While we occasionally see instruments dated from the late 1930s and even into the early ’40s, many workers were pulled away to industries supporting war.
Benjamin Beilman stopped by the Strings studio in mid-July before his schedule took him to the Verbier Festival for a performance of Schubert’s Fantaisie D.934. Beilman kicked off the session with the Ysaye’s Sonata No. 4 in E minor, presto ma non…
This September, conductor Long Yu, cellist Yo-Yo Ma and sheng virtuoso Wu Tong embarked on a four-city tour of China. The tour kicked off with the Hong Kong Philharmonic’s season opening concerts on September 9 and 10. The three then…
By Bob Doerschuk The O’Connor Band brings killer vocals into a triple-fiddle mix Is it a paradox that some of the most exciting innovations in American music stem from its most deeply planted traditions? Mark O’Connor doesn’t think so. With…
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By Laurie Niles One of the most dazzling moments in violin repertoire occurs in the Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, when the pyrotechnics of the first-movement cadenza turn into an accompanying figure, ushering the orchestra back…
By Patrick Sullivan Luthier Joseph Curtin leads the violin world’s politest revolution He’s calm, soft-spoken, and well-mannered. But if the violin world has revolutionaries, Joseph Curtin must surely be counted among them. For years, the Michigan luthier has been deeply…
Strings stopped by UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Playhouse on the evening that the Silk Road Ensemble was set to lend its eclectic sound to the Mark Morris Dance Group’s newest evening-length piece Layla and Majnun. The group took time before rehearsal to perform an…
In the case of Parisian violin makers’ approach to varnish, evolution meant a return to the past.
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By Stephanie Powell As the janitor at Cesar Chavez Academy cranks up the last basketball hoop in the middle school’s gymnasium, students shuffle in and fill the floor. The students are from the school and neighboring school’s seventh- and eighth-grade…
By Inge Kjemtrup On the wealth of stringed-instrument resources within walking distance of my Marylebone home’s front door Since moving to London 18 years ago, I’ve lived in Marylebone, the area bounded by Oxford Street in the south, Edgware Road…
By Thomas May The members of the Emerson Quartet discuss the secrets behind their trailblazing success, their legacy, and what the future holds The Emerson Quartet has been a dominant fixture in the chamber-music scene for so long now that…
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The Cypress String Quartet—violinists Cecily Ward and Tom Stone, violist Ethan Filner, and cellist Jennifer Kloetzel—stopped by the Strings studio a few days before the quartet’s Farewell Concert to perform Beethoven and a Call-and-Response commission by Philippe Hersant. Watch the…
By Cristina Schreil Violinist Itzhak Perlman, long venerated for his advocacy as much as his esteemed career, will donate all multimillion-dollar earnings through his Genesis Prize laureateship to several charities. The US- and Israel-based programs are specifically music oriented or…
By Barbara Bogatin Eliciting evaluations of guest conductors took a new approach—and a little culinary bribery When she was six years old, my daughter’s favorite activity was baking brownies. She relished every part of the process: collecting all the ingredients…
The Calidore String Quartet—violinists Jeffrey Myers and Ryan Meehan, violist Jeremy Berry, and cellist Estelle Choi—stopped by the Strings studio to perform two movements from Tchaikovsky’s String Quartet No. 1, Op. 11. Watch the recent BBC Radio 3 New Generation…
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Sponsored by Sunnyside Records The French born Tixier moved to New York in 2007 with an unparalleled musical pedigree. His violin playing has been lauded by many important and highly respected musicians, including Pat Metheny, Jean Luc Ponty and Mark…
By Cristina Schreil Four teens on the rise discuss challenges and inspiration on their musical journeys Meet violinist Logan Valleroy, cellist Zlatomir Fung, violinist Charlotte Marckx, and cellist Olivia Marckx. Anyone convinced that today’s teens are more passionate about apps…
By Patrick Sullivan Luthier Joan Balter marks four decades at the Aspen Music Festival They pour into Aspen every summer—hundreds of talented young musicians and dozens of major artists from across the United States and around the world. And every…
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