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Featured Stories: Read opinion pieces and interviews from top players
Featured Stories
Why string players shouldn’t neglect improvisation
Violinist Preetha Narayanan and cellist Tara Franks of Balladeste build their music from improvisation, without writing a note down. Ahead of the release of their fourth album, Imprints, they talk about where that started and why classically trained string players should learn to lean into improvisation
It takes an army of friends: Building a double bass festival in Honduras
Honduran bassist Ethel Chavarría describes how she and her fellow musicians came together to create a create new opportunities for young double bass players in her home country
A gallery of horror: ten terrifying stock images of string players
Happy Halloween! Venture into our exhibit of stock photography, if you dare
How Scotland’s old stories shaped my album ‘Binnorie’
From Halloween guisers and neep lanterns to ancient ballads and island folklore, a journey through Scotland’s rich storytelling traditions became the foundation of Louise Bichan’s new album, Binnorie
Mutual respect, trust, freedom and responsibility: the DSCH–Shostakovich Ensemble on works by Schubert and Dvořák
The Portuguese chamber group releases a new album comprising Schubert’s ‘Trout’ Quintet and Dvořák’s Piano Quartet no.1. Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro shares his love for these two landmark works for piano and strings
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‘It is through your intellectual understanding that you can find the magical points in the music’ - Miriam Fried’s life lessons
The US–Israeli violinist on her unique upbringing and career, and what it takes to master a piece
‘I want to feel nourished and comfortable’: what do string players eat before a performance?
Top string players share their pre-performance fuel, where bananas and dark chocolate feature frequently, as Davina Shum found
From human violins to Wednesday Addams: six Halloween costume ideas for string players
It’s spooky season! If you’re in need for some last-minute inspiration for a stringed instrument-themed costume, read on for some ideas
Great violinists: Niccolò Paganini
In a special feature marking The Strad’s 120th anniversary in May 2010, Julian Haylock examined perhaps the greatest violinist of them all
'Yes! Second violin power!' - tour diary from a Royal Academy of Music and Juilliard School joint project
Violinist Olwen Miles recounts her experience as part of the joint Royal Academy of Music and Juilliard School orchestra project, which saw students perform at both the Lincoln Center and Royal Albert Hall this summer alongside Esa-Pekka Salonen and Vilde Frang
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
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