All Regulars articles – Page 11
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Premium ❘ Focus‘I had to be tamed’ - Johannes Pramsohler’s life lessons
The Italian violinist on his journey to becoming a Baroque specialist and the benefits of having a range of influences
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Premium ❘ ArticleFebruary 2024: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the February 2024 issue
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Premium ❘ Article‘Venture forth into unexplored worlds’ - Letters to the editor: February 2024
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: February 2024 issue
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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: February 2024
The latest competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts February 2024: Kremer Pigmente Aloe Resin Socotra
The new resin gives varnishes a yellowish hue
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts February 2024: Double2 LED stand light
A double stand light designed for reliability and consistency
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts February 2024: XO Stringcase for violin
As much an accessory as a safe place for your instrument
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Half-edging with a router
William Szott presents a quick way to fit a new piece of wood to a block area
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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Ophélie Gaillard on Bloch’s Schelomo
Learning Bloch’s Schelomo was like a baptism of fire for the French cellist – but as well as the technical challenges, it gave an eye-opening perspective on how music can make you feel
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1925 violin by Giuseppe Del Lungo
Michele Mecatti looks at the Italian maker’s early 20th-century instrument
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Bow distribution
Violinist Alda Dizdari’s thoughts on teaching bow distribution
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: Adjusting instrument necks for teenage players’ growing hands
Bow maker Bernd Müsing believes that widening violin and viola necks could help young players, especially teenage boys, who find that there is no longer enough space between the strings for their growing fingertips
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: G.B. Ceruti’s restoration of a violin with worm damage
Luiz Amorim examines an intriguing c.1800 violin by G.B. Ceruti containing wood that appears to have been restored following worm damage – by the maker himself
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Dmitry Sitkovetsky on Mozart Violin Concerto no.5 first movement
Violinist and conductor Dmitry Sitkovetsky uncovers a wealth of brilliant concepts in this masterpiece and demonstrates how an awareness of the whole is what brings a performance to life
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Premium ❘ FocusAuction Report January 2024: A generous offering
A Brothers Amati violin, another by a lesser-known Guadagnini and a cello by ‘the father of the piano’ all made waves at the London sales, as Kevin MacDonald reports
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Premium ❘ Focus‘Everyone has something that makes them special’ - Carolin Widmann’s life lessons
The German violinist speaks about finding your own path and classical music’s way forward
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Premium ❘ FeatureMy Space: Martin Kuhn’s Diessenhofen workshop
Peek into the maker’s workshop located in a small Swiss village
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Premium ❘ Feature'Where’s your reindeer?’ - From the archive: January 1904
The Yorkshire poet Walter Hampson narrates a tale that, according to him, took place on Christmas Eve 1890
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis January 2024: A case for small-group teaching
Julian Lloyd Webber’s recent comments about one-to-one tuition in conservatoires has ignited a debate: should small-group teaching be more widely offered as an alternative?
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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from Dorset: Purbeck International Chamber Music Festival
Cellist Natalie Clein’s Purbeck International Chamber Music Festival features star players and thought-provoking themes. Charlotte Gardner enjoys the music – and an unseasonal heatwave – in the Dorset countryside
