Shannon Lee performs in the semi-final of the Sendai Competition
The Canadian violinist Shannon Lee is one of six musicians who will be competing in the final round of the Sendai International Violin Competition. Here she is in the semi-finals last Saturday, performing both as soloist and as concertmaster.
Shannon Lee performs in the semi-final of the Sendai Competition
Micro-artist plays his micro-violin, weighing less than a gram
Isabelle Faust: Largo from Bach’s Sonata in C Major
Pavel Šporcl: Mendelssohn violin concerto
TwoSet Violin try bows worth $200,000 and $700,000
Zoë Martlew bow explosion during performance
Charlie Siem records his first composition
Kyung Wha Chung plays Schumann's Violin Sonata No 2 in 1997
Brian Paul Benning plays a 1997 Viola d’amore
Patricia Kopatchinskaja takes on acting role in Karl Schwitters’s Ursonate
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Alan Beavitt: how I became a violin-maker on a remote Scottish peninsula
The luthier shares his experience of living and working in Scorraig, a remote peninsula in the north-west Scottish highlands, recently featured in the news
Viola Rush: a 3-day collaborative instrument project
Earlier this year, Antoine Gourdon put together a team of four luthiers to make a small viola in three days during the Viola 2019 conference in Paris. Here he introduces the project, shares photos and more
10 unusual violins
Ten violins that fly in the face of conformity
Brian Paul Benning plays a 1997 Viola d’amore
Brian Paul Benning - Artist-in-Residence at the 65-year-old family-run business Benning Violins in Los Angeles, California - plays a Viola d’amore crafted by violinmaker Eric Benning in 1997.
Overcoming our addiction to tropical hardwoods: the latest alternatives
As ebony and rosewood become endangered, the likes of spruce, maple and boxwood are being scientifically modified to offer luthiers alternatives. Tom Stewart explores the brave new world of sustainable fittings
In focus: the 1728 'Milanollo' Stradivari
Roger Hargrave examines the Stradivari ‘Milanollo’ violin of 1728, one of the few of the master’s instruments to keep its original sharpness
Reviews
Doric Quartet: Purcell and Britten
Britten’s own viola takes centre stage in the composer’s quartets
Madeleine Mitchell: Williams
A Welsh composer’s lesser-known music has a chance to shine
Yo-Yo Ma: Salonen
Debut recording of a new concerto played by its dedicatee
Horszowski Trio: Schumann
Fresh, supple and fantastic renditions of Schumann’s serene trios
Book review: Valentin Berlinsky: A Quartet for Life
Tully Potter reviews Maria Matalaev’s biography of the Borodin Quartet cellist
Wilhelmina Smith: Salonen and Saariaho
Mesmerising performances of cello works for the 21st century
Galleries
Air Canada’s cello netting system
Over-the-top or a sensible precaution? This rigorous approach to tying down cellos is dividing opinion
In focus: the 1728 'Milanollo' Stradivari
Roger Hargrave examines the Stradivari ‘Milanollo’ violin of 1728, one of the few of the master’s instruments to keep its original sharpness
Ottmar Hörl and his smiling Beethovens
The German conceptual artist Ottmar Hörl poses next to some of his smiling sculptures representing the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven at Münsterplatz Square in Bonn, western Germany.
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