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Wigmore Hall to launch 120th anniversary celebrations with free outdoor concerts
The three free ticketed concerts will take place in Portman Square Garden, London, on Sunday 30 May
Dallas String Quartet delivers a Latin twist
In this video the Dallas String Quartet teams up with the jazz pianist Jesús Molina for a spicy, original single entitled ‘Sabor,’ delivering a Latin twist and spicy keys from Molina (of Colombia).
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‘I felt the power suddenly go from my bowing arm’ – Julian Lloyd Webber on facing the unthinkable
In this extract from our May 2021 issue, the British cellist recalls the moment a herniated disc put an end to his playing career
Current issue
May
Julian Lloyd Webber discusses his career at 70, and we investigate Stradivari’s early cellos. There’s a look at violin encores and Ysaÿe’s Second String Trio, and Alisa Weilerstein gives a Chopin Masterclass.
In Focus: A late 1770s cello by Antonio Gragnani
Written by Paolo Sorgentone
In Focus: A late 1770s cello by Antonio Gragnani
Written by Paolo Sorgentone
Analysis May 2021: Seeing the wood for the trees
A new campaign is under way to save Brazil’s endangered pernambuco tree, the wood most favoured by bow makers. The goal is clear, but the devil is in the detail. By Anthony Fort
Competitions, Awards and Appointments: May 2021
This month’s competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
Dallas String Quartet delivers a Latin twist
In this video the Dallas String Quartet teams up with the jazz pianist Jesús Molina for a spicy, original single entitled ‘Sabor,’ delivering a Latin twist and spicy keys from Molina (of Colombia).
Dallas String Quartet delivers a Latin twist
Amit Peled plays an African-American Spiritual
Boris Begelman plays Bach
Hilary Hahn plays Dvorák’s Violin Concerto in a ‘concert without public’
Pekka Kuusisto brings Proms audience to their feet with Finnish folk song
Top violinists record tribute to Corinne Chapelle
Cellist Laura van der Heijden plays Walton in BBC Young Musician final 2014
Nicola Benedetti and friends explore the psychology and physicality of playing
Kronos Quartet play John Coltrane, Terry Riley and new music from the US and Iran
Hilary Hahn gives a mini-masterclass on Chausson’s Poème
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'Is $16 million for a violin too much to pay? Not these days'
In this excerpt from his new book Big Notes: How A Stradivarius Makes Money and Music, author and conductor John Axelrod considers why old Italian instruments can command such high prices, and the mystique that comes with them
In Focus: A late 1770s cello by Antonio Gragnani
Written by Paolo Sorgentone
Trade Secrets: Gluing the linings with counterforms and springs
An efficient method for a complex process, which allows freedom of movement
My Space: Johan Collard
Luthier, based in Clichy, France
Making Matters: A cautionary tale for our times
When a cello suffered a calamitous hand sanitiser accident, it looked irreparable at first sight. John Simmers explains how he restored it to the way it was pre-Covid
Tracing the truth: Stradivari’s early cellos
What cello moulds were used in the Stradivari workshop? The question has long gone unanswered, despite the number of artefacts – and even intact moulds – that survive. Philip Ihle examines 17 of the cellos made before 1700 to find out how many moulds may have been used before the ...
Opinion: On the margins
Conservatoires should do more to make 17th-century music a fundamental part of the curriculum, writes Walter Reiter
Masterclass: Alisa Weilerstein on Chopin’s Cello Sonata in G minor op.65
The American cellist explores how to bring out all the romantic charm of the first movement using fingerings and bowings, without over-reliance on vibrato, rubato or a sticky, sickly sound
Products May 2021: BAM Violin Case
A range of 1/2 and 3/4 size cases for young musicians
Book review: Complete Method for the Double Bass/String Quartet op. 2 (Giovanni Bottesini)
Leon Bosch reviews the first two publications in a project to create urtexts of all the Italian composer’s works
Book review: The Piedmontese Violin Makers in the 17th and 18th Centuries
Alberto Giordano reviews Claudio Amighetti’s magnum opus on the luthiers of north-west Italy
Live-streamed conert review: Australian Chamber Orchestra/Richard Tognetti (violin/director)
Edward Bhesania watches the show at Sydney Town Hall, Australia, on 17 February 2021
Live-streamed concert review: Leila Josefowicz (violin)
Bruce Hodges watches an artful performance at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art on 16 February 2021
Live-streamed concert review: Academy of Ancient Music/Laurence Cummings
Tim Homfray gives an appraisal of the performance at West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, on 12 February
Live-streamed concert review: Mairéad Hickey (violin) Stephen Waarts (violin) Santiago Cañón Valencia (cello) Ivan Karizna (cello) Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra/Christoph Eschenbach
Peter Quantrill gives his views on the performance at the HR-Sendesaal Frankfurt, Germany, on 4 February 2021
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