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Premium ❘ ArticleFebruary 2023: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the February 2023 issue
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts February 2023: Wiseman Pyramid cello case
A uniquely shaped case designed for stability
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts February 2023: Corelli Solea violin strings
Two new tensions for an established range
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts February 2023: Müsing carbon fibre double bass bow
A new bow with the future in mind
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Premium ❘ Article‘A preposterous suggestion’ - Letters to the editor: February 2023
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: February 2023 issue
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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: February 2023
This month’s competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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Premium ❘ News‘More direct than sentimental’ - Premiere of the Month: In memory of
A string quartet that tackles a profound topic
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Premium ❘ Focus‘Cut the Stradivari cord’ - Opinion
Luthier Paris Andrew argues that, rather than copying Antonio Stradivari models, makers should study other beautiful instruments that exist
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Premium ❘ Feature‘Fancy a tea party with Grieg?’: From the archive: January 1913
The pseudonymous ‘Lancastrian’ (Dr William Hardman) interviews virtuoso violinist Adolph Brodsky
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Jack Liebeck on Bruch Violin Concerto no.1
Thoughts on sound, colour, phrasing and interpretation of the first movement from British violinist Jack Liebeck
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: How I set up a violin making workshop during the pandemic
Ian McWilliams explains how he set up a summer violin making workshop near the German capital
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: how to play chords
How to tackle multi-stopped passages with more confidence, musicality and alacrity with Pavel Berman
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Premium ❘ Feature‘We’ve actually outgrown the space’ - My Space: James Hanson
Take a look inside the Beautiful Music Violin Shop in Lawrence, Kansas, US
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Premium ❘ Focus‘Know the rules before you break them’ - Matt Haimovitz’s life lessons
The US cellist on how a disciplined early approach enabled him to embrace the possibilities of new experiences
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Esther Yoo on Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto Third Movement
Esther Yoo imagines a ballroom of swirling summer dancers and secret trysts as she talks through the sparkling third movement of this magical work
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Premium ❘ FocusA birthday celebration: Postcard from Barcelona
Carlos María Solare visited the stylish Catalan capital for a slice of string quartet heaven
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Making a soundpost jig
A useful device to help luthiers cut a soundpost to its correct length, and to make its top and bottom angles
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: an 1810 violin by Nicolas Lupot
John Dilworth examines an instrument by the French maker
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A c.1920 double bass by Cesare Candi
René Zaal examines the 20th-century instrument
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Scale and arpeggio practice
Violinist Andrea Gajic gives hints and tips on practising scales and arpeggios