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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from Genoa: Premio Paganini Competition
Janet Banks visited north-west Italy for the finals of the 58th Premio Paganini Competition, where three young violinists contended for the top prize and a chance to play the famous ‘Il Cannone’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts February 2026: Fiedler Cases Carbonmetal cello endpins
A new endpin combines both carbon fibre and metal
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts February 2026: OldWood string cleaner
A string cleaner to keep your instrument in good condition
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts February 2026: Alfredo Clemente Clementino shoulder rest
A foam shoulder rest made for freedom of movement
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Premium ❘ FeatureDiscovering a Stradivari and Guarneri - From the archive: January 1896
John Tiplady Carrodus died in 1895. Violin dealer David Laurie recalls how he discovered a Stradivari and Guarneri that he sold to the renowned violinist
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Premium ❘ FeatureMy Space: Jordan Lambert’s Tahiti workshop
The luthier presents his shop in ’Ātihā, Mo’orea
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Premium ❘ Focus‘It always comes back to listening to others’ - Alasdair Tait’s life lessons
The Scottish cellist and chief executive of Young Classical Artists Trust on communication and creativity
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: Creating a musical environment
Suzuki pedagogue Helen Brunner considers the importance of preparing the environment for young learners, and why we should surround our children with music from the start
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Beethoven Violin Sonata no.10, op.96, first movement
Simplicity is the challenge in this peaceful, pastoral movement, creating an image of Beethoven at one with nature, says violinist Lena Neudauer
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Extending the reach of metal F-clamps
Making wooden jaws for a lighter, safer long-reach clamping alternative
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Double bass spiccato
Gaelen McCormick offers tips on teaching the technique on double bass
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis January 2026: The plight of UK recording studios
An industry body has launched a campaign to help the UK’s recording studios, which have been hard hit by the cost-of-living crisis. What can be done to sustain them?
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: 1821 violin by Carl Nicolaus Sawicki
Wolfhart Schuster examines an instrument by the Polish maker
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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Timothy Ridout on Brahms’s Viola Sonata no.2
Learning Brahms’s Viola Sonata no.2 in E flat major was a revelation for the British violist – with the help of 17 different recordings from his teacher
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: How to make a big-sounding viola for smaller players
Maj-Lisa Herzberg presents her innovative solution to the question of how to build a big-sounding viola for a small person
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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from Munich: Hindemith International Viola Competition
Carlos María Solare reports from the wide-ranging and eventful second edition of the Hindemith International Viola Competition
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts January 2026: Gewa Wittner Float on Air System
A rest system designed for better sound and maximum adjustability
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts January 2026: Pirastro Perpetual Stark A and E Double Bass Strings
Pirastro completes the Stark version of the Perpetual double bass range
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts January 2026: Guardelli Sound Modulator
A new product to help eliminate wolf notes
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: how to care for your bow hair
Musicians might not realise how important the quality and condition of their bow hair can be. Canisa Sie gives a guide to caring for this vital part of a string player’s arsenal
