All Magazine articles – Page 90
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ReviewMirijam Contzen: Clement (Beethoven’s World)
Persuasive exploration of Beethoven’s influence on his contemporaries
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ReviewBrodsky Quartet: Beethoven
A masterpiece of quartet playing in a masterpiece of quartet writing
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ReviewUntold: The Ciderhouse Rebellion
Improvising folk fiddler and accordion player create spontaneous magic
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ReviewSheku Kanneh-Mason: Elgar
Young cellist steps up to the mark in this most iconic of concertos
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ReviewVilde Frang: Paganini, Schubert, Liszt, Ernst
Seductive phrasing and scintillating technique in an inspired recital
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ReviewDiana Tishchenko: Strangers in Paradise
Prize-winning violinist demonstrates her mettle in an eloquent recital
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Premium ❘ FeatureLutherie in the Vogtland: Stars of the East
The Vogtland in eastern Germany produced some of the country’s least known and most fascinating instrument makers.Rudolf Hopfner and Monika Lustig use CT scans to lift the lid on their unusual construction methods, and show why they should be more widely studied
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Premium ❘ FeaturePöpel and Kurzendörffer: The Mists of Time Demystified
Just three Vogtland instruments exist from before 1700. All violas, they were made by two of the founders of the region’s first violin making guild.Klaus Martius explores what we know about the mysterious Johann Adam Pöpel and Johann Adam Kurzendörffer
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Premium ❘ FeatureSession Report: A Voyage of Discovery
French composer Benoît Menut’s new concept album of songs and chamber works takes its listeners on a single, continuous journey across the sea. He and cellist Patrick Langot speak to Tom Stewart about the project
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Premium ❘ FeatureBéla Katona: A Pupil’s Perspective
Former Béla Katona student Dona Lee Croft, now a professor, recalls her lessons with the Hungarian pedagogue
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Premium ❘ FeatureBéla Katona: A Teacher Through and Through
One of the 20th century’s greatest violin pedagogues, Béla Katona would have turned 100 this month. Tully Potter charts his life and career, and speaks to former pupils – mainly at London’s Trinity College of Music – about the success of his teaching methods
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ArticleNew Product: April 2020
UP, UP AND AWAY At just 65cm long – 15cm shorter than Musafia’s standard models – this violin case is among the smallest on the market and has been designed with air travel in mind. It features the maker’s standard 6-ply wood-laminate shell and waterproof Codura outer layer, and can ...
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Premium ❘ ArticleApril 2020: Welcome
The Strad’s editor Charlotte Smith introduces the April 2020 issue
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ReviewRachel Barton Pine: Dvořák and Khachaturian
Atmospheric, subtly thought-out playing touching on the mystical
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ReviewBook review: I Segreti di Sgarabotto
John Dilworth explores Andrea Zanrè’s mammoth work paying tribute to luthiers Gaetano and Pietro Sgarabotto
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ReviewBook review: Beethoven’s String Quartet in B Flat Major op.130: Four Lectures
Robin Stowell reviews a book bringing together four lectures by musicologist Hans Keller
