June 2019

• Stradivari’s lost moulds: Andrea Zanrè and Philip Ihle conclude their examination of Stradivari’s moulds, with the aid of micro-CT imaging by Rudolf Hopfner, by exploring whether the Cremonese master may have used more than the twelve forms that survive in the Museo del Violino
• Experimental teaching methods: Donald Weilerstein, Natasha Brofsky and Ali Kian Yazdanfar
• Ševčík’s female pupils: The renowned Czech pedagogue was progressive in his tuition of women
• Session report: Thomas Zehetmair and the Orchestre d’Auvergne
• Life Lessons:Matthew Barley
• Opinion: Young people need to learn to listen
• Postcard from: theCarl Nielsen International Violin Competition
• Masterclass: ViolistPhilip Dukes on Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante
• Technique: Cellist Adriana Larosa Ransom onleft-hand finger independence
• Sentimental Work:Vadim Gluzman on Pēteris Vasks’ Violin Concerto ‘Distant Light’ 

• Bow chamfers: From the Baroque era to the present day
• In Focus: A c.1870 viola byCarl Mettus Weis
• Trade Secrets: Christopher Thorp’s method for making a mould and rib structure
• My Space: French luthierCharlélie Dauriat
• Making Matters: The function of the violin string between the peg and fingerboard nut

Digital edition:

In your bumper 144-page digital edition, including both the June issue and Accessories 2019:

• View more images of the revolutionary ‘Santa Cecilia’ violin that made waves in the lutherie world when it was unveiled in April
• A sneak preview of the Museo del Violino’s exhibition of instruments from the US National Music Museum, including instruments by Nicolò Amati and the Brothers Amati, plus a Stradivari guitar
• More highlights from the recent London auctions, including Gioffredo Cappa, Andrea Guarneri, Franz Geissenhof and a record-breaking Francesco Gofriller
• In Focus: extra photos of this month’s featured instrument, a viola by Danish luthier Carl Mettus Weis
• My Space: see round the 12th-century Château de Gourville, where luthier Charlélie Dauriat has based his workshop
• And as ever, clips from the three recordings garlanded with the coveted moniker ‘The Strad Recommends’

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