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Practice Diary: The Escher Quartet

2024-04-03T08:27:00Z

Second violinist Aaron Boyd discusses a rehearsal of Mendelssohn’s String Quartet no.4
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Practice Diary: violist Rachel Roberts

2024-02-19T10:02:00Z

The British violist works towards chamber and solo recitals that include pieces by Hindemith and Schoenberg. From 2016
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Practice Diary: violinist Yuri Zhislin

2024-01-22T08:15:00Z

The Russian violinist works on left-hand articulation, smooth bowing and score analysis in pieces by Bach and Mendelssohn
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Practice Diary: violinist-violist Yura Lee

2024-01-11T09:51:00Z

The South Korea-born violinist-violist describes a hectic week of summer practice and festival performances in our August 2016 issue

All Practice Diary articles

Practice Diary: The Escher Quartet

Practice Diary: violist Rachel Roberts

Practice Diary: violinist Yuri Zhislin

Practice Diary: violinist-violist Yura Lee