Patricia Kopatchinskaja on playing Pierrot Lunaire
Here Patricia Kopatchinskaja talks about playing Pierrot Lunaire, a project the violinist first conceived while she was unable to practise due to an arm injury. ‘All my life I’ve felt that I was Pierrot. Whenever I played the piece on my violin as a student which I I spoke the ...
Patricia Kopatchinskaja on playing Pierrot Lunaire
Ray Chen in concert: Tambourin Chinois
Himari Yoshimura, 7, plays Paganini at Grumiaux Competition
Quartet Gerhard: Brahms String Quartet no.2 in A minor
A new violin concerto from Danny Elfman
Yo-Yo Ma rehearses for US Premiere with pipa player Wu Man
Barber's Adagio in original version from op.11 Quartet
Andrei Ioniță – Oblique Strategies – album trailer
Ellinor D’Melon plays Kreisler Cadenza from the Brahms Violin Concerto
Making fine violins out of fungus-treated wood
- Previous
- Next
Opinion
- Previous
- Next
In focus: c.1690 violin by Willem van der Sijde
Hubert De Launay takes a close look at a violin with full arching, unusually placed f-holes and a slender swan necked scroll
Stradivari's forests: ongoing effort to salvage tonewood trees felled by storms
A factory in the Fiemme valley is asking luthiers and the public to buy IOUs so it can quadruple its processing capacity before the wood deteriorates
Making fine violins out of fungus-treated wood
In this video we hear from the researcher Francis Schwarze, who, together with a Swiss violin maker has treated wood used for instrument making with Physisporinus vitreus, a white-rot fungus that attacks and destroys certain structures in spruce, in order to build violins that sound as fine as antique masterpieces.
Is it a real Stradivarius? How to check the authenticity and value of a violin
A reader has inherited an old Italian violin, in this case a Landolfi. In fact, finding a violin in a grandparent’s attic is some people’s first introduction to the stringed-instrument world. What’s the next step regarding authentication?
In the workshop with luthier Noémie Viaud
Violin maker Noémie Viaud in her workshop in Denmark, filmed by Nikolaj Lund. Viaud is featured in the Strad’s February 2019 ‘My Space’ column, discussing her workshop and career to date:
In focus: the 'Sachs' Stradivari of c.1666
John Dilworth takes a close look at one of the very earliest violins attributable to Stradivari
Reviews
Two recent Sonata and Partita sets
They approach Bach’s music from opposite sides of the historical divide, and the results make for a fascinating exercise in comparison
Steven Isserlis; Olli Mustonen: Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Kabalevsky
An unmissable take on three Russian masters
Chloë Hanslip; Danny Driver: Beethoven
A conclusion to a Beethoven violin sonata cycle that strikingly points up the composer’s musical journey
Elicia Silverstein: The Dreams & Fables I Fashion
A thoughtful performance that finds the resonances between the Italian avant-garde and the Baroque
Consone Quartet: Mendelssohn; Haydn
The prize-winning quartet gets under the skin of Mendelssohn and Haydn
Tippett Quartet: Górecki
Compelling, committed performances of Górecki’s String Quartets
Galleries
In focus: c.1737 cello by G.F. Celoniato
From a Turinese maker with a relatively short but successful career, from which only a handful of instruments survive, comes this elegant cello. Article by Simon Morris
Viol trashed during flight emerges from restoration
Viola da gamba belonging to Myrna Herzog is back in action after year-long restoration at Shlomo Moyal’s Jerusalem workshop
Saving Stradivari's forests: effort to harvest precious tonewoods felled in storms
A factory in the Fiemme valley has launched a crowdfunding effort to enable it to quadruple its processing capacity before the wood deteriorates
Our Services
-
A subscription to The Strad brings you:
- The latest news from the string music world
- Interviews with star string players
- In-depth articles examining great and unusual instruments
- Reports on latest advances in instrument research
- Masterclasses with commentary
- Sheet music annotated by international concert artists
-
