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Premium ❘ Focus‘When Mandela asked how I was, I admitted I was nervous’ - Maria Kliegel on Hommage à Nelson M.: Sentimental Work
The German cellist recalls the creation of Hommage à Nelson M., inspired by the life of Nelson Mandela – and the long road to performing it in front of the man himself
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Premium ❘ FeatureMy Space: Martin Krause
The luthier, based in Saarbrücken, Germany, invites us into his workshop
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Mozart String Quartet K428
In the first movement of Mozart’s third ‘Haydn’ quartet Johanna Staemmler, second violinist of the Armida Quartet, discusses the importance of harmony, colour and intellectual complexity
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1766 cello by Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi
Philip Brown looks at the Milanese maker’s mid-century instrument
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Premium ❘ Focus‘It’s not about you; it’s about the music’: Helena Rathbone’s life lessons
The Australian Chamber Orchestra’s British principal violinist considers the pivotal role of chamber music throughout her career
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis August 2022: ‘Teachers and examiners have been very patient, but it’s been frustrating for everyone’
Music teachers and students have recently expressed concerns about the ABRSM, the UK’s leading music examining board. How is it responding to the criticism? By Peter Somerford
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Premium ❘ FocusContending for the crown: Postcard from the 2022 Queen Elisabeth Competition
At the second-ever cello edition of the Queen Elisabeth Competition, twelve world-class cellists competed for the top prize in gruelling finals attended by the Belgian queen herself. Pauline Harding reports
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Premium ❘ ArticleAugust 2022: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the August 2022 issue
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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: August 2022
This month’s competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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Premium ❘ Article‘The simple truth is that Nigel was a one-of-a-kind violinist’: Letters to the editor August 2022
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: August 2022 issue
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Premium ❘ Feature‘Their ensemble is so perfect that no disparity of style is observable’: From the archive: August 1912
Jelly d’Arányi (1893–1966) would become one of the 20th century’s top soloists. The Strad reports on the 19-year-old’s early career, which began as a duo with her sister Adila (1886–1962)
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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Kenneth Sillito
Performing Benjamin Britten’s 1931 String Quartet in D major for the composer was an eye-opening experience for the former leader of the Gabrieli Quartet
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: An 1875 viola by Domenico Degani
Ernst Fuchs details an instrument by the accomplished maker, now best-known as the father of Eugenio Degani
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Franck Violin Sonata (Cello Version)
Preserving energy, planning ahead and prioritising phrasing in every line are key to cellist Antonio Meneses’s interpretation of the fourth movement
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1762 violin by Gennaro Gagliano
Yuri Pochekin examines the Neopolitan maker’s 18th-century instrument
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Premium ❘ FocusHsin-Yun Huang: Life Lessons
The Taiwanese violist on what she learnt from her early years, and her move to the UK’s Yehudi Menuhin School
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Smooth string-crossings
David Gillham, associate professor of violin at the University of British Colombia and string tutor at Domaine Forget, Quebec, Canada, on how to anticipate and execute string-crossings with maximum fluidity and control
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis July 2022: Beyond priceless
Violins by Stradivari and Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ both came up for auction at the beginning of June. Records were expected to be broken – but what is the true value of these instruments? By Peter Somerford
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A c.1680 double bass by Girolamo Amati II
René Zaal details an instrument by the son of the more well-known Nicolò Amati, and the grandson of his namesake Girolamo Amati I
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Premium ❘ FeatureMy Space: Elisa Scrollavezza & Andrea Zanrè
The Parma-based makers take us on a tour of their workplace