All Regulars articles – Page 57
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Nils Mönkemeyer on Stamitz First Viola Concerto
The German violist looks at how to tackle the challenges in the first movement of this important audition piece with style, panache and calm
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Sautillé
Tips to help you master a bow stroke vital for making a good impression at any orchestral audition
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Premium ❘ FeatureFrom the Archive: November 1929
Marie Hall, seen here with her 1709 Stradivari, speaks exclusively to The Strad following a successful tour of South Africa
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DebatePlay it again: composers can’t survive on premieres alone
A high-profile premiere might help young composers launch their career, but the story shouldn’t end there, says Tom Stewart
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FeatureRichard Tognetti: Life Lessons
The Australian violinist on Crowded House, ‘classical’ music and the importance of the Antipodean perspective
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Premium ❘ ArticleOctober 2019: Welcome
The Strad’s editor Charlotte Smith introduces the October 2019 issue
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ArticleSoundpost: Letters to The Strad
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: October 2019 issue
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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: October 2019
Anna Agafia Egholm COMPETITION RESULTS The Tibor Varga International Violin Competition in Sion, Switzerland, awarded its first prize to 23-year-old Danish violinist Anna Agafia Egholm. A former student of Svetlana Makarova at the Haute École de Musique in Lausanne, Egholm also won the award for the best ...
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NewsNew Products: October 2019
Ready for boarding An instrument with a detachable neck to make air travel easier Readers of The Strad will be no strangers to the perennial risks associated with flying with stringed instruments. Barely a week goes by without another story of a passenger denied boarding with their ...
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Recreating original purfling
Precision and care are prerequisites for this detailed restoration method
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: Ten out of ten
The great 19th-century French bow makers had to produce a large amount of stock to make a living. Christophe Landon explores how their working methods differed from ours, as he makes ten simultaneous copies of one Peccatte bow
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Daniel Müller-Schott on Franck Violin Sonata (Cello Version)
The German cellist looks at the importance of connection, colour and line in the work’s third movement
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Mapping out the fingerboard
Exercises to train your brain and fingers, to help you become a more fluent performer and improviser
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Premium ❘ FeatureFrom the Archive: October 1939
The Strad responds to the declaration of war on 3 September with advice on how cellists can do their bit by programming feel-good standards for troops and civilians
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FeatureSilver linings: Postcard from Vail
The opening of the 2019 Bravo! Vail Music Festival was beset by last-minute programme changes and inclement weather – yet proved to be a rousing success, as Charlotte Smith reports
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Asymmetric neck shaping
A method that allows for deviation from the standard neck outline, for the comfort of the individual player
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FeatureRenaud Capuçon: Life Lessons
The French soloist talks to Tom Stewart about developing perspective, what teaching has taught him and how he learns from his own students
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DebateOpinion: A limit to learning?
Do some string students have a ceiling when it comes to their capacity to learn? Naomi Yandell explores the question through her experience of teaching a cello student with special needs
