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Premium ❘ ArticleFebruary 2023: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the February 2023 issue
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Premium ❘ ArticleJanuary 2023: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the January 2023 issue
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Premium ❘ ArticleDecember 2022: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the December 2022 issue
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Premium ❘ ArticleNovember 2022: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the November 2022 issue
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Premium ❘ ArticleOctober 2022: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the October 2022 issue
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Premium ❘ ArticleSeptember 2022: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the September 2022 issue
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Premium ❘ ArticleAugust 2022: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the August 2022 issue
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Premium ❘ ArticleJuly 2022: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the July 2022 issue
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Premium ❘ DebateHow should string teachers approach an advanced adult pupil?
Understanding the physique and psyche of a new adult pupil should not be taken lightly, writes Pauline Harding
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Premium ❘ ArticleJune 2022: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the June 2022 issue
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Premium ❘ ArticleMay 2022: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the May 2022 issue
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Focus‘I had two identities’ - Baroque violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte
Our February 2022 issue cover star discusses his diverse musical influences, from musical theatre, modern Russian violin playing, to playing with the Baroque ensemble Les Arts Florissants
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Premium ❘ ArticleApril 2022: Editor's welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the April 2022 issue
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Focus‘The most perfect music ever written’: Violinist Leonidas Kavakos on recording Bach’s Solo Sonatas and Partitas
’Bach’s music is a reflection of life, and life is not always serious – there is also humour and dancing, and uplifting moods to counter the darker ones.’
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Focus‘People hadn’t heard live music for so long, and were so happy and grateful for the experience’ - Steven Isserlis on performing Bach
The January 2022 cover star speaks to Charlotte Smith about studying the Bach Cello Suites in the form of his new companion book, as well as performing during the pandemic
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Focus‘The first maker of what is unambiguously a double bass’
In this extract from the December 2021 issue, Thomas Martin, George Martin and Martin Lawrence examine the beginnings of bass making in Venice
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FocusChad Hoopes: ‘I want to pass along the knowledge and the influences that I have had’
The US-violinist shares his approaches to teaching the next generation of musicians in his new role as professor of practice in violin at the Meadows School of the Arts
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FocusJanine Jansen: Twelve chosen Stradivaris
Our October 2021 issue features violinist Janine Jansen’s journey to record an album and documentary on twelve different Stradivari violins. Read about the violins that were chosen for the project
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Focus‘Planting seeds for my relationship with music’ - Hilary Hahn and the Suzuki method
As a former Suzuki student, violinist Hilary Hahn shares her earliest memories of lessons and how they shaped her into the musician she is now
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Focus‘We aren’t going back to how it was’ - Esther Yoo on being a musician during the pandemic
In this extract from the August 2021 issue, Esther Yoo shares her experience of the sudden silence brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic and how her positive attitude helped her through dark times
