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Premiere of the Month: Amabile Quartet rehearse new work
Ahead of their performance at Tokyo’s Hakuju Hall, the Amabile Quartet rehearse Dai Fujikura’s ‘Aquarius’
Premiere of the month: Shifting shapes
The Amabile Quartet play Dai Fujikura’s tactile textures and flowing forms
Current issue
April
Crossover superstar David Garrett discusses his career so far, and we examine the legacy of bow maker Ludwig Bausch. Leading string players talk about their chamber collaborations with pianists, and we learn the ins and out of gut string making. Plus, a Haydn Masterclass with the Chiaroscuro Quartet.
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David Garrett: ‘Even if you’re arranging Metallica or Iron Maiden, there needs to be a sense of classical culture’
In this extract from our April issue, the violin superstar talks to us about writing the perfect crossover cover
Playing and Teaching
Premiere of the Month: Amabile Quartet rehearse new work
Ahead of their performance at Tokyo’s Hakuju Hall, the Amabile Quartet rehearse Dai Fujikura’s ‘Aquarius’
Premiere of the month: Shifting shapes
The Amabile Quartet play Dai Fujikura’s tactile textures and flowing forms
Lawrence Power plays Locked in C
The latest in the British violist’s series of commisions is by Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tüür
Castalian String Quartet plays Janácek’s Kreutzer Sonata
As part of their concert for the Polyphonic Concert Club - a series of online concerts featuring Jennifer Pike, Colin Currie Quartet, I Fagiolini, Castalian String Quartet, Red Priest and Isata Kanneh-Mason - the Castalian String Quartet play the final movement of Janácek’s Kreutzer Sonata.
Rachel Barton Pine on juggling motherhood with a career as a solo violinist
In this article from our archive, originally published in May 2012, the American violinist Rachel Barton Pine explains how she negotiated the early months of motherhood while maintaining her busy solo career
Hilary Hahn plays Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.1 aged 18
The then-18-year-old American violinist Hilary Hahn plays Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.1 with the Symphonie Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks conducted by Lorin Maazel in Munich in 1998.
Prince Philip and the Queen listen to an Itzhak Perlman recital in 2007
In tribute to Prince Philip, who died this morning, here is a video of the Duke of Edinburgh listening to a recital from Itzhak Perlman with the Queen in 2007, with George W. and Laura Bush sitting next to them.
9-year-old Sylvia Pine - daughter of Rachel Barton Pine - plays Meditation from Thais
Violinist Sylvia Pine, age 9, from the United States, performs Meditation from Thais by Jules Massenet. Recorded on March 15, 2021.
Varying my warm-up routine is essential for performing success, says violinist Natalia Lomeiko
The multiple prize winner and Royal College of Music professor has found numerous ways to warm up for concert performances
The dramatic story behind Ludomir Różycki’s Violin Concerto
Polish virtuoso Janusz Wawrowski’s new arrangement of Ludomir Różycki’s Violin Concerto reveals a far more optimistic work than its wartime origins suggest, writes Harry White
Cellist Tanja Tetzlaff receives Glenn Gould Bach Fellowship
The €100,000 award will go towards a film project centred on Bach’s Cello Suites
David Garrett plays Smooth Criminal
A live performance by the crossover legend of Michael Jackson’s classic hit
French festival in memory of Ivry Gitlis to take place in July
The lineup at the Colmar International Festival’s 32nd edition will include Maxim Vengerov and Viktoria Mullova
Southbank Sinfonia and St John’s Smith Square join forces
The graduate training orchestra and London concert venue to become a ‘hub for world-class musical development’
David Garrett: ‘Even if you’re arranging Metallica or Iron Maiden, there needs to be a sense of classical culture’
In this extract from our April issue, the violin superstar talks to us about writing the perfect crossover cover
’You’ll slime them in and slime them out’ – song of the gut string makers
A new translation of a celebratory song brings to life the grisly business of gut string manufacture
French luthier Philippe Dupuy dies aged 88
The grandson of Eugène Sartory, Dupuy was an accomplished violin maker and author in his own right
Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust offers up to £18,000 for young luthiers
The scholarships are intended to further luthiers’ training through college courses or one-to-one sessions with master craftspeople
Desmond Cecil: my search for the perfect violin
Excerpt from Desmond Cecil’s newly published memoir: ‘The Wandering Civil Servant of Stradivarius’
A beginner’s guide to identifying a Stradivarius
Figuring out the maker of an unknown violin takes a trained eye and a detective’s skill, says luthier John Dilworth. Here he gives his personal perspective on the clues and processes of elimination that help experts pinpoint an instrument’s origins.
My Space: Ernst Fuchs
Ravensburg, Germany
Lawrence Power plays Locked in C
The latest in the British violist’s series of commisions is by Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tüür
Lawrence Power plays Locked in C
Castalian String Quartet plays Janácek’s Kreutzer Sonata
Hilary Hahn plays Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.1 aged 18
Prince Philip and the Queen listen to an Itzhak Perlman recital in 2007
9-year-old Sylvia Pine - daughter of Rachel Barton Pine - plays Meditation from Thais
Nicola Benedetti talks to Sheku Kanneh-Mason
David Garrett plays Smooth Criminal
Interview with Latvian violinist Roberts Balanas
13-year-old Chloe Chua plays Mozart’s Violin Concerto No 2
David Garrett plays Mendelssohn Violin Concerto aged 18
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Opinion: Follow the science
A teacher can never rest on their laurels with a pupil – it’s important to keep observing how things are going and ask questions, says Naomi Yandell
Products April 2021: Dominant Pro violin strings
A familiar favourite gets a high-tech update
Singende Saiten: Die schönsten Solostücke für Violine oder Bratsche
Celia Cobb examines an unusual method for practising with different clefs and key signatures
Book review: The Viola d’Amore: Its History and Development
Carlos Maria Solare examines Rachael Durkin’s scholarly work about the early stringed instrument
Book review: Once Upon a String: Fiddle Method - Vol.1
Alex Laing reviews the first volume of Shamma Sabir’s innovative fiddle playing method
Concert review: Apartment House
David Kettle watches a live stream of the performance from London’s Wigmore Hall on 9 January 2021
Concert review: Alina Ibragimova (violin) Emma Bell (soprano) David Butt Philip (tenor) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Mark Elder
Edward Bhesania hears a live stream from the Glyndebourne Theatre on 11 January 2021
Concert review: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Matthew Hunt (clarinet) Elena Urioste (violin) Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) Tom Poster (piano)
Peter Quantrill hears a live stream from Wigmore Hall, London, on 11 January 2021
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