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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis May 2024: Livestreaming musicians
Courtesy Emily Davidson Read more news articles here When lockdowns and venue closures suddenly forced musicians everywhere to go online to find an audience, a few string players had already established a regular online following by livestreaming their playing on YouTube or Twitch. For these musicians, and ...
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts May 2024: Schilbach UV tanning lamp
A lamp for luthiers to tan violins and cure varnish
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts May 2024: Dörfler bow winding machine
A new product from the German bow making workshop
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts May 2024: Thomastik Rondo Gold violin strings
A new set in the Rondo range
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Premium ❘ NewsPremiere of the Month: Britta Byström’s new violin concerto for Janine Jansen
Day and night inspire a new violin concerto
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Premium ❘ FeatureMy Space: Elina Kaljunen’s Helsinki workshop
The maker takes us on a tour of her Finnish workshop
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Premium ❘ FeatureFrom the archive: Neville Marriner on his musical education
The violinist, chamber music player and conductor was born on this day in 1924. In this excerpt from a 1986 interview, Neville Marriner speaks to Dennis Rooney about his first encounters with violin playing and his early teachers
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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Elena Urioste on Mel Bonis’s Violin Sonata
The Violin Sonata by French composer Mel Bonis was a revelation for the US-born violinist, revealing both a new sound world and innovative techniques in music writing
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1759 violin by Joseph Marquès
Jordi Pinto examines the Spanish maker’s mid-century instrument
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Premium ❘ Feature‘She plays like a man’ - From the archive: April 1904
New York correspondent Thomas C. Dawson reports on a performance by Maud Powell and solves a mystery regarding the violins of virtuoso Ede Reményi (1828–98)
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Premium ❘ FeatureThe life and legacy of cellist Boris Pergamenschikow
Russian cellist Boris Pergamenschikow enjoyed an influential career both teaching and playing in Europe after leaving the Soviet Union, before his untimely death twenty years ago. Oskar Falta examines his legacy and hears from some of his former students
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: the connections between cello and voice
Cellist and operatic baritone Matthew Sharp shares tips on how to embody and inhabit your sound
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: How to identify an expert bow maker
The ability to identify the maker of a bow is a rare talent that requires a keen eye and a wealth of knowledge. Jacques Poullot gives some pointers as to how to acquire such expertise
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: why don’t string players practice pizzicato?
Perfecting bowing is a lifelong quest for string players – but what about pizzicato? Cellist Davina Shum advocates setting aside some dedicated practice time to this neglected technique
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Making a decorative fleur-de-lys
Luthier Evan Davenport illustrates a method to add a striking decoration to the back of a Baroque instrument
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Premium ❘ FeatureSession Report: the Carducci Quartet on recording Shostakovich
As the Carducci Quartet releases its third Shostakovich disc, Tom Stewart hears from the group’s violist and cellist about the extreme contrasts between the two featured pieces – the ninth and fifteenth string quartets
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Premium ❘ NewsPremiere of the Month: Daniel Perttu on his new cello concerto
Dvořák’s Cello Concerto is the inspiration behind a new piece in the genre
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Premium ❘ FeatureViolinist Augustin Hadelich: ‘Just let the music speak’
The virtuoso violinist Augustin Hadelich defies categorisation; he is the product of several cultures that he draws on to produce a sound that is distinctly his own. He talks to Ariane Todes about his influences and how he developed his unique musicianship
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Beethoven Cello Sonata no.5, second and third movements
Cellist Gary Hoffman considers the importance of context to understand and appreciate this work, written in 1815 during a period of isolation and difficulty for the composer
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Premium ❘ FeatureBow maker Richard Otto Gläsel: Parisian splendour
Having perfected his skills in the French capital, German bow maker Richard Otto Gläsel was much inspired by the work of his Gallic forebears, from Voirin to Vigneron. Gennady Filimonov tells his story and examines several of his finest works