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Articles from the pages of Strings Magazine - read aloud by the editor and authors!Strings keeps you informed on the music, musicians, and instruments that matter. Published since 1986, our editors and expert contributors share stories from the vibrant community surrounding stringed instruments. For teachers and students, amateurs and professionals, players of violin, viola, cello, bass, and fiddle, Strings is your magazine.
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Happy Camper: Violinist Philippe Quint Hits the Half-Century Mark
This story was written by David Templeton for the May-June 2024 issue of Strings magazine and is read by editor Megan Westberg.It’s shaping up to be a major milestone year for violinist Philippe Quint. The Russian-born musician turned 50 in March, right around the time he celebrated the 30th anniversary of his professional United States debut. More than 33 years after defecting to the United States from Leningrad, the two-time Grammy nominee has given hundreds of live performances and produce...
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Earth Song: How Music Can Serve as a Response to the Climate Crisis
This story was written by Thomas May for the May-June 2024 issue of Strings magazine and is read by editor Megan Westberg.Nature sings in the work of countless composers in the Western classical tradition. The calls and flutterings of birds, spine-tingling thunder, falling raindrops: Vivaldi transformed a repertoire of found sounds from the natural world into some of the most memorable moments in The Four Seasons. But growing awareness that humanity’s relationship with nature has gone astray ...
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Cellist Anastasia Kobekina Creates an Aural Slideshow of Her Trip to Italy on 'Venice'
This story was written by Megan Westberg for the March-April 2024 issue of Strings magazine and is read by the author.Venice isn’t a place easily rendered. It is a place where imagination and reality blend, and not always harmoniously, where the past and present sit side by side. And to a certain extent, Kobekina wanted to represent Venice as it is and was, but she wasn’t particularly interested in approaching that idea in a literal way. Support the Show.
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The Music of Julia Perry Finds New Champions on the Centenary Celebration of Her Birth
This story was written by David Templeton for the March-April 2024 issue of Strings magazine and is read by Megan Westberg, Editor. “I would try to figure out which composer it was all on my own,” Grammy-nominated violinist-composer Curtis Stewart says, speaking from his apartment in New York. “But the real reason I would do that, close my ears when the DJ was talking, is that I’d realized, early on, that knowing ahead of time if I was listening to Tchaikovsky or Bach or whoever would c...
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A Conductor Takes His Place in the (Sort Of) Family Business
This story was written by Scott Flavin for the March-April 2024 issue of Strings magazine and is read by the author.How important is your relationship with your grandparents? Has it influenced who you are or your life’s path? What if you hardly knew or never met them?Support the Show.
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Warrior Energy: Electrifying Cellist Tina Guo Plays an Integral Role in ‘Dune’ and Other Scores by Hans Zimmer
This story was written by Greg Cahill for the March-April 2024 issue of Strings magazine and is read by editor Megan Westberg.“I love that film and soundtrack music aren’t limited by preconceptions or genres,” says cellist, composer, software developer, and entrepreneur Tina Guo, 38, whose extensive film work includes the 2022 Academy Award–winning soundtrack to Dune. “Anything goes, and experimentation or seeking to always do something new is so wonderful and so exhilarating—depending on the...