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Premium ❘ NewsPremiere of the Month: Michelle Barzel Ross’s new quartet for the Juilliard Quartet
A new quartet remembers violist Roger Tapping
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts February 2025: Turlunda cello endpin
A new endpin designed to bring out the sounds of different materials
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts February 2025: Kremer Pigmente intense red madder lake pigment
A new colour is available in the company’s extensive madder lake pigment range
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts February 2025: Mach One Wide violin shoulder rest
The Mach One rest is now available in a wider size
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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Glenn Dicterow on Bernstein’s Serenade after Plato’s ‘Symposium’
The New York Philharmonic’s former concertmaster recalls how he first learnt the solo part of Bernstein’s Serenade after Plato’s ‘Symposium’ before a national tour with the composer conducting
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: Strategies to fix wolf notes
Eliminating a wolf note can be the bane of every luthier’s life. Linda Lespets passes on four methods that can help to solve the problem
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Premium ❘ FeatureMy Space: Dínçay Gülenç’s Istanbul workshop
The luthier takes us on a tour of his Turkish workshop
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Premium ❘ Feature‘His bow was snapped in two as the window-curtains caught fire’ - From the archive
In the dim and distant past, The Strad would raid other periodicals for violin-related stories. Two examples follow.
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, first movement
Although this concerto is a well-known staple of the repertoire, violinists can still find opportunities to explore refreshing interpretations in this movement, says Paul Huang
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Premium ❘ Focus‘See each concert as the most important one in your life’ - Daniel Hope’s life lessons
The violinist on his many influences and what is at the heart of a musician’s career
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: A new approach to bracing flat-back instruments
This system of ‘responsive bracing’ allows for the natural movement of the wood
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis January 2025: 3D-printing technology in lutherie
The possibilities for violin makers afforded by 3D-printing technology are limitless, as a new exhibition in Cremona shows – but is there a danger of the knowledge being misused?
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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Anne Gastinel on Dutilleux’s 3 Strophes sur le nom de Paul Sacher
The French cellist was captivated by Dutilleux’s 3 Strophes sur le nom de Paul Sacher from the first hearing; and it also provided an opportunity to meet the composer
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: AI vs live performance?
Even with the proliferation of technology such as generative AI in the music industry, violist Toby Deller believes there will always be a strong human need to experience live performance
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Violin projection
Australian violinist Emily Sun outlines her strategies for projecting successfully on the violin
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1937 violin by Giuseppe Castagnino
Alberto Giordano examines a 20th-century violin by the Chiavari-based luthier
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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from Lesbos: Molyvos International Music Festival
On the Greek island of Lesbos, the Molyvos International Music Festival offers live chamber music to a diverse international audience, as Claire Jackson discovered
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Premium ❘ NewsPremiere of the Month: Donghoon Shin’s new viola concerto for Amihai Grosz
D flat major forms the basis of a new viola concerto
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts January 2025: Peter Infeld cello strings
The long-standing range now includes a cello set
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts January 2025: D’Addario Eclipse rechargeable cello and bass tuner
A new tuner in the company’s wide range
