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Johan Dalene: Life Lessons
Two years on from winning the Carl Nielsen International Competition, the 20-year-old Swedish violinist is staying close to his roots
Anna Shuttleworth, former professor of cello at the Royal College of Music, has died
The cellist was 93 years old
Current issue
March
Francesca Dego talks about performing on Paganini’s 'Il Cannone' Guarneri 'del Gesù' violin and we explore the growth of violin making in China. There’s a guide to playing Piazzolla’s tango music and Simon Standage completes his Baroque Bach Masterclass. Plus a look at the perils of orchestral playing.
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‘The violin's dressing room was bigger than mine’ - Francesca Dego on playing Paganini’s ‘Il Cannone’
The Italian violinist was granted the rare opportunity to perform and record on the famous 1743 Guarneri ’del Gesù’ in 2019, as she tells Tom Stewart
Steven Staryk on being a virtuoso violin collector
The former concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw and Chicago Symphony Orchestra, among other ensembles, shares examples of virtuoso violinists who were also virtuoso violin collectors
New foundation aims to increase knowledge of Dutch violin makers
The Hendrik Jacobs Foundation is run by a team of researchers and enthusiasts
Making Matters: Secrets of the sticks
New software, soon to be released as a free download, promises to help bow makers measure historical examples and adapt their own methods accordingly. Nelly Poidevin explains how it works
My Space: Saulo Dantas-Barreto
São Paulo, Brazil
In Focus: A c.1850 double bass by George Craske
Written by Duane Rosengard
Lutherie Dynasties: a family affair
In this globalised era, there are still many families that keep up their strong lutherie traditions, with parents passing on their secrets and skills to the next generation. Peter Somerford asks how such formative influences can affect their craft, for better or for worse
Opinion: Touching a nerve
Although nervous energy can lead to inspired playing, it can also result in performance anxiety – unless we find ways to control it, writes cellist Laura van der Heijden
Masterclass: Simon Standage on Bach’s Violin Sonata in E major part 2
British violinist Simon Standage looks at the Adagio ma non tanto and ‘firework’ finale, in the second of two articles exploring this 18th-century work for violin and harpsichord
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Camille Thomas performs Purcell in the Louvre
Camille Thomas plays ‘When I am Laid in Earth’ from Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas in an empty Louvre. The video is part of the Franco-Belgian cellist’s project which has seen her playing in various empty museums during the Covid-19 crisis.
Camille Thomas performs Purcell in the Louvre
Francesca Dego plays Paganini’s ‘Il Cannone’ violin
TwoSet Violin open up about mental health
Grand Teton Music Festival On Location: Salt Lake City
Claudio and Oscar Bohórquez and Gustavo Beytelmann play Piazzolla
Alexander Hersh plays the serenade from Debussy’s Sonata for Piano and Cello
Cellist Nicholas Gold plays The Swan in the snow
Debussy’s Sonata for Cello and Piano: a film fusing music and narrative
Viktoria Mullova plays Mozart in 1989
Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter performs Mendelssohn aged 14
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Concert review: Alina Ibragimova (Violin) Emma Bell (Soprano) David Butt Philip (Tenor) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Mark Elder
Edward Bhesania watches a live stream from Glyndebourne Theatre, UK, on 11 January 2021
Concert review: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
Peter Quantrill hears the performance by Matthew Hunt (Clarinet) Elena Urioste (Violin) Sheku Kanneh-Mason (Cello) and Tom Poster (Piano) from London’s Wigmore Hall on 11 January 2021
Book review: The Roaring Brook Fiddler: Creative Life on the Wings of an Empath
Anne Inglis reviews the memoir of US violinist and tutor Julie Lyonn Lieberman
Book review: Romantic Violin Performing Practices: A Handbook
Robin Stowell reviews David Milsom’s latest volume of historical research
Book review: Violin Bridges
US luthier Michael Darnton reviews a collection of violin bridges from around the world
Yo-Yo Ma: Songs of Comfort and Hope
Gorgeously played album of serene favourites from a masterful duo
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