Strings Sessions in Place: Cellist Anita Graef
In our latest Strings Sessions in Place, cellist Anita Graef performs Sibelius' Theme and Variations for Solo Cello and Gliere's 8 Pieces for Violin and Cello ... Read More...
Stephanie Powell
6 Tips for Left-Hand Flexibility in the Violin and Viola
By Laurence VittesThere was a time not so long when pain seemed to go hand-in-hand with left-hand flexibility on the violin and viola. What was once a warr... Read More...
How to Learn Violin Finger Positions for Beginners
BY LAURENCE VITTESYou've got your instrument, it's in tune, and you're ready to start playing the violin, but what are the correct finger positions? There'... Read More...
Everything You Need to Know About Proper Cello Care and Maintenance
by Laurence VittesThe cello may look indestructible, but this instrument needs a lot of care and maintenance. Caring for your cello can feel like a full-ti... Read More...
How Do You Take Care of a Violin?
By Laurence VittesSo you've fallen in love with the violin, but do you know how to take care of it? After you start to develop a relationship with your vio... Read More...
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.
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...
