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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: how to use the Feldenkrais method in your viola playing
Caroline Henbest looks at viola technique through the lens of Feldenkrais
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: An 1856 Giuseppe Rocca violin
David Bonesy examines a violin based on the ‘Alard’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: The pros and cons of backing tracks
Naomi Yandell argues that while backing tracks are a useful learning tool, they create an experience gap that needs bridging
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Premium ❘ FeatureLigeti Centenary: how the composer influenced string quartet writing in the 20th century
Long-time fan Peter Quantrill talks to leading interpreters of György Ligeti’s remarkable string quartets, and their plans for centenary tributes
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Replicating peg shapes without a copying lathe
A device for maintaining the same shape and diameter of instrument pegs during the carving process
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Fauré Violin Sonata no.1 in A major, first movement
Violinist Fenella Humphreys discovers the intricate patterns that make up a work full of colour and contrast, and how their interplay shapes performance
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: An 1819 David Stirrat violin
David Rattray examines an instrument by the Edinburgh maker
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Premium ❘ Feature‘The voice of a generation’ - Young Ukrainian musicians: Fighting for the future
Rita Fernandes looks at some of the programmes that have been helping to ensure a bright future for the Ukrainian music scene when the conflict ends
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis June 2023: Concerts for neurodiverse audiences
Ensembles and venues are increasingly programming concerts designed for neurodiverse audiences – and concertgoers young and old are responding positively
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Leila Josefowicz on Berg Violin Concerto Second Movement - part 2
In the second of two articles, Leila Josefowicz discusses the Adagio of the second movement, in the context of the Viennese School and the Neue Sachlichkeit era
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Premium ❘ ArticleAuction Report June 2023: The Rosenberg Collection
The collection of London-based dealer Norman Rosenberg provided a boost in interest and activity at London’s spring sales, as Kevin MacDonald reports
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1660 Jacob Stainer viola
Bradley Strauchen-Scherer takes a closer look at a viola from one of the most important makers of the violin family
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Premium ❘ Focus‘He helped ignite my ambition’ - Antje Weithaas’s life lessons
The German violinist on the art of teaching and the importance of authenticity
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Repairing a broken bow head
A less invasive and more reversible version of a well-known repair method
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Premium ❘ Feature‘The cello is wild and can do all these different things’ - Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Cellist, composer and singer-songwriter Ayanna Witter-Johnson speaks to Toby Deller about her musical path and future plans
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Premium ❘ News‘Like Frankenstein’s monster being jolted to life’ - Premiere of the Month: Living dead
Laurence Osborn’s new work TOMB! will be premiered by12 Ensemble and GBSR Duo
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Premium ❘ FocusBow maker James Tubbs - From the archive: June 1913
Towry Piper gives an account of the life and work of London bow maker James Tubbs (below), still going strong at the age of 78
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Premium ❘ ArticleJune 2023: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the June 2023 issue
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Premium ❘ Article‘Brava, Myra!’ - Letters to the editor: June 2023
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: June 2023 issue
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