Video of Leopold Auer and Alexander Glazunov from 1912
Sophie Rosa on recording the world premiere of Montgeroult's Violin Sonata in A minor Op.2
Ivry Gitlis performs Berg's Violin Concerto
Carducci String Quartet plays a Shostakovich string quartet - with drums
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Jonathan Cooper of Acoustic Artisans in Portland repairs a violin owned by Mark O'Connor.
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This video footage, filmed in St Petersburg in 1912, shows the composer Alexander Glazunov and violinist Leopold Auer standing together. There is also an appearance from the Russian/Soviet pianist Leonid Nikolayev. Read: Leopold Auer profiled in the July 1907 issue of The Strad
'Thematic instruments' by Brazilian luthier Saulo Dantas Barreto
In this gallery we feature 'thematic instruments' by Brazilian luthier Saulo Dantas Barreto, made for both musicians and art collectors. The violins are: Violino Gustave Doré, Violino Roberta Moroni, Violino Princess Isabel, Viola Klimt, Violino Van Gogh and Violino Caravaggio. Saulo Dantas-Barreto graduated from the A. Stradivari ...
Violinist Sophie Rosa talks about her new recording, which features the Violin Sonata In A minor, Op.2 No.3 by Hélène de Montgeroult, a French composer who was working around the turn of the 19th century and was the first ever female professor to be appointed at the Paris Conservatoire. ...
Violinist Ivry Gitlis, who died on 24 December 2020 at the age of 98, performs Berg's 1935 Violin Concerto 'To the Memory of an Angel' with WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne conducted by Hans Vonk. Read: 8 opinions on performance and career by violinist Ivry Gitlis Read: Ivry ...
The Carducci String Quartet (violinists Matthew Denton and Michelle Fleming, violist Eoin Schmidt-Martin and cellist Emma Denton) plays a new rendition of Shostakovich's String Quartet No.7, featuring Cristián Tamblay on the drums. Watch: Working from home: Carducci Quartet perform Philip Glass's String Quartet no.2 Watch: Carducci Quartet performs ...