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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2025: 1715 Domenico Montagnana violin
A rare example of a violin by the noted Venetian maker of cellos, it has a two-piece back of irregular figure
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Premium ❘ FeatureA unique pairing: the ‘Paderewski, Wendling’ violin
In the first of a two-part article, Balthazar Soulier examines an extraordinary violin that displays the hallmarks of both Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ and Domenico Montagnana
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NewsViolinist Yeyeong Jenny Jin wins 2023 Michael Hill International Violin Competition
The 20-year-old receives NZ$40,000, a recording contract and performance opportunities
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ReviewBook review: The Fulton Collection: A Guided Tour
John Dilworth reads through a guided tour of one of the finest stringed instrument collections of modern times
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ReviewConcert review: Grace Park (violin) Joseph Liccardo (piano)
Bruce Hodges attends the all-French recital at New York’s Weill Recital Hall on 13 December 2021
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ReviewConcert review: Alisa Weilerstein (cello) London Symphony Orchestra/François-Xavier Roth
Peter Quantrill gives his thoughts on the performance at London’s Barbican, 19 December 2019
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GalleryFrom the archive: double basses by Montagnana, Rocca, Guadagnini and Panormo
These photos were published in the February 1991 issue of The Strad in a focus on the double bass, including a interviews with Barry Guy, and Samuel & Barry Kolstein, a profile of the Ouchard bass bow making workshop, and a tribute to Towry Piper whose 1911 articles for The ...
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GalleryFrom the archive: the 1717 Montagnana viola once belonging to Lionel Tertis
These photographs were published in the September 1988 issue of The Strad. The following text is from the article they accompanied, in which Tully Potter examines the recent lineage of the instrument, including interviewing current owner Roger Chase
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Premium ❘ GalleryFrom the Archive: a violoncello by Dominicus Montagnana, Venice, 1735
This illustration of a cello by Dominicus Montagnana was published in The Strad, June 1972
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a Dominicus Montagnana cello, Venice 1735
Dominicus Montagnana is justly considered to have been the finest of the many talented luthiers who worked in Venice during the first half of the eighteenth century. He was born about 1690 and died some time after 1750. It is doubtful whether his reputation would be so great were it ...
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FocusAlbert Spalding: ‘The Greatest American Violinist'
The life of the US musician, born 125 years ago this month, is celebrated in our August issue. Here's an interview with Spalding at the start of his career
