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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Ilya Gringolts on Dvořák’s Romance in F minor
The Romance in F minor for violin and orchestra was the first piece by Dvořák that the Russian-born violinist ever played – and a passport into the composer’s unique harmonic sound world
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Premium ❘ Feature‘Half-hearted work is no use’ - From the archive: December 1893
Violin professor John Tiplady Carrodus (1836–95) exhorts students to show the same commitment to their craft that he did when he was a boy
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Erik Schumann on the Haydn ‘Sunrise’ Quartet, first movement
Erik Schumann, first violinist of the Schumann Quartet, looks at how a good structural understanding of the work’s first movement can lead to a more profound interpretation
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Premium ❘ FeatureMy Space: Gianmaria Stelzer’s Zurich workshop
Take a peek into this workshop located in the Swiss city’s cultural quarter
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Premium ❘ NewsPremiere of the month: Ailbhe McDonagh on her new string quartet
Irish folklore comes to life in a new quartet, which will be premiere on 6 December
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Premium ❘ Focus‘No one needs a second Heifetz, we need you’ - Philippe Quint’s life lessons
The Russian-born US violinist on his complex musical upbringing and the power of self-reflection
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: Using local materials for violin making
Dutch luthier Geerten Verberkmoes details the process of making a violin using local materials from his home town of Bergen op Zoom, between October 2022 and May 2023
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: How improvisation can help with perfectionism
Having discovered a love of improvisation during the pandemic, cellist Simone Seales believes that the practice can free classically trained musicians from a typically unhealthy fear of imperfection
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1909 violin by James W. Briggs
David Rattray looks at this early twentieth-century violin by the British maker
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Dvořák Cello Concerto first movement
Cellist Hannah Roberts looks to subtlety and nuance in the quest to communicate this titan of the repertoire with mastery
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Comfortable double bass playing
Finding effortless ways to play with bassist Yung-Chiao Wei
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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from Switzerland: Verbier Festival
Charlotte Gardner headed to the Swiss Alps for the Verbier Festival’s 30th-anniversary season where she was doubly dazzled by the combination of star players and the quality of the music-making
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis December 2023: Testing graded music exams in Italy
How much difference do graded music exams make to students’ performance in schools? A study in Italy has been attempting to find out
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Torleif Thedéen on the Lalo Cello Concerto
Cellist Torleif Thedéen discusses how to give a rhythmic, characterful performance of the first movement of this often-neglected work
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Preparing a two-piece violin top
An accurate method for sawing and preparing tonewood before the main process of carving the plate
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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: December 2023
This month’s competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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Premium ❘ Article‘Our viola group was special’ - Letters to the editor: December 2023
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: December 2023 issue
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts December 2023: Instrumagic cello endpin
A cello endpin bejewelled for a more powerful sound
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts December 2023: Jargar Evoke cello strings
A new cello set for the company’s existing Evoke range
