All Regulars articles – Page 21
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Premium ❘ Focus‘It has to be connected to your soul’ - Nobuko Imai on Mozart Symphony no.40
The Japanese violist recalls how playing Mozart’s Symphony no.40 under Pablo Casals proved a life-changing experience
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Making a cello and bass mould
A lightweight design for an adaptable method of working
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: Artistic licence and the ‘true violin’
Is our understanding of violin history too heavily influenced by the old Italians?
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A c.1900 violin by Raffo Cipriani
Ernst Fuchs looks at the Italian maker’s late-period instrument
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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: October 2022
This month’s competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis October 2022: ‘Russia has control over the Siberian bow hair and isn’t moving much out’
Everything from Covid-19 to the ongoing situation in Russia has created a perfect storm for suppliers of good violin bow hair
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Premium ❘ ArticleOctober 2022: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the October 2022 issue
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Premium ❘ Article‘My prayers have finally been answered’: Letters to the editor October 2022
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: October 2022 issue
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts October 2022: Wiseman Professional wooden case
A bare wood violin and viola case focused on security and affordability
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts October 2022: Pirastro Evah Pirazzi Gold steel viola strings
A new set for viola on the range’s 10th anniversary
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts October 2022: Schilbach carpenter’s square
The new square is made of aluminium and features lasered markings
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Premium ❘ Focus‘A perfect balance between competition and festival’ - Postcard from Bordeaux Quartet Competition
Charlotte Gardner reports from a newly reinvigorated and audience-friendly Vibre! Bordeaux festival and International String Quartet Competition
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Gluing the C-bouts using a Cremonese mould
An alternative method for this part of the process, which may be more authentic than the standard procedure
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Premium ❘ Focus‘I believe in contributing to a team of players, rather than just blending in’ - Carmine Lauri’s life lessons
The co-leader of the London Symphony Orchestra on growing up in a musical family in Malta and the importance of keeping one’s individuality
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Premium ❘ FeatureStraight lines within the arches of Stradivaris and Guarneris - Making Matters: Straight talking
Andrew Ryan investigates the presence of regular straight lines within the arches of the top and back in the instruments of Stradivari and Guarneri ‘del Gesù’
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: How learning a language can inform musical practice
Naomi Yandell’s efforts to learn a language using Duolingo have inspired her to rethink the way she teaches her own students, particularly with regard to repetitive practice
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Premium ❘ Feature‘The building was a lampshade factory and still retains its industrial character’ - My Space: Mechthild Ossenbrunner
The luthier takes us on a tour of her and her husband’s Cologne workshop
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Cello warm-ups - the bow arm
Cellist Mats Lidström discusses how to prepare the whole body for efficient, time-saving repertoire practice
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Hummel Sonata op.5 no.3 for Piano and Viola
Violist Tabea Zimmermann offers her advice on how to practise this playful, virtuosic work
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1932 tenor viola by Jacint Pinto
Jordi Pinto examines an unusual tenor viola made by his own great-uncle, Jacint Pinto