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Premium ❘ FeatureMy Space: Nurgül Çomak’s Istanbul workshop
The Turkish maker presents her workshop in the cosmopolitan city
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: Smoke treatment in Stradivari's instruments
Did Stradivari apply a smoke treatment to his tonewood before starting an instrument? Joseph Nagyvary argues that he did, and examines how the process could benefit luthiers today
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Premium ❘ FeatureTales of bassist Domenico Dragonetti - From the archive: March 1906
To mark the 60th anniversary of the death of Domenico Dragonetti, The Strad recalls some incidents from the legendary Italian bassist’s life
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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Mihaela Martin on the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
For the Romanian violinist and pedagogue, learning the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor was a formative experience, and one that all students should have the chance to enjoy
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Premium ❘ Focus‘The spirit of debate is extremely important in a quartet’ - Edward Dusinberre’s life lessons
The British violinist on developing your own voice and putting things in perspective
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Beethoven String Quartet no.11 op.95 ‘Serioso’, first movement
This whirlwind movement represents a turbulent time in the composer’s life, evident in the work’s relentless momentum and extreme characters, says Ariel Quartet cellist Amit Even-Tov
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Even split, even grain
A simple method for joining plates with even grain orientation
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: why string players should pay attention to large muscle groups
Fleet fingers may be the ultimate goal for string players, but it’s the larger muscle groups that form the foundations of solid technique, says cellist Davina Shum
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A c.1880–90 viola by Enrico Marchetti
Sean Bishop examines the late-nineteenth-century instrument
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis March 2026: Persistent issues with secondary ticketing
As secondary ticketing websites continue to rake in vast profits, a group of affected parties are calling on the EU to take action at long last
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Integrating improvisation into your daily practice
Swedish violist Henrik Frendin on how to add the technique to your everyday playing
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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from Geneva: Concours de Genève viola competition
At the 2025 Concours de Genève, which marked the viola’s return to the competition after two decades, Rita Fernandes discovered the unique artistic personalities of the new generation
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts March 2026: Pirastro KorfkerSpring chin rest
A new chin rest designed for flexibility and adjustability
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts March 2026: Swiss Wood Solutions Sonowood pegs
Four sustainable materials are available
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts March 2026: Thomastik-Infeld Rondo Gold viola strings
The range has now extended to include the viola
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: thoughts on up- and down-bow staccato
Miclen LaiPang shares tips on the often-notorious technique
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: an expert team varnishes a copy of the ‘Farina’ Montagnana cello
Mark Schnurr looks back at the process of varnishing a copy of the 1730 ‘Farina’ Montagnana cello at the 2024 Oberlin Violin Making Workshop
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: An 1822 violin by Georges Chanot I
Jonathan Marolle examines the French maker’s early instrument
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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Orin O’Brien on Stravinsky’s ballet Orpheus
Playing the score for Stravinsky’s ballet Orpheus was a formative experience for the American double bassist in the years before she joined the New York Philharmonic
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Premium ❘ FeatureYsaÿe recounts his WW1 exile - From the archive: February 1916
Belgian violinist Eugène Ysaÿe, living in exile in London during World War I, tells writer B. Henderson how he escaped from his homeland in 1914
