Violinist Alina Ibragimova graces the cover with tales of her influences, pandemic projects, and pursuits as a player-director
ALINA IBRAGIMOVA The UK-based violinist speaks to Jessica Duchen about her myriad influences, lockdown projects and making the move to becoming a player–director
LUTHIERS SANS FRONTIÈRES For the past two decades, luthiers have been teaching their skills to people in some of the world’s poorest countries. Peter Somerford discovers their stories
THE BLIND STRING PLAYER Being visually impaired has never prevented Myra Ross from fulfilling her dream of playing the violin and viola in quartets, orchestras and chamber music groups
SHOSTAKOVICH CELLO SONATA Elizabeth Wilson sifts through the various editions of the Russian composer’s 1934 work, in an attempt to decipher the real meaning behind the piece
SESSION REPORT Baroque violinist Rachel Podger speaks to Toby Deller about her most recent project, recording some of C.P.E. Bach’s sonatas for violin and keyboard
PLATE ARCHINGS AND TONE The first of two articles in which luthier Nigel Harris presents his findings on the relationship between the plates, bass-bar, soundpost and a violin’s sound
In our regular sections:
IN FOCUS A look at an 1894 violin by the Milan-based luthier Gaetano Antoniazzi
TRADE SECRETS Erich Perrotta gives his method for restoring a bow octagon
MY SPACE Cyprus-based Michalis Pantelides
MAKING MATTERS Examining the tonal qualities and resonance of great instruments
MASTERCLASS Violist Paul Laraia discusses Glazunov’s Elegy for viola and piano op.44
TECHNIQUE Israeli violinist Itzhak Rashkovsky passes on hints on playing with sostenuto
LIFE LESSONS With cellist Catherine Hewgill
OPINION Deputising for another musician in an orchestra requires its own set of skills
POSTCARD FROM OSLO A report from the ‘Master to Master’ violin symposium
FROM THE ARCHIVE An interview with Spanish virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate, from May 1893
SENTIMENTAL WORK Violist Antoine Tamestit talks about Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante
Plus, in your May digital edition:
- Read all about our cover star Alina Ibragimova while listening to clips from her recording of Paganini’s 24 Caprices, her long-cherished lockdown project
- Session Report: audio snippets from Rachel Podger’s new album of violin sonatas by C.P.E. Bach, with pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout
- View highlights from Antoine Tamestit and Isabelle Faust’s recent tour with the English Baroque Soloists, including Antoine’s Sentimental Work: Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante
- View all-round photos of the ‘Baltic’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’, which made headlines in March by selling for $9.44 million at auction
- More from the ‘Master to Master’ exhibition of fine instruments at Oslo’s National Museum
- My Space: extra photos from the workshop of Cyprus-based lutiher Michalis Pantelides
- Tully Potter reviews the memoir of Brodsky Quartet cellist Jacqueline Thomas, with bonus images and cuttings from her career
- And clips from the triumvirate of recordings adorned with the title ‘The Strad Recommends’
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