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Premium ❘ Feature‘It feels like everything coming together in life’ - Carolin Widmann
The German violinist Carolin Widmann talks to David Kettle about returning to live performance and her commitment to new music
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Session Report: The Tippett Quartet on recording Korngold’s string quartets
Members of the Tippett Quartet talk to Jessica Duchen about recording Korngold’s string quartets
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The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic: Better by the dozen
Katinka Welz speaks to members of the ensemble about its history and popularity
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‘Her physical strength is great’ - From the archive: April 1923
A review from the archive of Portuguese cellist Guilhermina Suggia
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‘I really don’t like it but don’t change a note’ - Pierre Amoyal’s Life Lessons
The French violinist and pedagogue on his time with Heifetz and the perils of competitions
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Opinion: French or German bass bow hold?
Rodrigo Moro Martín, the London Symphony Orchestra’s new principal double bass, argues that the two tribes who favour French and German bow holds should coexist in perfect harmony
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Sentimental Work: Tanja Tetzlaff on Lutosławski’s Cello Concerto
Despite being a challenging piece, the Lutosławski Cello Concerto brings back memories for the German cellist, from her tutor Heinrich Schiff to her own teaching experience
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Postcard from Boca Raton: Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition
In south Florida, the third triennial Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition continued to build on its credentials for developing outstanding young talent
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‘Fall in love with a composer’s universe’ - Jean-Guihen Queyras’s life lessons
The French cellist recalls the teachers who helped him on his unique journey, and the role of the player as interpreter
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Masterclass: Mozart Violin Concerto no.4 in D major K218
Violinist Francesca Dego looks at how to play the final movement of this violin concerto with direction, musicality and a sense of fun
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Sentimental Work: Viotti’s Ranz des Vaches
Peter Sheppard Skærved on how Viotti’s short piece Ranz des Vaches had a seismic effect on him
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The Baryton: How a forgotten instrument is making a comeback
Gavin Dixon reports on the comeback of ‘the king of instruments’
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Postcard from Kerteminde: Chamber Music at Lundsgaard
The beautiful Lundsgaard Estate on the Danish island of Funen is the setting for an imaginative summer chamber music festival, as Emma Baker discovers
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Session Report: The Calidore Quartet on recording Beethoven’s late quartets
Peter Quantrill hears from the Calidore Quartet about how Beethoven involves intense preparation and a sense of ‘leaning into the weird’
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‘We learnt from her a love and respect for music’ - cellist Natalia Shakhovskaya
Oskar Falta examines Natalia Shakhovskaya’s life and hears from some of her former pupils about her exacting teaching style
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‘I had to give ten encores in succession’: From the archive: March 1903
Violinist Marie Hall, then just 18 years of age, talks to The Strad about studying with Otakar Ševčík and her burgeoning international career
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Opinion: Are regional differences in orchestral tuning really necessary?
Historically, orchestras have tuned to slightly different versions of the note A. Thomas Eisner wonders whether such gradations really matter
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‘Ambitious in the way we prepared, not about where we wanted to be’: 20 years of the Danish Quartet
Andrew Mellor talks to the Danish Quartet as they embark on their 20th-anniversary season
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Masterclass: Julia Fischer on Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, Third Movement
Conversations between instruments, harmony and articulation all form part of Julia Fischer’s discussion of this joyous third movement
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Sentimental Work: Schubert’s Eighth and Ninth symphonies
Recording Schubert’s Eighth and Ninth symphonies after a lifetime of earlier works was an intriguing challenge for veteran Catalan–Spanish gambist and conductor Jordi Savall
