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Featured Stories: Read opinion pieces and interviews from top players
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Are fine instruments really worth it? Four professors share their thoughts
Emilie Callesen Doulcet brings together four professors from her French Connection Academy to discuss the enduring question of whether fine instruments are worth the hype, and when in a young player’s career a fine instrument becomes essential
Holding morality and sharing music: finding common ground through a violin concerto
Ahead of a New York premiere on 27 October, composer Daniel Bernard Roumain shares the responsibilities and opportunities behind his work America, To US?, a violin concerto written for Tracy Silverman that ‘reflects the sounds of the world’
The versatility of solo violin repertoire: Er-Gene Kahng on ‘Threaded Currencies’
The violinist outlines how the medium of solo violin feels both timeless and contemporary, illustrated through her programme choices on her latest album
Sentimental Work: Cho-liang Lin on the Sibelius Violin Concerto
The Sibelius Violin Concerto holds incredible memories for the Taiwanese–American violinist, from studying with Dorothy DeLay to meeting Eugene Ormandy
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Session Report: Richard Tognetti on recording Schoenberg, Vasks and Silvestrov with the Australian Chamber Orchestra
Violinist Richard Tognetti speaks to David Kettle about the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s latest album, which features music both new and familiar that is united by themes of remembrance and reflection
Masterclass: Bach Violin Concerto in E major BWV1042, third movement
Julian Rachlin shines a light on this joyful movement comprising a satisfying musical architecture that alternates between anchoring refrains and exploratory soloistic episodes
A torchbearer: cellist Sung-Won Yang on teaching and passing art to the next generation
The South Korean cellist shares with The Strad the importance of sound in the Korean school of string playing, as well as what motivates and inspires his teaching methods
Playing with perception: Gabriel Cabezas on recording Alyssa Weinberg’s ‘Pieces of Light’
Drawing inspiration from James Turrell’s light installations, cellist Gabriel Cabezas and composer Alyssa Weinberg explore the relationship between sound, space and perception in Pieces of Light. Cabezas speaks about multitracking, extended techniques and finding freedom in interpretation
‘What makes an Australian orchestra Australian?’ - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra string players in Arnhem Land
Four Melbourne Symphony Orchestra string players travelled up to rural far north Australia to perform at the Garma Festival alongside First Nations artists. Violist Aidan Filshie speaks to The Strad about the deep sense of meaning that came from the experience
When excellence becomes expectation: the pressure to always be the best
What happens when a high level of excellence becomes the precedent for continued future success? Cellist and researcher Joanna Latała advocates prioritising adaptation, learning and progress over results-based measures of value
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