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Cellist Santiago Cañón-Valencia performs his own composition, ‘Ouróboros’
Alongside pianist Naoko Sonoda, the cellist performs a work that explores the ancient Egyptian and Greek symbol for cycles of life, death and rebirth
Cellist Santiago Cañón-Valencia performs his own composition, ‘Ouróboros’
Cellist Sterling Elliott performs Kevin Day’s ‘Gymnopédie I’
At the World’s Edge: Huw Watkins String Trio no.2
Watch: Alisa Weilerstein performs The Recovery of Paradise: Blackford Cello Concerto
Just Biber: a new video from violinist Rachel Podger
New video: Lembit Beecher’s ‘Green Line’ performed by cellist Karen Ouzounian
WATCH: Antonio Mormone International Prize finals – day four
WATCH: Antonio Mormone International Prize finals - day three
WATCH: Antonio Mormone International Prize finals - day two
WATCH: Antonio Mormone International Prize finals - day one
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Teaching lutherie in Latin America: sowing the seeds for success
Peter Somerford explores how an instrument repair initiative, set up by the Latin American youth orchestra venture Iberorquestas and violin maker Lionnel Genovart, has grown to create a new generation of luthiers
Analysis August 2025: Prospects for young bow makers, repairers and restorers
With bow making a fixture on the ‘red list’ of endangered crafts in the UK, what’s the outlook for new students looking to become bow makers, repairers and restorers? By Peter Somerford
In Focus: A 1659 violin by Nicolò Amati
Colin Adamson examines a mid-17th-century violin by the revered Cremonese maker
Partial success for Newark violin making students as one-year courses announced
The new courses will cost £4,000 and students will receive certificates of competency on completion
Making Matters: constructing a quartet from one maple tree
Hans Jóhannsson reflects on the experience of making a quartet of instruments using maple sourced from a single tree
My Space: Alan Beavitt’s Scoraig workshop
Take a tour of the maker’s Scottish shop
Reviews
The Strad Recommends: Chiaroscuro Quartet: Haydn
A freshness of approach proves winning in this evolving Haydn cycle
The Strad Recommends: Miró Quartet: Ginastera
A quartet marks its 30th birthday on searing form
The Strad Recommends: Hans Christian Aavik: Bruch
A competition winner shows his mettle in highly contrasting works
Concert review: Pablo Ferrández (cello), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Domingo Hindoyan
Edward Bhesania hears the performance of Roberto Sierra, Elgar and Rachmaninoff at London’s Barbican Hall on 19 May 2025
Concert review: Blake Pouliot (violin) Henry Kramer (piano)
Leah Hollingsworth hears the performance of Bao Zhi Yang, Janáček, Derrick Skye, Pirayeh Pourafar and Prokofiev at New York’s Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, on 8 May 2025
Concert review: Brentano Quartet
Bruce Hodges hears the performance of all six of Haydn’s op.33 Quartets at Philadelphia’s American Philosophical Society on 4 May 2025
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