March 2023 issue | Danish Quartet | The Strad, essential reading for the string music world since 1890

March 2023

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Simone Zopf argues that there was in fact a single unit of measurement from which most of the rest can be derived

Gavin Dixon reports on the comeback of ‘the king of instruments’

Peter Quantrill hears from the Calidore Quartet about how Beethoven involves intense preparation and a sense of ‘leaning into the weird’

Oskar Falta examines Natalia Shakhovskaya’s life and hears from some of her former pupils about her exacting teaching style

Lionnel Genovart profiles some of the best-known names in the country’s violin making history

Andrew Mellor talks to the Danish Quartet as they embark on their 20th-anniversary season

Andrew Mellor talks to the Danish Quartet as they embark on their 20th-anniversary season

In the March 2023 issue, violinist Peter Sheppard Skærved discusses his love for this short piece by Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755–1824).

Simone Zopf argues that there was in fact a single unit of measurement from which most of the rest can be derived