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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Julian Rachlin on Shostakovich’s String Quartet no.8
For the Lithuanian violinist, the haunting musical language of Shostakovich’s String Quartet no.8 brings back treasured memories of working with Mstislav Rostropovich
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: a 1759 viola by Petter Hellstedt
Stefan Lindholm examines an instrument by the Swedish maker
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: A platform for gluing a broken button
A method that takes the guesswork and uncertainty out of this challenging repair job
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Premium ❘ NewsPremiere of the Month: Roxanna Panufnik’s new work for strings and voices
Voice and strings combine for a poetic lullaby
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1947 violin by Frantisek Zivec
Matthieu Besseling on the Bohemian maker’s mid-century instrument
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Double bass sound production
Alexandra Scott on starting to free your sound on the double bass
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Premium ❘ Focus‘I imagine dialogues with Schumann and Bartók!’ - Rachel Barton Pine’s life lessons
The US violinist on her unique journey and the importance of keeping artistic integrity
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Dvořák Violin Concerto, first movement
In a work that had a complicated gestation Pavel Šporcl draws on its different influences to celebrate its parts and better understand it as a whole
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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from Montreal: Montreal International Music Competition
Technical level was higher than ever before at the competition, but it was musicianship that really took centre stage, finds Rita Fernandes
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis August 2023: Changing teaching approaches for adult beginners
With an increase in the number of adults taking their first steps in playing, how do teachers adapt their teaching methods to this different discipline?
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Premium ❘ NewsPremiere of the Month: Curtis Stewart on his new piano quintet
Gilded Cage will premiere on 22 July at The Breakers in Newport, US
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Premium ❘ ArticleAugust 2023: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the August 2023 issue
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Premium ❘ Article’A phone call from Frontier Airlines offering a formal apology’ - Letters to the editor: August 2023
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: August 2023 issue
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts August 2023: CodaBow Marquise bass bow
The company’s highest-end bass bow yet
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts August 2023: Larsen ‘Direct & Focused’ violin strings
A new version of an established range
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts August 2023: Arcofrog Tadpoles frog replicas
A frog replica for easy bow hold training
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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: August 2023
This month’s competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: Creating f-hole templates
Luthier Aubrey K. Alexander gives her method for creating f-hole templates using a CNC machine and Fusion 360 design software
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: Rethinking Beethoven’s String Quartet op.135
Norman Werbner argues an intriguing case for a different way of performing Beethoven’s String Quartet op.135
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Premium ❘ Feature‘It gets excellent sunlight’ - My Space: Svend Christensen
A luthier in Kensington, Johannesburg, South Africa
