension allows bass players, mainly orchestral, to hit lower notes with an extended fingerboard…
In both January and March, adventurous musicians and music lovers traveled with Strings to Cuba! Here are a few highlights from this exciting experience. We’d like to give a very sincere thanks to D’Addario and Company for donating gear to some very thankful…
When Nuné Melik moved by herself to Montreal in 2009, she felt “rootless.” The violinist was born in Siberia and studied in Moscow but is of Armenian, Georgian, and Jewish heritage. So, it’s little surprise that a source of consolation…
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The New Century Chamber Orchestra recently welcomed British violinist Daniel Hope as its new music director. Since 2016, Hope served as artistic partner for the 19-member, conductorless ensemble based in the San Francisco Bay Area. A five-year appointment, Hope’s stint as music director…
. . . about an hour, Pacific Daylight Time. Cellist Dale Henderson, founder of Bach in the Subways, has revealed the first performance location of his five-day, three-continent celebration of Bach’s birthday: Seattle. So if you’re in the area, head…
By Greg Cahill You could say this is Vol. 1 of an autobiographical musical tale,” says Gautier Capuçon, speaking on the phone about his new album, Intuition (Warner). He’s calling from the Teatro Auditorio San Lorenzo de El Escorial in…
Draylen Mason has been identified as the 17-year-old musician who was tragically killed in a series of package explosions in Austin, Texas. Mason was a member of the Interlochen Center for the Arts, and the principal double bassist at the Austin Youth…
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By Megan Westberg As we reported last week, Bach in the Subways founder, cellist Dale Henderson, is gearing up to celebrate the great composer’s 333rd birthday by performing pop-up concerts on three continents, all within the span of five days…
By Brian Wise Claude Debussy, battling late-stage cancer and faced with the growing hardships of World War I, had only a few self-deprecating words about his swan song, the Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor. “I only wrote…
Violinist Lucia Micarelli‘s career has been a stylistic mash-up of epic—and wonderful—proportions. After an impressive classical-musical upbringing (Juilliard Pre-College? Check. Manhattan School of Music? Check. Repeat Aspen alum? Check.), Micarelli embarked on an eclectic career that included a role on…
How to get yourself ready for that solo gig of a lifetime By Miranda Wilson Any string player soloing with an orchestra must project her sound in such a way that it’s audible at all times, even though she’s up…
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By Megan Westberg Violinist Lucia Micarelli is well known for her role as aspiring street musician Annie Talarico in the award-winning four-season HBO series Treme, and extensive touring with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Josh Groban, Chris Botti, and Barbra Streisand. But…
By Megan Westberg Bach in the Subways, brainchild of cellist Dale Henderson, is gearing up to celebrate the great composer’s 333rd birthday in grand style. Henderson himself will be performing pop-up concerts on three continents, all within the span of…
When thinking about prodigies such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, audiences tend to experience their genius and talent only in the most polished, perfect forms. It’s far rarer to see the sweat, blood, and tears that go into birthing such works of musical…
By Greg Cahill The union of strings—notably violin, viola, or cello—and piano can produce pure magic: Consider the seemingly telepathic coupling of violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and pianist Lambert Orkis, the elegance of Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott, or the electrifying…
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By Rebecca Fischer “Beauty is the enemy of expression!” —Christian Tetzlaff, The New Yorker, 2012 Beauty has trouble being labeled. As humans we all know that beauty is deeply subjective, but we still try to put the idea of beauty…
According to baptismal records, Frederic Chopin‘s birth was actually on February 22, 1810, but like the rebel he is, he chose March 1 to celebrate his birthday. So we will, too! The great Polish composer and piano virtuoso would have been 208…
Violin Society of America member Linda West is asking for help in locating a bow that’s gone missing from her shop. The cello bow, made by Rodney D. Mohr, is from her personal collection, and has a silver tip and…
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