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June 2012 issue
This issue’s guest editor, violinist Hilary Hahn, has chosen a theme of ‘conversations’, in which members of the string world talk to people from other professions to discover new perspectives on their craft. Teachers give their thoughts on tackling difficult subjects with students, and in Masterclass, Jean-Guihen Queyras takes us through Bach’s Cello Suite no.5
In the June 2012 issue
Focus‘We were decadent tramps. I think we still are, in some ways’ - Double Acts: Igudesman and Joo
Comedy violin–piano duo Aleksey Igudesman and Hyung-ki Joo talk about fish and chips, student squalor and their love of onstage pranks
FocusMasterclass: Bach Cello Suite no.5, Prélude, by Jean-Guihen Queyras
Practical tips to help you master the challenges of this most fundamental of repertoire
Premium ❘ ArticleAsk the Teacher - Janet Davis
The Sydney-based violin pedagogue shares her methods for tackling technical issues and preventing injury
Premium ❘ DebateSound quality should be the main focus of string teaching
Young students improve when they learn to listen to themselves, says Royal Northern College of Music senior lecturer in music education Philippa Bunting