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‘President Zelensky was only 20 feet away’: Exclusive photos and interviews with US military string players
The Strad’s staff writer Rita Fernandes shares exclusive interviews from her trip to Washington DC to meet string players in the US military
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine — an exclusive interview from The Strad’s archive, November 2008
Ahead of her solo London debut in 2008, the American violinist tells Michael Quinn how she has forged her successful solo career despite early setbacks
Cover story
Rachel Barton Pine: ‘What we’re doing today is the history of tomorrow’
As she turns 50, the American violinist Rachel Barton Pine speaks to Ariane Todes about her unwavering enthusiasm for discovering, and communicating, the artistic integrity in everything she does
Playing
An unforgotten talent: 100 years of violinist Leonid Kogan
The matchless Soviet violinist Leonid Kogan was born 100 years ago on 14 November 1924. To mark the centenary, Tully Potter examines the life of ‘the greatest violinist’ he’s ever heard in concert
Lutherie
Like father, like daughter: the Giorgis family of violin makers
New research in the Turin archives has uncovered fascinating insights into the life of the violin maker Nicola Giorgis. Claudio Amighetti reveals why Giorgis’s daughter Francesca Maria took over his workshop upon his death in 1745
Technique
Technique: Finding flexibility in the left hand
Violist Jordan Bak presents an open-handed approach to left-hand technique
Masterclass
Masterclass: Saint-Saëns Havanaise op.83
Violinist Max Baillie gives smart and efficient practice tips to showcase a piece for violin and orchestra that juxtaposes lyricism with virtuosic passagework
