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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis April 2024: Discrimination towards LGBTQ+ musicians
A new report highlights the experience of LGBTQ+ musicians in the UK’s orchestral landscape, revealing that discrimination is still all too common in such environments
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Premium ❘ Focus‘So don’t sit around and think – go and find your audience!’ - Tai Murray’s life lessons
The US violinist on finding your voice and the transition from student to professional
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Premium ❘ ArticleApril 2024: Editor’s welcome
Editor of The Strad Emma Baker introduces the delights contained in the April 2024 issue
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Premium ❘ Article‘How many repairers encountered smashed cello necks?’ - Letters to the editor April 2024
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: April 2024 issue
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts April 2024: Gewa High Performance Carbon 2.7 cello case
Gewa reveals its lightest cello case yet
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts April 2024: Grandi Liutai half-round rasp
The rasp was developed for comfort and consistency
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts April 2024: Cello Buggie
A new version of the company’s popular Bass Buggie
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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: April 2024
The latest competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: The benefits and challenges of playing at the back of the section
While the musicians at the front of an orchestral string section might be in the spotlight, every string player should experience the unique challenges of sitting towards the back, says violinist Alexandra Gorski
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Premium ❘ NewsPremiere of the Month: Errollyn Wallen on her new string quintet
A new viola-focused quintet based on musical contrasts
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: An 1899 viola by Luigi Rovatti
Lionnel Genovart looks at the Buenos Aires-based Italian luthier’s late-century instrument
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: The ‘golden ratio’ in violin making
Violin maker Wolfgang Schiele argues that the influence of the ‘golden ratio’ on painting, architecture and lutherie supports the idea of a perfect form for instruments
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Premium ❘ Focus‘I like to run my section in a cooperative way’ - Christopher Hanulik’s Life Lessons
The US double bassist on his early influences and lessons learnt from his nearly four decade-long principal position at the LA Philharmonic
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Repairing a cello button
Petko Petkov shares a restoration method for creating a new button on the back plate
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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from Hong Kong: Musicus Fest
Cross-cultural and intergenerational exchange is the engine that drives cellist Trey Lee’s Musicus Fest, as Thomas May discovered at its eleventh edition
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Premium ❘ FeatureMy Space: Marius Laufer & Christian Klein’s Landshut workshop
Take a tour of the makers’ workshop in southern Germany
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Premium ❘ Feature‘Shall I ever be the same again?’ - From the Archive: March 1914
After a long break from the violin, how can amateur violinists ease themselves back into playing? Regular correspondent ‘Lancastrian’ (Dr William Hardman) gives his thoughts
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Ravel Violin Sonata no.2, second movement ‘Blues’
Violinist Curtis Stewart looks at how to get the most from the different styles Ravel used, and how questions that arise from their juxtaposition are arguably more important than answers
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Playing in the lower half of the bow
Violinist Jack Liebeck shares tips on how to take full advantage of the whole bow
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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Gidon Kremer on Raminta Šerkšnytė’s ‘This too shall pass’
For the Latvian violinist, Raminta Šerkšnytė’s 2021 composition This too shall pass is a multifaceted and liberating work in these challenging times
