The Strad Quiz: test your knowledge of all things strings

2018-04-13T15:00:00+01:00

This week our questions take in The Carnival of the Animals, horse hair, a couple of very famous violins and more

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‘The lyre of Orpheus’ - the life and works of Maddalena Laura Lombardini Sirmen
2021-07-26T14:05:00Z
In our August 2021 issue, Kevin MacDonald investigates the lives and careers of female violinists in Georgian England. Read this extract profiling Italian violinist Maddalena Laura Lombardini Sirmen, who enjoyed success both as a performer and composer
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Talking heads: 'Bergonzi definitely did not mean to make Stradivaris'
2021-07-14T09:00:00Z
In this extract from the July 2021 issue, Andrea Zanrè examines Carlo Bergonzi’s unique head craftmanship
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Yehudi Menuhin's marked-up copy of Bach's Solo Violin Sonata no.2
2021-07-12T10:00:00Z
Have a small peek into the workings of Menuhin's interpretation. Taken from The Strad's May 2016 issue.

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2021-05-31T11:00:00Z
Pauline Harding attends workshops, talks to early music specialists and pioneering modern players, and discovers a whole new approach to interpreting classical music
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Was Sherlock Holmes actually meant to be any good at playing the violin?
2019-03-07T12:00:00Z
'Melancholy wailings', 'exasperating solos', but 'a remarkable gift for improvisation' – we revisit Maggie Williams's article on our favourite fictional violinist
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United Strings of Europe performing new work by Arturo Corrales
2019-02-27T10:22:00Z
The United Strings of Europe, an ensemble made up of young professional musicians from across the continent, launch their New Horizons series tonight in London’s Conway Hall . The ensemble, which has just completed a tour of Lebanon, and is today leading a workshop with refugees and asylum seekers ...