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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: Criticism in teaching
Cellist and teacher Naomi Yandell explores the fine line between nagging and getting a point across by reminder and reinforcement, and suggests that a less verbal approach can often yield good results
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Premium ❘ FeatureMy Space: Victor Hugo Vélez's Tallinn workshop
The Argentinian luthier presents his Estonian workshop
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Premium ❘ FeatureYsaÿe’s Poème concertant: shining a light on a long-forgotten piece
Violinist Philippe Graffin has recorded a work for violin and orchestra by Eugène Ysaÿe that had lain undiscovered for more than a century. He speaks to Jessica Duchen about the love affair that inspired the piece, and what can be learnt from its discovery
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Brahms Violin Sonata no.2 first movement
Taking inspiration from the composer’s Lieder, violinist Daniel Kurganov highlights the importance of emulating vocal lines in the second of Brahms’s violin sonatas
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Viola sound production
Simon Rowland-Jones presents strategies using balance to create a free viola sound
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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from Switzerland: Concours de Genève String Quartet edition
Musical and emotional maturity made for an artistic, rather than competitive, experience at the Concours de Genève String Quartet edition, as Rita Fernandes found
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1786 violin by G.B. Guadagnini
John Dilworth examines a violin made in the last year of the master luthier’s life
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Premium ❘ FeatureAll-female string quartets after the First World War
In the second and final part of his survey, Tully Potter reveals the extent of the explosion of all-female quartets that occurred after the First World War in the UK, Europe, the US and the Soviet Union, as well as notable mixed ones
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Steven Tenenbom, Schumann Märchenbilder
The American viola soloist, chamber musician, and teacher explores how to find your own sense of character and flow in the first two contrasting pieces. From March 2019
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Premium ❘ FeatureElias Placht: how one man founded the violin making tradition of Schönbach
By the early 20th century, the town of Schönbach was producing tens of thousands of violins per year – but the industry began with just one man. Christian Hoyer sifts through the records to reveal the life and legacy of Elias Placht
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Premium ❘ NewsPremiere of the Month: Héloïse Werner’s new work for violin and soprano
Four personalities take centre stage in this new duet
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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Edward Dusinberre on Beethoven’s String Quartet no.8
Beethoven’s String Quartet no.8 has been a life companion for the British musician, over more than three decades as the Takács Quartet’s first violinist
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Premium ❘ Feature‘Huberman’s virile and unrestrained playing’ - From the archive: February 1934
The Strad ’s Egyptian correspondent Alexander Ruppa gives an account of two (not entirely successful) performances by violinist Bronisław Huberman
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Lynn Harrell on Beethoven’s Cello Sonata no.4
Cellist Lynn Harrell considers challenges and contemporary concepts in the first movement of a sonata conceived entirely in the imagination of a deaf composer. From January 2019
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Premium ❘ FeatureSession Report: 12 Ensemble on recording new album ‘Metamorphosis’
The conductorless string orchestra 12 Ensemble is celebrating its twelfth birthday with a new album, Metamorphosis. Founder members Max Ruisi and Eloise-Fleur Thom speak to David Kettle about the repertoire, and recording in London’s famous Abbey Road Studios
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis February 2024: The state of music education training
With dwindling numbers of people training to be music teachers in England, what can be done to encourage more interest in the music education sector?
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Preparing the neck-block on a violin before scroll carving
Katharina Neumüller presents an efficient, accurate method for the earlier parts of neck carving, before working on the scroll
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Premium ❘ NewsPremiere of the Month: Oscar Jockel’s new work for string orchestra
A work in search of a sound, which will premiere on 29 January
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Premium ❘ Focus‘I had to be tamed’ - Johannes Pramsohler’s life lessons
The Italian violinist on his journey to becoming a Baroque specialist and the benefits of having a range of influences
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Premium ❘ FeatureGreat Cellists: Jacqueline du Pré
Although her professional career lasted just twelve years, the British musician became a legend in her own lifetime. Julian Haylock assesses her style and recorded legacy in this feature from June 2016