All Magazine articles – Page 83
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Premium ❘ FeatureLutherie Dynasties: a family affair
In this globalised era, there are still many families that keep up their strong lutherie traditions, with parents passing on their secrets and skills to the next generation. Peter Somerford asks how such formative influences can affect their craft, for better or for worse
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Premium ❘ FeatureOrchestral Tricks: in plain sight
Gerald Elias has spent many years as a professional orchestral violinist – in the Boston SO and Utah Symphony – and has been music director of Salt Lake City’s Vivaldi by Candlelight chamber orchestra since 2004. Here he explores some of the universal challenges faced by orchestral string players which ...
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Premium ❘ FeatureSession Report: in good time
The Engegård Quartet’s third album of Mozart string quartets was all about timing – from allowing enough space between learning and recording the works, to faithfully honouring the composer’s tempo markings – as Andrew Mellor discovers
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Premium ❘ FeatureLutherie in China: the enterprise system
China has become a world leader in stringed instrument making, based on a system of bulk production combined with respect for craftsmanship. Sisi Ye speaks to the heads of manufacturing firms in Pinggu, Queshan and Huangqiao to learn more
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ReviewConcert review: Jack Liebeck (violin) Katya Apekisheva (piano)
Tim Homfray hears a live-streamed performance from London’s Wigmore Hall on 14 December 2020
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ReviewConcert review: Berlin Philharmonic Quartets
Peter Quantrill hears a series of live-streamed concerts from the Berlin Philharmonie on 14 December
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ReviewConcert review: Heath Quartet
Edward Bhesania finds much to admire in a live-streamed performance from London’s Wigmore Hall on 30 November 2020
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ReviewConcert review: 12 Ensemble
Edward Bhesania hears a live-streamed performance from London’s Wigmore Hall on 24 November 2020
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ReviewConcert review: Brentano Quartet
Bruce Hodges hears a live-streamed perofrmance from New York’s Advent Lutheran Church on 15 December 2020
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ReviewConcert review: Elias Quartet, Robert Plane (Clarinet)
Tim Homfray reviews what he heard on 23 November 2020 from London’s Wigmore Hall
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ReviewConcert review: Gil Shaham
Leah Hollingsworth hears the soloist play at People’s Symphony Concerts, New York, on 13 December 2020
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ReviewConcert review: Jack Quartet
Bruce Hodges hears the foursome perform at National Sawdust, New York, on 11 December 2020
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ReviewConcert review: Dover Quartet
Leah Hollingsworth attends a live-streamed performance presented by Cal Performances on 10 December 2020
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Premium ❘ FeatureModigliani Quartet: the more the merrier
For the Modigliani Quartet, working with other artists has always been a priority – one that continues this year as the group turns its attention to Schubert. Charlotte Gardner speaks to the French foursome about their early development, working through Covid times and acting as artistic directors
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Premium ❘ FeatureDawn of Parisian splendour: Charles François Gand
A talented luthier and a shrewd businessman, Charles François Gand had a seismic effect on the Paris violin world despite his relatively small output. Florent Boyer presents an in-depth examination of several Gand instruments to show the development of his style
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Premium ❘ FeatureNikolaj Szeps-Znaider: parallel careers
Autumn 2020 was scheduled to be a big one for violinist and conductor Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, with the start of his first music directorship in France and his conducting debut at the Royal Danish Opera. Did it go to plan? Very nearly, he tells Andrew Mellor
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Premium ❘ ArticleFebruary 2021: Welcome
The Strad’s editor Charlotte Smith introduces the February 2021 issue
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Premium ❘ FeatureSession Report: clowning around
For violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja a bout of tendonitis was the perfect opportunity to widen her musical perspective by taking on the title role in Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire, as she tells Toby Deller
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Premium ❘ FeatureBehind the Curve: the evolution of the bow
The evolution of the bow is inextricably tied up with the needs of the player, and the changing face of society. Paolo Sarri examines the development of the ‘ancient’ and ‘modern’ curves of the bow stick, dispelling a number of myths along the way
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Premium ❘ FeatureChevalier de Saint-Georges: the remarkable revolutionary
Too long overlooked, the extraordinary life of 18th-century violinist and composer the Chevalier de Saint-Georges has once more been celebrated over the past 25 years. Yet his compositions remain unfairly neglected, writes Kevin MacDonald
