The students love them, but why were they installed? By James N. McKean Q: I’m a high-school orchestra director who inherited a range of instruments when I took over the program. Two of the cellos have what I call “mini-bass…
Danjulo Ishizaka on one of Stradivari’s last cellos, the 1730 ‘Feuermann’ Player Described by Rostropovich as “phenomenal in his technical ability, perfect in his musical creative power,” German-Japanese cellist Danjulo Ishizaka regularly records and performs as a soloist and chamber musician. His…
Pablo Casals’ 1733 Goffriller cello is the crown jewel of cellos By Martin Steinberg The contrasts are quite startling. Pablo Casals died in 1973, Amit Peled was born that year. Casals was a diminutive 5-feet-4, Peled is a towering 6-feet-5.…
He helped to inspire Kronos Quartet and fostered a chamber-music revolution By Greg Cahill In 1973, chamber music was the most genteel form of Western classical music, I wrote a couple of years ago in a tribute to the Kronos…
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Or what I did on my summer vacation By Sarah Freiberg For a musician, summer often offers a wealth of opportunities to perform and teach in vastly different settings. My last summer “vacation” offered many chances to work and play…
Rachel Barton Pine opens up about tackling Mozart, becoming a confident composer, and being a mom By Whitney Phaneuf Rachel Barton Pine is living the dream. At 40, she’s raising a three-year-old budding violinist, writing and publishing her own cadenzas,…
Janine Jansen is right at home both on her latest Bach CD and modern concerto premiere By Laurence Vittes As Dutch violinist Janine Jansen’s star has risen internationally, her commitment to her country and to the city of Utrecht, where…
The Knights' album, ...the ground beneath our feet, showcases the concerto grosso form, in which musical material is passed between a small group of soloists and a full orchestra.
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With its new Artist series violin outfits, Cremona ups its game in the beginner to step-up set By Greg Olwell The low-priced and easily accessible violin outfits from Saga Music’s Cremona brand have been one of the most affordable ways…
How to manage the humidity level of your instrument By Elizabeth Marshall Though musicians are taught to keep a violin, viola, cello, or double bass properly humidified during the dry winter season, overdoing it with the humidifier can create a…