All Regulars articles – Page 23
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis February 2024: The state of music education training
With dwindling numbers of people training to be music teachers in England, what can be done to encourage more interest in the music education sector?
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Preparing the neck-block on a violin before scroll carving
Katharina Neumüller presents an efficient, accurate method for the earlier parts of neck carving, before working on the scroll
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Premium ❘ NewsPremiere of the Month: Oscar Jockel’s new work for string orchestra
A work in search of a sound, which will premiere on 29 January
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Premium ❘ Focus‘I had to be tamed’ - Johannes Pramsohler’s life lessons
The Italian violinist on his journey to becoming a Baroque specialist and the benefits of having a range of influences
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Premium ❘ ArticleFebruary 2024: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the February 2024 issue
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Premium ❘ Article‘Venture forth into unexplored worlds’ - Letters to the editor: February 2024
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: February 2024 issue
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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: February 2024
The latest competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts February 2024: Kremer Pigmente Aloe Resin Socotra
The new resin gives varnishes a yellowish hue
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts February 2024: Double2 LED stand light
A double stand light designed for reliability and consistency
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts February 2024: XO Stringcase for violin
As much an accessory as a safe place for your instrument
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Half-edging with a router
William Szott presents a quick way to fit a new piece of wood to a block area
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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Ophélie Gaillard on Bloch’s Schelomo
Learning Bloch’s Schelomo was like a baptism of fire for the French cellist – but as well as the technical challenges, it gave an eye-opening perspective on how music can make you feel
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1925 violin by Giuseppe Del Lungo
Michele Mecatti looks at the Italian maker’s early 20th-century instrument
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Bow distribution
Violinist Alda Dizdari’s thoughts on teaching bow distribution
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: Adjusting instrument necks for teenage players’ growing hands
Bow maker Bernd Müsing believes that widening violin and viola necks could help young players, especially teenage boys, who find that there is no longer enough space between the strings for their growing fingertips
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: G.B. Ceruti’s restoration of a violin with worm damage
Luiz Amorim examines an intriguing c.1800 violin by G.B. Ceruti containing wood that appears to have been restored following worm damage – by the maker himself
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Dmitry Sitkovetsky on Mozart Violin Concerto no.5 first movement
Violinist and conductor Dmitry Sitkovetsky uncovers a wealth of brilliant concepts in this masterpiece and demonstrates how an awareness of the whole is what brings a performance to life
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Premium ❘ FocusAuction Report January 2024: A generous offering
A Brothers Amati violin, another by a lesser-known Guadagnini and a cello by ‘the father of the piano’ all made waves at the London sales, as Kevin MacDonald reports
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Premium ❘ Focus‘Everyone has something that makes them special’ - Carolin Widmann’s life lessons
The German violinist speaks about finding your own path and classical music’s way forward
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Premium ❘ FeatureMy Space: Martin Kuhn’s Diessenhofen workshop
Peek into the maker’s workshop located in a small Swiss village
