All Regulars articles – Page 7
-
Premium ❘ ArticleProducts September 2024: Schilbach Thermometer Hygrometer
A device to measure both temperature and humidity in your instrument case
-
Premium ❘ ArticleProducts September 2024: Kentucky Small Batch Strings rosins
Two new rosins have been added to the Kentucky-based maker’s range
-
Premium ❘ Article‘I have been obliged to deprive myself of the copy of my violin’ - Letters to the editor: September 2024
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: September 2024 issue
-
Premium ❘ ArticleSeptember 2024: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the September 2024 issue
-
Premium ❘ ArticleProducts September 2024: Black Ibis carbon fibre bow
A new carbon fibre bow like no other
-
Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from Brussels: 2024 Queen Elisabeth Competition
The 2024 Queen Elisabeth Competition confirmed that the standards and the stakes are higher than ever. Melissa Lesnie reports from one of the most influential string events on the international circuit
-
Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Simone Lamsma on Britten’s Violin Concerto
The Dutch violinist feels a rapport with the sound world of Britten’s Violin Concerto, a piece that’s accompanied her since her success in the eponymous competition
-
Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1796 viola by Sebastian Dalinger
Rainer Michael Cocron examines the Austrian maker’s late 18th-century instrument
-
Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Antonio Meneses on Franck Violin Sonata (Cello Version)
Preserving energy, planning ahead and prioritising phrasing in every line are key to cellist Antonio Meneses’s interpretation of the fourth movement
-
Premium ❘ FeatureMy Space: Peter & Rory Boardman’s Donaghadee workshop
The father and son duo present their Northern Ireland workshop
-
Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: Avoid overloading students with information
Double bassist Alex Ferkey believes that young string players are often derailed by information overload, and should trust more in unconscious processes when trying to perfect their technique
-
Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: the story and influence of bow maker Joseph Arthur Vigneron
Marking the 100th anniversary of André Vigneron’s death, Hamilton Caswell considers the influence he and his father Joseph Arthur have had on the generations of bow makers that followed, particularly on bass bows
-
Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Cellist Inbal Megiddo on removing tension in the left hand
The cellist shares tips on achieving a tension-free left-hand set-up
-
Premium ❘ Focus‘It’s incredibly important in one’s career to do it your own way’ - violinist Tasmin Little’s life lessons
The British violinist considers how to differentiate yourself as a musician and person
-
Premium ❘ Feature‘This violoncello is perhaps the most perfect specimen’- From the archive: August 1924
William Whitehouse, a professor at London’s Royal College of Music, recalls some stories about his friend and fellow cellist Carlo Alfredo Piatti (1822–1901)
-
Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Schubert Fantasy for violin and piano – part two
In the second of a two-part article, violinist Alena Baeva continues the exploration of this epic piece, which she sees as a metaphor for life
-
Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Bow tip replacement – part two
How to shape the new tip after having replaced the ebony and ivory
-
Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from Norway: Bergen International Festival
At the Bergen International Festival in Norway, Tim Homfray enjoyed some first-rate chamber performances as well as Hardanger fiddle music – and an unlikely heatwave
-
Premium ❘ NewsPremiere of the Month: Gabriela Lena Frank’s new Concerto Grosso
Indigenous Peruvian music inspires a new Concerto Grosso for the Takács Quartet
-
Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis August 2024: String quartets and the ‘Bridgerton effect’
String quartets have seen a surge in business from weddings and events – all thanks to the success of one particular Netflix series. What can we learn from the so-called ‘Bridgerton effect’?
