Violinist intends to represent Thailand at winter games in Russia
London audiences set for more top violinists
London Symphony Orchestra nets big names for 2010-11 season
Extreme cellists hike across Britain
Threesome take their cellos on 192-mile trek
Prestige Maltese venue too hot for EU strings
EU Baroque Orchestra forced indoors as doubts grow over palace courtyard's suitability
Korean violinist triumphs in Argentina
Jinjoo Cho takes first prize in Buenos Aires contest
Maggini joins Peabody Institute collection
Former orchestral musician gifts 1620 violin to US university
Finzi Quartet wins loan of 'Evangelists'
British ensemble to play on matched set of Vuillaume instruments
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Running violinists and dashing cellists
David Kettle goes in pursuit of masked string players at the opera
Norman Lebrecht looks at orchestral managers
Orchestra managers can earn many times more than their rank-and-file players. So why aren't more str...
Top violin teaching secret revealed
Editor Ariane Todes learns of a simple idea that offers a powerful teaching tool
"Great!!! Ehnes is a amazing musiciann and he deserves it!! Congrats :D"
(James Ehnes appointed to the Order of Canada)
"Who said, "a great player can make a cigar box sound great." That''s a lot of ci..."
(Jaime Laredo acquires Montagnana for record price)
"After nearly a century since the sinking, why has Mr Hartley''s name been entere..."
(Titanic violinist honoured)
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September 2010 teaching special issue
Masterclass: Flamenco violin
by Ara Malikian. Soloist and genre-crossing collaborator
Trade Secrets: Brescian-style purfling, part 2: decorative patterns on the back
By Helen Michetschläger. Instrument maker based in Sale, UK
My Favourite Things
Rainer Küchl
Luthier and thief
Two hundred years after Lockey Hill’s supposed death, Jenny Nex discovers a criminal history that th...
The state of Spanish lutherie
Does Spain deserve greater recognition for its instrument making traditions? Three experts give thei...
The gain in Spain
Madrid’s Reina Sofía school has set out to reinvigorate Spanish string playing, using the determinat...
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