All Regulars articles – Page 12
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Opinion: The pros and cons of backing tracks
Naomi Yandell argues that while backing tracks are a useful learning tool, they create an experience gap that needs bridging
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Trade Secrets: Replicating peg shapes without a copying lathe
A device for maintaining the same shape and diameter of instrument pegs during the carving process
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Masterclass: Fauré Violin Sonata no.1 in A major, first movement
Violinist Fenella Humphreys discovers the intricate patterns that make up a work full of colour and contrast, and how their interplay shapes performance
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In Focus: An 1819 David Stirrat violin
David Rattray examines an instrument by the Edinburgh maker
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Analysis June 2023: Concerts for neurodiverse audiences
Ensembles and venues are increasingly programming concerts designed for neurodiverse audiences – and concertgoers young and old are responding positively
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Masterclass: Leila Josefowicz on Berg Violin Concerto Second Movement - part 2
In the second of two articles, Leila Josefowicz discusses the Adagio of the second movement, in the context of the Viennese School and the Neue Sachlichkeit era
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Auction Report June 2023: The Rosenberg Collection
The collection of London-based dealer Norman Rosenberg provided a boost in interest and activity at London’s spring sales, as Kevin MacDonald reports
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‘He helped ignite my ambition’ - Antje Weithaas’s life lessons
The German violinist on the art of teaching and the importance of authenticity
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Trade Secrets: Repairing a broken bow head
A less invasive and more reversible version of a well-known repair method
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‘Like Frankenstein’s monster being jolted to life’ - Premiere of the Month: Living dead
Laurence Osborn’s new work TOMB! will be premiered by12 Ensemble and GBSR Duo
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Bow maker James Tubbs - From the archive: June 1913
Towry Piper gives an account of the life and work of London bow maker James Tubbs (below), still going strong at the age of 78
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June 2023: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the June 2023 issue
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‘Brava, Myra!’ - Letters to the editor: June 2023
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: June 2023 issue
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Products June 2023: Thomastik Dynamo strings
A set designed to offer everything a violinist could want
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Sentimental Work: Antoine Tamestit on Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante
The French violist has performed Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante with a host of violinist, but the second movement still packs an emotional punch
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‘Violin playing is important in Cypriot culture’ - My Space: Michalis Pantelides
The Cypriot violin maker takes us round his well-appointed workshop in the capital, Nicosia
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Opinion: A case for depping
The art of deputising may be one of the scariest things a musician can do, but it’s a skill that can benefit all players, says cellist Davina Shum
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Masterclass: Leila Josefowicz on Berg Violin Concerto Second Movement - part 1
ln the first of two articles, Leila Josefowicz explores ideas of feverishness, hallucination, death and resurrection in the second movement of a great 20th-century concerto