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‘It doesn’t sound like three instruments but a hundred’ – Sitkovetsky Trio
For the Sitkovetsky Trio, the challenge of recording Ravel’s Piano Trio was combining three disparate solo voices to sound as one – but the reward was a performance far greater than the sum of its parts, the players tell Tom Stewart
Violist Yuchen Lu wins 2021 Klein International String Competition
The 22-year-old Chinese musician wins $13,000 and a number of performance contracts
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Bomsori: Professional life is a lot harder than endless competitions
The South Korean violinist talks to Andrew Mellor about competitions and her experience so far of life as a professional solo violinist
Current online issue
June
You are just there once, and maybe you will never be invited back, so you have to give it your best all the time – to everybody’
Bomsori discusses graduating from the competition circuit to become an international soloist.
12 Ensemble How a London-based string group has forged an unconventional route to recognition.
There are some pieces that stay with you for life, and others you never want to play again’
Jennifer Koh gives a Masterclass on Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir d’un lieu cher.
We explore Cuban-born violinist Joseph White`s 1875 tour to the US, where he became the first black soloist to perform with the New York Philharmonic.
Gennady Filimonov investigates the , Knopf family of bow makers – a dynasty spanning 150 years.
Luigi Sisto examines how Vincenzo Postiglione, the most important Neopolitan luthier of the late 19th century, brought a personal touch to his copying.
Bomsori: Singing from the heart
For Korean violinist Bomsori, the past year has been one of her busiest yet, with numerous live and streamed performances and her first solo recording for Deutsche Grammophon. As she takes her next steps on the road to international renown, she shares her guiding principles with Andrew Mellor
Knopf dynasty: A tangled web
Three bow makers of the Knopf family are well known: Christian Wilhelm, Heinrich and Henry. But the dynasty comprises more than a dozen members, many of whom deserve recognition. Gennady Filimonov draws on archive material supplied by the Knopf descendants
Free in Spirit
January 2018 marked the 70th birthday of cellist Mischa Maisky, who celebrated by whizzing round the world in solo and chamber performances with his Maisky Trio, featuring daughter Lily and son Sascha.Peter Quantrill caught up with him in London, Istanbul and Verbier
Playing with the Straight and Narrow
Vilde Frang has made a name for herself with her playfully ethereal musical style and unconventional approach to programming. Charlotte Gardnertalks to the Norwegian violinist about her latest recording and her unusual route to success
Analysis June 2021: Limited access
Most conservatoires depend on their annual intake of international students. What happens when a crisis such as Covid-19 affects the young musicians’ ability to travel at all? By Peter Somerford
Competitions, Awards and Appointments: June 2021
This month’s competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
In the Green Room: Interview with Nicola Benedetti
This video features Nicola Benedetti in conversation with Toks Dada, the Southbank Centre’s Head of Classical Music. about her experience of the pandemic and plans for the future.
In the Green Room: Interview with Nicola Benedetti
The World Premiere of ‘Bertha’
Violinist Virgil Boutellis-Taft performs ‘Yumeji’s Theme’ from In the Mood for Love
Violinist Viktoria Mullova performs at the V&A
Music for Self-Isolation - Documentary
Janine Jansen plays Histoire du Soldat
Cellist Peter Gregson performs Patina, an original composition
Yo-Yo Ma answers Twitter users’ questions on all things cello
Berlin Philharmonic concertmaster Noah Bendix-Balgley gives Mahler First Symphony masterclass
Nicola Benedetti and Lawrence Power play Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante
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A family tree of Italian violin makers
This illustrated representation of violin making in Italy first appeared in The Strad’s August 1891 issue
Sheku Kanneh-Mason loaned 1700 Gofriller cello
The instrument ‘presents a kaleidoscope of tonal qualities’ and ’has an uncanny capacity to respond’ according to the cellist
In Focus: An 1875 viola by Domenico Degani
Ernst Fuchs details an instrument by the accomplished maker, now best-known as the father of Eugenio Degani
Trade Secrets: Making a single-use mould
A method that can be used when making one-off instrument commissions
My Space: Jan & Matthijs Strick
The luthiers, based in Brussels, Belgium, work in what they believe is the oldest workshop in Europe
Making Matters: How to be a bow pro
Bow maker Gary Leahy presents a simple guide for players to care for their bows, as well as offering advice on how to improve a bow when it feels past its sell-by date
Masterclass
Masterclass: Tchaikovsky Souvenir d’un lieu cher
Violinist Jennifer Koh explores how imagination and a flexible technique can help to bring out varied colours and a feeling of dance in these three short works
Masterclass: Alisa Weilerstein on Chopin’s Cello Sonata in G minor op.65
The American cellist explores how to bring out all the romantic charm of the first movement using fingerings and bowings, without over-reliance on vibrato, rubato or a sticky, sickly sound
Masterclass: violist Emilie Hörnlund on Beethoven String Quartet op.59 no.1
Swedish violist Emilie Hörnlund, of the Chiaroscuro Quartet, discusses how to achieve optimal articulation, balance and flow in the first movement of the first ‘Rasumovsky’ Quartet
Live-streamed concert review: Jennifer Pike (violin) Petr Limonov (piano)
Edward Bhesania gives his views on a virtual performance from London’s Wigmore Hall on 15 March 2021
Live-streamed concert review: London Chamber Ensemble/Madeleine Mitchell (violin)
Joanne Talbot tunes in to the concert from St John’s Smith Square, London, on 8 March 2021
Live-streamed concert review: Zoffany Ensemble
Peter Quantrill virtually attends the performance at London’s Conway Hall on 7 March 2021
Live-streamed concert review: Elena Urioste (violin) Sally Pryce (harp) members of Aurora Orchestra
Tim homfray hears the performance at London’s Kings Place on 26 February 2021
Live-streamed concert review: PubliQuartet
Bruce Hodges pays attention to the performance at New York’s Atterbury House on13 March 2021
Live-streamed concert review: Xavier Foley (double bass) Kelly Yu-Chieh Lin (piano)
Leah Hollingsworth tunes in to the Shriver Hall Concert Series (Discovery Series) on 6 March 2021
Debate
Opinion: An integrated whole
By divorcing technique from the music, we prevent the bow from becoming an extension of our right arm and hand, writes John Crawford
Opinion: On the margins
Conservatoires should do more to make 17th-century music a fundamental part of the curriculum, writes Walter Reiter
Accessories
Play along with an orchestra with the Tomplay sheet music catalogue
Tomplay’s interactive sheet music app includes a wealth of music for violin, viola, cello and more
Products June 2021: Musafia violin case
The fifth series of Musafia’s Aeternum violin case, enhanced with Kevlar
Products June 2021: Schilbach paintbrush
A brush with a detachable handle that doubles as a travel case
Artists
Janine Jansen plays Histoire du Soldat
The violinist joined Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra musicians for the performance on 4 June
New documentary profiles Janine Jansen and her relationship with 12 Stradivari violins
’Janine Jansen: Falling for Stradivari’ will have its premiere at the Curzon Mayfair in London on 2 September
Nicola Benedetti and Lawrence Power play Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante
The performance with the Oxford Philharmonic was streamed on 23 May, and also includes Benedetti performing Mozart’s Fifth Violin Concerto
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