10 Tips for Learning Cello Technique and Developing Musicality
Here are 10 tips on learning cello technique and developing musicality, culled from cello journalist Tim Janof's 80 interview of the world's top players.
January 2016
Concert Violinist Christian Tetzlaff’s Advice: Live a Musical Life—Without Armor
A young person’s guide to the solo stage by Jacqueline Vanasse, Images by Giorgia Bertazzi Violinist Christian Tetzlaff is one of the most inspiring artists of the moment, especially for a new generation of talented young musicians. His name comes up countless…
10 Tips on Learning the Cello, Exploring Technique, and Developing Musicality
Notes from the virtuoso’s desk on keeping time by Louise Lee As part of his work as director of the online community Internet Cello Society, self-described “cello journalist” Tim Janof has interviewed about 80 of the world’s most prominent cellists…
Review: Del Sol String Quartet’s ‘Scrapyard Exotica’
By Cristina Schreil A sweeping exploration of contemporary soundscapes, San Francisco’s Del Sol String Quartet’s Scrapyard Exotica features works by Mason Bates, Ken Ueno, and Mohammed Fairouz. In “Bagatelles for String Quartet and Electronica,” by Bates—also known as DJ Masonic—23-year-old…
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Opening Up Possibilities with New Strings
The tone and feel of a string is highly personal, so it pays to keep an open mind in your search for great sound By Fan-Chia Tao The good news in the string world is that players have more choices than…
Review: Violinist Christian Howes ‘American Spirit’
Crossing genres and decades, Howes weaves a patriotic tapestry By Cristina Schreil After a musical tour through Montenegro and Ukraine, jazz violinist Christian Howes returned—literally and figuratively—home. In American Spirit, Howes dismisses today’s fractured politics and conjures a nostalgic journey…
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Announces Isaac Stern Violin Competition
By Stephanie Powell “It has taken a little bit of time,” David Stern, son of violinist Isaac Stern, modestly says of launching the Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition (SISIVC) that he will be co-chairing. In September, the Shanghai Symphony…
Sonia Wieder-Atherton’s Multimedia Performances Offer an Eclectic Worldview
The cellist talks the theory of relativity and reveals a sense of nuance courtesy of Rostropovich By Martin Steinberg Sonia Wieder-Atherton has always been a traveler between worlds. She was born in San Francisco to a Romanian mother and an American…
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Fiddler Andrea Zonn’s Sophomore Album Showcases Her Writing and Is Full of All-Star Cameos
Courage to write songs came from life experience By Bob Doerschuk In the kitchen of Andrea Zonn’s home in East Nashville, a dart with a suction cup was stuck on the ceiling—right where she wanted it. It had been fired there…
Review: Violinist Nigel Kennedy’s ‘The New Four Seasons’
By Cristina Schreil The Four Seasons have apparently seen some climate change. When violinist Nigel Kennedy recorded the concertos with the English Chamber Orchestra in 1989, the commercial hit became for many a staple recording. Sparkling and vivacious, it also…
Juilliard School Opens Campus in China
By Stephanie Powell The Juilliard School has announced it will open a campus in China, the Tianjin Juilliard School, in 2018. The campus, which will be Juilliard’s first campus outside of its historic New York grounds, will be the first…