Loud & Clear: Researchers Find Contemporary Violins Project Better than Strads
By Cristina Schreil What kind of violin projects sound better—a famed Stradivari, or a new instrument by a modern maker? A team of researchers addressed this question across two different...
View ArticleStrings Sessions Presents: Melia Watras & Michael Jinsoo Lim
Violist Melia Watras and her husband/violinist Michael Jinsoo Lim stopped by the Strings studio to perform three works. To start, Watras performs an original composition titled “Lament,” which she...
View ArticleViolist Luke Fleming Reflects on the Manhattan Chamber Players First Season
By Luke Fleming When I took on the formation and artistic directorship of the Manhattan Chamber Players a year and a half ago, I knew I was heaping a huge amount of responsibility upon myself, and, to...
View ArticleStrings Sessions Presents: Jeremy Kittel Trio
The Jeremy Kittel Trio, made up of Kittel on violin, mandolinist Joshua Pinkham, and guitarist Quinn Bachand, stopped by the Strings studio to perform a few tunes. Watch the trio perform “Epic Fiddle”...
View ArticleViolinist Midori Joins Curtis Institute of Music Faculty
By Stephanie Powell Solo violinist, educator, and music-education advocate Midori has announced she will be joining the faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music. Her relocation from USC’s Thronton...
View ArticleStrings Sessions Presents: Rachel Barton Pine Plays American Partitas
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine stopped by the Strings studio to share three commissioned works from her American Partitas project. Watch Pine perform ‘Rag’ by Darol Anger from ‘American Partita No. 1’;...
View ArticleFifth Tarisio Trust Young Artist Grants Recipient to Be Named Via Online Voting
Tarisio has announced four recipients of its annual Tarisio Trust Young Artists Grants—but there’s more: a fifth recipient will be selected via an online-voting process after July 6. The program, which...
View ArticleD’Addario’s New Ascenté Violin Strings in Action at Summer NAMM 2017
Violinist and D’Addario & Co. product manager Lyris Hung demonstrates the company’s latest set of student strings: the Ascenté violin string set. The strings are of medium tension and are available...
View ArticleConnolly Debuts Realist SoundClip and Revelle Violin Case at Summer NAMM
Chris Rohrecker of Connolly Music Company showcases two new products at Summer NAMM: the Realist SoundClip by David Gage for violin and viola, and Revelle‘s latest CrossTech violin case. Both products...
View ArticleA Technique Reset Can Be Useful at Any Level
By Grigory Kalinovsky Teaching has been a calling for me since childhood. I have memories of myself at around age 12, back in my native St. Petersburg, Russia, helping a younger classmate practice. I...
View ArticleViolinist Leila Josefowicz Delivers Exhilarating Performance of Stravinsky’s...
By Inge Kjemtrup With concerts every night from mid-July to early September featuring an amazing line-up of performers, orchestras, and ensembles, the BBC Proms has good reason to call itself “the...
View ArticleBBC Proms: Thoughtful Brahms from Violinist Leonidas Kavakos
By Inge Kjemtrup The concert was late, but the Prommers were patient. What’s a Prommer? Well, anybody can be Prommer. All you need is £6 and a little time to spare for waiting in line before a BBC...
View ArticleCharm from the Chineke! Orchestra at the BBC Proms
By Inge Kjemtrup Two years ago, double-bass player Chi-chi Nwanoku—a founder-member of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, teacher, and chamber musician—realized a dream. In 2015, this...
View ArticleStrings Sessions Presents: Hanneke Cassel Band
The Hanneke Cassel Band, made up of fiddler Hanneke Cassel, cellist, Mike Block, and guitarist Christopher Lewis, stopped by the Strings studio for a recent Strings Session. Watch the trio perform...
View ArticleStrings Sessions Presents: Matt Haimovitz
Cellist Matt Haimovitz stopped by the Strings studio to perform three pieces. His partner of choice for his solo rep was a a three-century-old Grancino that the Quebec-based Canimex Inc. agreed to lend...
View ArticleViolinist Anne-Sophie Mutter Wows with Dvorak at the Proms
By Inge Kjemtrup Diva. There is really no other word to describe the violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, whose perfectionist playing, glamorous style, and commanding presence inspires the kind of devotion...
View ArticleStrings Sessions Presents: Scroggins & Rose
Violin-mandolin duo Scroggins & Rose, made up of violinist Alisa Rose and mandolinist Tristan Scroggins, stopped by the Strings studio to share some tunes off of their latest...
View Article‘Strings’ on the Scene: The San Francisco Symphony Opening Gala
By Megan Westberg “It’s called a step-and-repeat.” Strings managing editor Stephanie Powell has a background in fashion and in covering events like the Mill Valley Film Festival, and so was giving me...
View ArticleArtist Blog: A Concermaster’s View from the Orchestra Pit
By Lauren Roth Rehearsing, playing and performing different kinds of music requires varying skills. Orchestral musicians are accustomed to preparing and performing different programs weekly with...
View ArticleJoshua Bell, Overcoming Bloody Nose Onstage, Dances to ‘Gypsy Airs’
By Martin Steinberg Everybody gets nosebleeds, sometimes at inconvenient moments. That was the case for Joshua Bell. At what was billed as “The Concert of a Lifetime,” the violin virtuoso had to deal...
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