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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Beethoven’s Symphony no.3 in E flat major ‘Eroica’: viola part
Roger Benedict provides practical tips for playing this cornerstone of the orchestral repertoire
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Violin bow landings with Gina McCormack
Violinist Gina McCormack on teaching bow landings in reference to Mozart
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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from Japan: Osaka International Chamber Music Competition
The tenth Osaka International Chamber Music Competition and Festa featured a sense of mutual support between the competitors, reports Robert Markow
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis September 2023: Technology and access to fine instruments
Having survived the pandemic, the city of Cremona is embracing new technology in its efforts to bring its violin making heritage to the world
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Premium ❘ Feature‘All it takes is one’ - Violinist Randall Goosby
American violin virtuoso Randall Goosby is deeply committed to passing on his passion for music to the younger generation, as he tells Amanda Holloway
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Arnold Steinhardt on Schubert’s ‘Death and the Maiden’
Violinist Arnold Steinhardt gives practical tips to help ensembles master this powerful work
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: The importance (and difficulty) of playing softly
As string players, we are often encouraged to make a big sound, but cellist Davina Shum believes that the art of playing quietly is an underrated one
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts September 2023: GaiaTone bass fingerboard
A new, ebony-alternative double bass fingerboard
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts September 2023: Schilbach sanding sticks
Multi-purpose sticks for sanding during instrument making
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Premium ❘ ArticleSeptember 2023: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the September 2023 issue
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Premium ❘ Article‘His brush was coated with butter’ - Letters to the editor: September 2023
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: September 2023 issue
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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: September 2023
This month’s competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: an 1812 viola by Giuseppe Marconcini
Jonathan Marolle takes a look at a viola from one of the ‘Ferrera school’ makers
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Premium ❘ Feature‘I can say with conviction that she can play Bach’ - From the archive: August 1923
Violinist Arthur Broadley, a long-standing contributor, profiles cellist Beatrice Eveline, said to have given the BBC’s first classical music broadcast in 1922
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: EFT for performance anxiety
Violinist Jenny Clift struggled with performance anxiety until she discovered an unusual therapeutic technique
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Premium ❘ Feature‘Players have knocked on my door in a panic’ - My Space: David Segal
The luthier gives an overview of his busy Manhattan workshop
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: Adding primer before varnish
Before varnishing their instruments, most luthiers add a layer of primer. Vlado Tilev looks at the types available, and their effect on sound quality
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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Julian Rachlin on Shostakovich’s String Quartet no.8
For the Lithuanian violinist, the haunting musical language of Shostakovich’s String Quartet no.8 brings back treasured memories of working with Mstislav Rostropovich
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Berlioz’s Harold in Italy
Violist Donald McInnes provides practical tips on performing the solo viola part of this Romantic work, in this article from 2012