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ArticleSoundpost: Letters to the Editor January 2020
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: January 2020 issue
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Opinion: Managing a good ending
When a child wants to stop instrumental lessons, teachers have a duty to bring matters to a positive close, argues violin teacher Celia Cobb
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Sentimental Work: Linus Roth
Weinberg’s Violin Concerto is a work of passionate intensity, as the German violinist found – even though he hadn’t encountered the composer until eight years ago
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From the Archive: December 1909
The pseudonymous ‘L.H.W.’ gives his thoughts on teaching, in an article he might himself call ‘profuse and extravagant in expression’
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Technique: Teaching rhythm and bowing to beginners
How to inspire very young musicians to learn new cello playing skills
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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
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Making Matters: a phoenix from the ashes
Luthier Shlomo Moyal explains how he restored a 1685 viola da gamba that had been almost destroyed, in a project that took a whole year of patient reconstruction
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Trade Secrets: Flattening planes
A sadly necessary task for all luthiers, which should have been taken care of by the manufacturer in the first place
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In focus: an 1819 violin by David Stirrat
David Rattray examines an instrument by the Edinburgh maker
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New Products: December 2019
Stradpet titanium tailpiece; Cello Gard foldable cello stand; Musafia case caddy
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Analysis: Brain training
Can learning a musical instrument have a positive effect on a child’s mental health? Players and teachers give their thoughts on the psychological benefits for young people, as Peter Somerford finds out
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Soundpost: Letters to the Editor
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: December 2019 issue
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December 2019: Welcome
The Strad’s editor Charlotte Smith introduces the December 2019 issue
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Sentimental Work: Alisa Weilerstein on Mozart’s Don Giovanni
The climactic scene between Don Giovanni and the Commendatore was the American cellist’s bedtime listening for years – and has stayed with her for even longer
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November 2019: Welcome
The Strad’s editor Charlotte Smith introduces the November 2019 issue
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Soundpost: Letters to The Strad
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: November 2019 issue
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Competitions and Award Winners: November
Chinese violinist Ming Liu , 24, has won China’s Harbin International Music Competition . She receives $50,000. Liu studied at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music with Vera Tsu Weiling. Second prize went to Sinying Chan, 22, from Hong Kong, and third prize to Haram Kim, 21, from South Korea. ...
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New Products: November 2019
Carbon-Klang ‘Elena’ hybrid violin; D’Addario Kaplan; Schilbach parallel micro-clamp
