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Featured Stories: Read opinion pieces and interviews from top players
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Concert review: Australian Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
US correspondent Thomas May hears the Australian Chamber Orchestra on tour at Carnegie Hall, performing Schubert and the world premiere of Horizon by John Luther Adams on 22 April 2026
Two violas, one story: Joanna Borrett’s new work, ‘Then’
The cellist and composer speaks to The Strad about her new work for two viola soloists and string orchestra, which she hopes will place the viola’s distinctive voice at the heart of the narrative
No place like home: exploring the spirit of Hausmusik
Violist Peter Mallinson explores the history of music making in intimate, domestic settings, providing the inspiration for the new album A Musical Soirée
Watch: a video performance from Timothy Ridout’s new album, Alto Appassionato
Ridout and pianist Jonathan Ware perform ’Les Berceaux’ from Three Songs, op.23: no.1, by Fauré
Analysis May 2026: The European Parliament tackles airlines’ instrument policies
Members of the European Parliament are now debating the thorny issue of musicians taking their instruments on flights. Could there finally be light at the end of this tunnel?
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Opinion: Finding creativity in scales
Love them or hate them, scales are at the heart of string training. Violinist and teacher Mark Knight examines why, when approached correctly, they are the gateway to a world of expressive freedom
Session Report: the Tippett Quartet on recording Glazunov’s string quartets
Harry White speaks to members of the Tippett Quartet about recording the complete string quartets of Glazunov – works that trace the composer’s journey from youthful confidence to late retrospection
‘Tell them about your dream’: the Kronos Quartet on listening, legacy and Mahalia Jackson
David Harrington of the Kronos Quartet speaks about the ensemble’s latest album honouring gospel legend and civil rights icon, Mahalia Jackson, as well as an upcoming multimedia world premiere exploring cultural histories, Three Bones
Hugo Ticciati: Programmes for embodied listening
Hugo Ticciati, director of O/Modernt, reflects on imaginative programming, genre‑crossing pairings and how music can be experienced as a physical, lived encounter as much as an intellectual one
The sound of lamenting: strings in new sound worlds
American cellist Seth Malone discusses how string instruments are being used in his father’s premiere of a completely unique work: The Lamentations of Jeremiah
Woven from Light: a listening guide to a world premiere work for violin and cello
Following the world premiere of Woven from Light by David Philip Hefti, cellist Gabriel Schwabe offers a listening guide to the new work, written for himself and violinist Hellen Weiss
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