April 2026 issue | Frank Peter Zimmermann | The Strad, essential reading for the string music world since 1890

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From this month's magazine

Frank Peter Zimmermann: ‘Music that possesses you’

Frank Peter Zimmermann is one of the first German musicians to record Elgar’s emotionally charged Violin Concerto, in a new release with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. He speaks with Thomas Eisner, a first violinist with the LPO, about bringing the work to life

Inveterate innovator: Louis Noebe

Despite success in his own time, and a penchant for experimentation, German maker Louis Noebe is an almost forgotten figure in lutherie history. Clifford Hall examines his life and achievements

Masterclass: Bruch Violin Concerto no.1, second movement

Bella Hristova outlines the importance of pacing oneself and creating a hierarchy of intensity in this popular slow movement

Cover story

Frank Peter Zimmermann: ‘Music that possesses you’

Playing

Back to life: an 18th-century viola concerto rediscovered

When writer and music director Gerald Elias was looking for a work to include in a recent concert, he and violist Devan Maria Freebairn unearthed a rare viola concerto by 18th-century composer Markus Heinrich Graul. They explain how they prepared for its performance and first ever recording

Lutherie

Inveterate innovator: Louis Noebe

Despite success in his own time, and a penchant for experimentation, German maker Louis Noebe is an almost forgotten figure in lutherie history. Clifford Hall examines his life and achievements