All Editorial articles – Page 2
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Opus13: Grieg, Mendelssohn
A noteworthy recording debut from a group already making waves
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2027: 1727 ‘Iwasaki’ Stradivari cello
Named after Japanese cellist Ko Iwasaki, the instrument has recently been loaned to Norwegian cellist Truls Mørk
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ReviewFestival round-up: 2026 Edinburgh International Festival and Fringe
String players loomed large at this year’s Edinburgh International Festival and Fringe (7–31 August), as David Kettle discovered
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ReviewConcert review: Adrian Brendel (cello) Dénes Várjon (piano)
Janet Banks visits London’s Wigmore Hall on 12 July 2026 for the recital of Beethoven, Brahms, Kurtág and Dohnányi
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ReviewFestival round-up: Rencontres Musicales d’Évian
Charlotte Gardner reports on two days (1–2 July) of string-related highlights at the festival, which took place at Évian-les-Bains, France, from 24 June to 5 July
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ReviewConcert review: Maya Anjali Buchanan (violin) Romain-Olivier Gray (cello) Hao Yang (guitar)
Bruce Hodges visits the Curtis Institute of Music’s Field Concert Hall on 25 July 2026 for an evening of Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Mark Summer, Gershwin, Reena Esmail, Mark O’Connor and Piazzolla
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ReviewConcert review: Shanghai Quartet
Bruce Hodges hears a recital of Haydn, Zhou Long, Dvořák and Beethoven at Studzinski Hall, Bowdoin, on 27 July 2026, part of the Bowdoin International Music Festival
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2027: c.1720 ‘Karl Klingler’ Stradivari violin
With a fascinating two-piece back, this violin contains wood from the same tree as that used for the celebrated ‘Macdonald’ Stradivari viola
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ReviewLouis Kaufman: Smetana, Tchaikovsky
Much to admire in these highly personal Romantic piano trios
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ReviewDoric Quartet, Zaïde Quartet: Beethoven (double review)
As the Beethoven anniversary looms, there’s already plenty of competition
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ReviewAnne-Sophie Mutter: American Tunes #1
Previn is the standout composer here in premiere recordings
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ReviewBook review: The Golden Age of the Flemish Violins
Stefan Hersh reads Jan Strick’s long-awaited survey of instrument makers from Flanders, including contributions by Anne-Emmanuelle Ceulemans and Guy Rooryck
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ReviewBook review: Bows and Arrows: The Autobiography
Tully Potter reads the autobiography of Julian Lloyd Webber, one of the UK’s best-known cellists and pedagogues
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2027: 1710 Stradivari violin
The ‘golden period’ violin is currently played by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra’s concertmaster Ludvig Gudim
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