Bow maker and jeweller who made bows for Kreisler, Heifetz and Stern
Israeli takes first prize in Freiburg
Itamar Zorman triumphs in German violin competition
Detroit Symphony players likely to strike
Musicians reject final management offer in contract negotiations
UK music body issues Ryanair warning
ISM backs calls for airline to change its hand baggage policy for violinists
Renato Scrollavezza reunited with violin
Luthier's daughter helps police recover instrument stolen in 2004
Museum website delivers audio of violins
Recordings of Amati, Stroh and others in Boston museum's collection can be played online
Martin Lovett to be honoured in London
Cellist to receive lifetime achievement award from London Cello Society
Win Ara Malikian's CD Manantial
We have ten copies of Ara Malikian's CD Manantial to give away.
Win the Casals Quartet's new CD
We have ten copies of the Casals Quartet's CD of Bartok, Ligeti and Kurtag to give away.
Postcard from Banff
Matthew Rye settles in among the elk in the run-up to the string quartet competition
Sports psychology at the ESTA conference
Ariane Todes discovers that string players can learn from golfers
Norman Lebrecht on summer festivals
Summer festivals were once a stress-free forum for performers and music lovers to meet and mingle. ...
"Add Transavia to the list of offending airlines. Can''t even buy a seat for your..."
(UK music body issues Ryanair warning)
"I started out building toys as a child then model air planes and at age sixteen ..."
(How I became a luthier)
"what a fine musician and human being he was."
(Did you know Felix Kok? Do you have any memories of him?)
Remembering Henryk Kaston
The acclaimed bow maker and jeweller Henryk Kaston died in New York last week at the age of 100. In ...
How to judge a violin
Are blind tests a good way to evaluate instruments? Alan Coggins looks at the evidence
Violin makers discuss their craft
Why buy a modern violin? Are instruments good investments? Luthiers reveal all
In the next issue
October 2010
Masterclass: Frederick Zimmermann’s A Contemporary Concept of Bowing Technique for the Double Bass
by Orin O’Brien, double bassist of the New York Philharmonic
Trade secrets: restoring bow frogs
by Giovanni Lucchi, bow maker based in Cremona, Italy
Sacred chamber for strings
As London’s Wigmore Hall celebrates its 110th season, Peter Somerford looks back on eleven decades o...
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