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Strings 25th anniversary issue is available as a digital edition—tablet ready and free! Now you can read news, player profiles, career and rechnique tips, music lessons, CD and print reviews, and much more on an interactive tablet-ready digital edition for iPad, Kindle Fire, Nook, and PC.
The special anniversary section includes 25 player tips from the Strings archives (from Hilary Hahn, Joshua Bell, Itzhak Perlman, Nicola Benedetti and others); interviews with 25…
ContinuePosted by Greg Cahill on January 30, 2012 at 2:00pm
Cellist Ralph Kirshbaum remembers the first time he heard a recording of his boyhood idol, cellist Gregor Piatigorsky. “I was literally rooted to my chair,” he says. “I’d never heard a sound like it—so rich, vibrant, and concentrated.”
These days, Kirshbaum is rooted to Piatigorsky through a slightly more metaphorical chair. Since 2008, he has held the Piatigorsky Endowed Chair in cello at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music and is the artistic director…
ContinuePosted by Greg Cahill on January 18, 2012 at 12:53pm
Here's another excerpt from our upcoming 25th anniversary edition. It's one of 25 player tips culled from our extensive archives at AllThingsStrings.com:
Most contests are judged by professional musicians and have similar judging criteria: common categories include rhythm, clarity, level of difficulty, creativity, and intonation. Rhythm deals not only with making sure the contestant stays in time, but also with how much drive the performance has. Clarity deals with the how…
ContinuePosted by Greg Cahill on January 18, 2012 at 12:30pm
Mixing passion with practicality can be a confounding thing, as string teachers well know. Of course, violin teachers enjoy the professional delights of encouraging their students’ love of music and guiding them toward musical success, but most will admit that doing so with a full stomach and in comfortable surroundings remains a priority.
And so they must find a balance between their calling and their business, which elicits a number of difficult questions. How to gather enough…
ContinuePosted by Greg Cahill on January 12, 2012 at 1:30pm
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