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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis November 2025: Youth orchestra engagement programmes
Youth orchestras in the US have come a long way in recent years, with all manner of engagement programmes helping young musicians discover their potential
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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from California: Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival
Davina Shum travelled to California’s Silicon Valley to sample the intense creative atmosphere of the chamber music festival and educational programme Music@Menlo
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts November 2025: Violin Factory Education ABS Violin
A plastic violin designed to make early learning more efficient and affordable
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts November 2025: D’Andrea String Cleaner
A new product to remove build-up on violin and viola strings
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts November 2025: Arcofrog Zipline
Arcofrog’s new product helps with perpendicular bowing in beginners
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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Rosalind Ventris on Elgar’s Violin Concerto
Early recordings of Elgar’s Violin Concerto opened up a new world of expressive possibilities for the British violist – despite her never having played it
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: Differences in set-up between classical and jazz bass
It might be underappreciated how much the set-up of the double bass differs between classical and jazz playing. László Nemessányi presents a checklist of the major differences
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Premium ❘ Feature‘Promenade Concerts have adhered closely to the beaten track’ - From the archive: October 1935
In his monthly ‘Radio Notes’ column, Reid Stewart bemoans the current state of the Proms and the programming habits of the BBC (which had taken them over in 1927)
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Dvořák Romance in F minor op.11
Violinist Grace Park examines ways of creating nuance and variety in this seemingly simple piece, which is imbued with folk elements characteristic of Dvořák’s heritage
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Exploring pizzicato techniques
Violinist Tomás Cotik on the broad range of pizzicato techniques available to string players
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: An 1895 double bass by Vincenzo Postiglione
Luigi Sisto examines the late 19th-century instrument
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: How to navigate competitions
Lucie Robert, violinist and professor at the Manhattan School of Music, offers sage advice to young string players planning to step on to the competition path
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Premium ❘ Focus‘A musician cannot exist without an audience’ - Nemanja Radulović’s life lessons
The Serbian–French violinist on going deeper into the music and remaining true to yourself
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Custom crack-levelling clamps made with 3D printing
A new way to glue cracks without the aid of a mould
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis October 2025: Resources for disabled, D/deaf and neurodivergent musicians
With the UK’s Paraorchestra winning Ensemble of the Year at the 2025 RPS Awards, what resources are there for musicians who identify as disabled, D/deaf or neurodivergent?
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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from Japan: Sendai International Music Competition
Rita Fernandes encountered exceptional performances but unexpected results at the ninth Sendai International Music Competition
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts October 2025: For-Tune Strings Charm X violin strings
New strings extend the original range’s characteristics
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts October 2025: Forte3D cello with painted top
The carbon fibre cello is now available with alternative designs
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Premium ❘ FeatureMy Space: Wiebke Lüders’ Voss workshop
Take a look at the maker’s Norwegian workshop
