How to Overcome Bow-Hand and Bow-Arm Tension on Strings
Before you can produce the smooth sound on violin, viola, cello, or bass, that attracted you to strings in the first place, you have to overcome that tension in the bow hand.
Stephanie Powell
How to Find the Best Warm-Up Routine for Strings
This 10-minute routine for cellists can easily be adapted for including violin, viola, and bass.
Violinist Augustin Hadelich on Working with New Conductors & Prokofiev Passagework
By Augustin HadelichThis will be my fourth and final installment of my blog series about a month in my life as a traveling violinist. These four weeks took... Read More...
Celebrating 50 Years of ECM Records
By Greg Cahill“Sound is about organizing emotions in time—that is music. I never impose a sound on music. Rather, music requires a particular sound,” reclu... Read More...
Strings Sessions Presents: Violinist Paul Huang
Violinist Paul Huang stopped by the Strings' studio to perform Eugène Ysaÿe's Sonata No. 3 in D minor, "Ballade." Huang performs on the 1742 “Wieniawski” Guarn... Read More...
Joel Krosnick Talks Personal Musical Miracles & Final Thoughts on BISQC
By Laurence VittesIn 1993 I reviewed Joel Krosnick's concert with Gilbert Kalish at the Los Angeles County Museum Bing Auditorium for the Los Angeles Times... Read More...
Takács Quartet Welcomes Violist Richard O’Neill
By Stephanie PowellIn 2020, the Takács Quartet will welcome violist Richard O'Neill, who will step in to replace current violist Geraldine Walther. After 1... Read More...
Quator Arod’s Latest Album Is Inspired by Mathilde Schoenberg
By Greg CahillMathilde Schoenberg is not a household name, yet at the turn of the 20th century, she served as muse for one of the classical-music world’s m... Read More...
Violinist Augustin Hadelich Discusses the Prokofiev & Mendelssohn Violin Concertos
By Augustin HadelichWe're almost wrapping up my recap of a month in life of a traveling violinist. These four weeks take me to performances in Boston, New ... Read More...
Violinist Augustin Hadelich Performs the Sibelius Concerto with the New York Philharmonic
By Augustin HadelichThe next four weeks will take me to performances in Boston, New York, Eindhoven, London, and Cleveland! After the final performance of ... Read More...
