All Gallery articles
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GalleryRNCM to showcase its collection to the public
The college’s collection includes a Strad, a pocket violin and a curious, unplayable contraption
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GalleryPremio Paganini presents a 3D-printed copy of ‘Il Cannone’ violin
The copy of the Guarneri del Gesù violin celebrates the competition’s 70th anniversary and aims to continue Paganini’s legacy
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GalleryThe Sound of Islay: the violin made from a whisky barrel
Neil Campbell’s ‘Caol Ila’ violin combines his love of instrument making and elements of the whisky-making nation
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GalleryPhoto Gallery: Newark School of Violin Making x Byrd 400 Festival
Newark students, alumni and friends gathered at Lincoln Cathedral in an event celebrating instrument making and William Byrd
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GalleryIn Focus: A 1778 G.B. Guadagnini violin
Dorothy DeLay’s favourite instrument comes from Guadagnini’s Turin period, and shows the influence of his patron Count Cozio di Salabue, writes John Dilworth
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Gallery‘This Voller violin has a big sound’: Piatti Quartet violinist Michael Trainor on his instrument
Ahead of appearances at Music at Paxton, violinist of the Piatti Quartet Michael Trainor examines the curious history of his Voller violin, and the maker’s connection to Alfredo Piatti
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GalleryPhoto gallery: 1,300 Suzuki students take over London’s Royal Albert Hall
Take a look at these stunning images of the British Suzuki Music Association’s recent gala event from 9 April
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GalleryPhoto gallery: the Harris Tweed violin
Neil Campbell outlines his pandemic creation of a violin overlaid with the distinctive Scottish fabric
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Gallery‘It felt like a Ferrari - 0 to 100 in just a few seconds’: Yuriy Bekker on his Andrea Guarneri violin
The violinist shares his experience of recording Edward Hart’s Under an Indigo Sky on the 1688 ‘ex Degen’ Andrea Guarneri violin
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GalleryMissing: stolen violin and bow in Brooklyn, New York
The instrument and bow were reported missing from Montgomery St, NY 11213
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GalleryPhoto gallery: The tiniest violin studio you’ll see today!
A Swiss sculptor has created a model of a tiny violin workshop!
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GalleryA walk through the Giovanni Bottesini exhibition
An exhibition celebrating the life and times of the influential double bassist was held from 10 to 18 October in Crema, Italy
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GalleryWinners announced at 2022 International Violin Bridge Competition
This year, all gold medal winning designs for violin, viola and cello were won by women
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GalleryThe Strad in Cremona
Take a trip to Cremona with pictures of The Strad team’s recent visit to the Cremona Musica exhibition
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GalleryPhoto gallery: Ionel Manciu’s Gennaro Gagliano violin
Violinist Ionel Manciu provides an up-close look at his Gennaro Gagliano violin ahead of his appearance with the Mithras Piano Trio at Music at Paxton
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GalleryIn Focus: a 1622 Brothers Amati Cello
In this article from the Strad’s June 2014 issue, Christopher Reuning examines an elegant masterpiece of delicacy and strength
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by J.B. Guadagnini, Turin, 1780, the ‘Louis Spohr’
This illustration of the ‘Louis Spohr’ Guadagnini was published in The Strad, March 1962. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs: The J.B. Guadagnini illustrated is one of the finest specimens of this maker’s Turin works in existence. Like the best Guadagnini violins of the Turin ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by J.B. Guadagnini, Parma 1769
This illustration of a violin by J.B. Guadagnini was published in The Strad, November 1938. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs
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GalleryPhoto gallery: Daniela Gaidano’s Violoncello da Spalla
Italian luthier Daniela Gaidano offers an introduction to her ‘shoulder cello’, pictures of the construction process, as well as a video of the instrument in action
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GalleryPhoto gallery: Guy Johnston granted use of ‘Segelman’ Stradivari cello
Take a close-up look at a cello made during 1692, when Stradivari was 48 years old