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String players should bow with individual fingers rather than the whole hand
Awareness of the movement of each right-hand finger is one of the great secrets of bowing, writes Rok Klopčič
How Western music came to Mexico
The history of Western music in Mexico is inextricably tied up with religion. Pablo Alfaro and Jaime G. González reveal how European musical traditions permeated the culture of the indigenous people
Current issue
August
Brett Yang and Eddy Chen of YouTube comedy duo TwoSet Violin speak about graduating from viral videos to sold-out stage shows, while Metropolitan Orchestra concertmaster Benjamin Bowman discusses finding the perfect bow. We also look at the benefits of joining a lutherie collective and delve into the history of violin making in Mexico. Plus, there’s an examination of the teaching methods of D.C. Dounis.
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‘One thing I’m grateful for is the amount of practice I did growing up’ – TwoSet Violin
Violinists and YouTube comedy stars Brett Yang and Eddy Chen of TwoSet Violin speak to Kimon Daltas about competition in classical music and the importance of practice
How Western music came to Mexico
The history of Western music in Mexico is inextricably tied up with religion. Pablo Alfaro and Jaime G. González reveal how European musical traditions permeated the culture of the indigenous people
My Space: Violin workshops around the world
Some of the most photogenic workspaces to have graced The Strad’s pages in the past few years
Guarneri ‘filius Andreae’ cello goes on display in Cremona
The 1692 instrument is owned by the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Music in Milan
'The major asset required in finding the perfect bow is due diligence' – Benjamin Bowman
Violinist and Metropolitan Opera concertmaster Benjamin Bowman has spent his entire playing career in search of ever more subtle and responsive bows. Here, he charts the beginning of his journey to finding his ‘forever bow’
In Focus: A 1770 violin by Alessandro Gagliano
Written by Rolf Eckstein
Trade Secrets: Small tools, big help
A number of labour-saving devices designed to make life easier at the workbench
Beethoven’s music is especially appropriate in the time of Covid-19
Beethoven has been denied his year of celebration by the coronavirus pandemic. But, writes Toby Deller, his ‘Heiliger Dankgesang’ is an emblem for the current crisis
Masterclass: Tai Murray on Beethoven’s ‘Triple’ Concerto Part 2
Violinist Tai Murray discusses balance and colour in the first movement of the op.56 work for violin, cello, piano and orchestra, in the second of two articles
Products August 2020: Face mask
The coronavirus pandemic has put something of a dampener on the celebrations planned worldwide to mark 250 years since the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven. While it won’t quite live up to the thrill of listening to (or playing in) a live performance of his music, this face mask might ...
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Lockdown commissions 3: Lawrence Power plays Esa-Pekka Salonen’s objets trouvés
In the third of his ten ‘lockdown commissions’ performances, filmed in and on top of iconic empty venues, violist Lawrence Power plays Esa-Pekka Salonen’s objets trouvés for solo viola and drone, filmed in an empty Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh, for the Edinburgh International Festival.
Lockdown commissions 3: Lawrence Power plays Esa-Pekka Salonen’s objets trouvés
Vadim Repin plays Tchaikovsky’s Méditation
Erich Gruenberg plays Bruch
From My Room Orchestra: Philip Glass’s Company
Viktoria Mullova performs Bach Violin Concertos
Anne-Sophie Mutter plays Kreisler’s Caprice Viennois
A violin recital in a picture gallery
A Zoom experiment in quartet playing
Ébène Quartet talks about life in lockdown and performing Beethoven
Alina Ibragimova and Alasdair Beatson play for digital West Cork Chamber Music Festival 2020
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Concert reviews: Live-streaming from New York
Bruce Hodges watches a tribute to Lynn Harrell and part of a series by Jennifer Koh, with links in the article
Concert reviews: Stockholm and Hamburg
Peter Quantrill reviews tow live-streamed concerts, with links in the review
Book review: Grade by Grade: Double Bass
RCM double bass tutor Caroline Emery reviews the latest in B&H’s series for ABRSM students and others
Book review: Freedom and Flexibility of the Violinist’s Left Hand
Nathaniel Vallois reviews a book of studies designed to improve left-hand technique
Book review: The Lives of Isaac Stern
Tully Potter reviews a biography of the legendary American violinist, published in his centenary year
Virgil Boutellis-Taft: Incantation
Intimate and inward-looking playing perfectly suits a memorable recital programme
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