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Featured Stories: Read opinion pieces and interviews from top players
Featured Stories
Beethoven reimagined: ‘The Kreutzer Project’ by Colin Jacobsen
Richard Linnett reports back from Santa Fe Pro Musica’s season finale on 3 May, featuring a varied programme including Beethoven’s ‘Kreutzer’ Sonata and works inspired by it
Ocean’s Call: Nature’s sublime beauty heard through the lens of a string quartet
Daniel Temkin outlines how the string quartet provides the perfect palette of sound colour for his Californian landscape-inspired work, ‘Ocean’s Call’
After hours at Guildhall Art Gallery: Vilde Frang and Lawrence Power perform ‘Capricci’
The work will feature in the upcoming multimedia concert event at the Barbican, Darkness Visible, curated by Power’s production company, Âme
No string player is a musical island: the benefits of duets for students
Fresh from publishing her book Duo Gems, Jennifer Maslin outlines the myriad ways chamber music can impact overall musician training
‘He has brought us invaluable method’: celebrating violinist Felix Andrievsky at 90
A birthday party was held for the long-time violin professor at London’s Royal College of Music on 1 May
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Ten practical ways to make your strings classroom more inclusive (without burning out)
When music lessons are designed for inclusion, all students benefit. Katherine Findlay Hagstrom offers some practical strategies and methods for meeting the needs of students in large string ensemble settings, to ensure that music making is enjoyed by everyone
In search of the Spiritillo: freedom, ornamentation and the Mediterranean sound
Cristina Prats Costa outlines the inspiration behind her solo recording debut Spiritillo Mediterraneo, a portrait of Baroque music shaped by Mediterranean cultures that reflects her own artistic journey and heritage
Sentimental Work: Bonnie Hampton on Beethoven’s ‘Triple’ Concerto
The US cellist, who performed with the Francesco Trio for almost 40 years, recalls the exhilaration and challenge of playing Beethoven’s joyous ‘Triple’ Concerto
Merging cello and voice: Nicolas Altstaedt and Anna-Lena Elbert perform ‘Ophelia’s Song’ by Shostakovich
The cellist and singer perform the haunting song at ConcertLab in Utrecht
Patrick Roberts and ’Del Gesù’: paying tribute to the legendary maker through timeless music
The violinist speaks to The Strad about playing a 1730 Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin for his eponymous new album, plus reflects on his challenges travelling with priceless instruments in the last year
Hearing Her Voice: what women’s leadership at Tafelmusik made possible
Violinist Cristina Zacharias, the artistic co-director of Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, reflects on the formative impact of pioneering female leadership at the ensemble and how that legacy continues through shared authority, equity and the rediscovery of women composers
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