All Regulars articles – Page 6
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Schubert Arpeggione Sonata on viola, first movement
Yuri Zhislin illustrates the importance of colour and harmony in a work renowned for its lyricism and technicality
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Preparing the wood surface before varnishing
Samuel Peguiron shares a method involving a bespoke mixture and wood shavings
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis October 2024: The state of UK national Music Hubs
The UK Government’s decision to reduce the number of national Music Hubs from 114 to 43 has sent shockwaves throughout the music education field
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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: October 2024
The latest competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts October 2024: Müsing L Series violin bow
A new bow combines characteristics of the company’s existing ranges
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts October 2024: Hidersine Andante strings
A new string range with options for violin, viola and cello
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts October 2024: BAM Cabourg Hightech case
A new pattern for an existing range
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Premium ❘ ArticleOctober 2024: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the October 2024 issue, which features the Takács Quartet, Régis Pasquier, plus an introduction to the instruments of The Strad Calendar 2025
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Premium ❘ Feature‘He has brushed aside all the absurd habits’- From the archive: September 1934
Violinist and conductor Henri Temianka gives some thoughts on the teaching style of his former tutor Carl Flesch, on the occasion of the latter’s 60th birthday
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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Raphaël Merlin on Charles Mingus’s Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
The Charles Mingus jazz standard Goodbye Pork Pie Hat has become the cellist’s own farewell to the Ébène Quartet after more than two decades performing together
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Premium ❘ FeatureMy Space: Olivier Calmeille’s Montpellier workshop
Examine the Atelier Scordatura in the south of France
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Rick Stotijn on double bass pizzicato
The Dutch bassist offers tips on exploring the world of pizzicato on double bass
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Purfling and edgework after closing the box
A method that allows for more aesthetic freedom than completing the plates before finishing the soundbox
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: Optimising sound spaces for good acoustics
Any luthier’s workshop requires a room or area with good acoustics to assess an instrument’s sound quality. Gideon Baumblatt and Simon Eberl explain how they optimised their sound spaces
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Mendelssohn String Quartet in F minor, first movement
Second violinist of the Aris Quartet Noémi Zipperling examines Mendelssohn’s emotionally charged movement, considered to be a requiem for his sister and, ultimately, himself
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: An 1845 violin by Johann Georg Stauffer
Jakob Nachbargauer and Adrian Elschek examine a mid-century violin by the successful Austrian guitar maker
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Premium ❘ Focus‘Get to the core of why you want to share music’ - Daniel Müller-Schott’s life lessons
The German cellist reminisces on his soloistic journey and finding purpose
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: What makes a good stand partner?
It takes much more than turning up on time and playing the right notes to be a reliable stand partner, says violinist Alexandra Gorski. There are many essential rules to be followed
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis September 2024: Teaching folk fiddling
Since folk fiddling is a very different discipline from playing classical music, how do teaching strategies need to change to accommodate the differences?
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Debussy Cello Sonata, second and third movements
Cellist Thomas Demenga reflects on the importance of restraint next to the extremes of expressive detail to be brought out in this masterpiece
