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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Cutting the f-holes
The traditional method adopted by the luthiers of the old Mirecourt school
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Premium ❘ Focus‘What we do is a miraculous connection to others’ - Peter Sheppard Skærved’s life lessons
The British violinist on a musician’s duty and the importance of community
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: How a performing career and teaching work hand in hand
Can performers sustain their own careers while also teaching students at a high level? Violinist Irina Rostomashvili believes it is not only possible, but essential
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A c.1690 violin by Giovanni Maria del Bussetto
Aidan Mullerkin examines the elusive maker’s instrument
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis December 2025: How will AI transform the music industry?
When ChatGPT launched in November 2022, few people realised the seismic effect it would have on the creative industries – least of all musicians. What could the worst-case scenario be?
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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from Canada: Banff International String Quartet Competition
At the Banff International String Quartet Competition, Rita Fernandes heard some of today’s top young ensembles, each with its own personality
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts December 2025: Larsen Il Cannone Silver violin strings
A shiny new addition to the Il Cannone line
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts December 2025: D’Addario Micro Rechargeable Tuner for violin and viola
The tuner features a multi-colour display and fast pitch response
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts December 2025: Müsing L Series viola, cello and bass bows
The company has completed its L series with three new bows
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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Krysia Osostowicz on Shostakovich’s String Quartet no.15
For the British violinist, Shostakovich’s String Quartet no.15 calls to mind a moving Menuhin rehearsal and her initiation into the Brodsky Quartet
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Premium ❘ Feature‘Paganini came up to me gesticulating violently’ - From the archive: November 1905
Author Stephen S. Stratton recounts how a generous gift from Nicolò Paganini revitalised the ailing career of Hector Berlioz
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: Duets as a teaching tool
Cellist and teacher Naomi Yandell outlines the reasons why duet playing is an essential tool in one-to-one instrumental teaching
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Premium ❘ FeatureMy Space: Vinay Murali’s Chendamangalam workshop
The maker gives us a tour of his workshop in India
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Brahms Violin Concerto, second movement
The feeling of rhetoric and a stream of consciousness must be represented when approaching this movement, says violinist Liza Ferschtman
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Premium ❘ Focus‘Positivity goes a much longer way than negativity’ - Melissa White’s life lessons
The American violinist on having inspirational tutors, the power of positivity and the need for risk-taking
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Quartet playing from the violist’s perspective
Alan George examines the techniques of chamber music playing from the violist’s seat
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: Infrared reflectography in restoration
Luiz Amorim demonstrates how infrared reflectography can be used in violin restoration, as a non-invasive method for diagnosing problems
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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from Idaho: Sun Valley Music Festival
The Sun Valley Music Festival is a unique experience where visitors can hear free concerts performed by first-rate musicians in a beautiful setting, as Emma Baker discovered
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Home-made tools for violin making
A range of innovative implements made by hand from carbon steels and high-speed steels
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1705 violin by Antonio Maria Lavazza
Claudio Amighetti examines an instrument by the little-known maker
