The Strad Directory

Welcome to The Strad Directory, your essential reference for the string industry. The Directory lists hundreds of string businesses and organisations throughout the world. You can search it to find:

  • Instrument makers, dealers, shops and wholesalers
  • Publishers
  • Auction houses
  • Instrument collections
  • Making schools and organisations

The paper version of Directory is distributed annually to subscribers of The Strad only with the December issue.


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The Strad Summerplus

Whether your passion is for chamber music, orchestral playing, jazz, folk, or early music, or whether you are looking to expand your instrument making skills, you will find something to inspire you in Summerplus, our comprehensive directory of worldwide music courses.

We have hundreds of courses to choose in 26 countries, from Albania to China and Serbia to New Zealand, and something for every age, interest, ability and budget.

The paper version of Summerplus is distributed annually to all Strad readers as a separate supplement with the January issue.


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The Strad Degrees

Our Degrees database is your comprehensive guide to string college courses around the world to help you to decide how to plan the next steps in your music education. If you are intending to continue your string studies, this directory will be an invaluable reference guide.

From Ireland to Singapore, Brazil to Japan, Degrees lists hundreds of colleges, universities and conservatories in 48 countries where you can take string playing as part of an undergraduate or postgraduate course, together with the all important details of the teachers you will be studying under.

The paper version of Degrees is distributed annually to all Strad readers as a separate supplement with the May issue.


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