All Regulars articles – Page 37
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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
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Teaching collé
Marcos Santos, teacher at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, on how to work on this short, articulated bow stroke to improve students’ overall bow control and sound
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Memory and mental practice from violinist William Herzog
Techniques to help you learn music off by heart and protect against memory slips. From December 2020
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis September 2022: ‘It’s not about transforming your school overnight; this is going to take time’
As the UK’s National Plan for Music Education is unveiled, questions still remain about the amount of funding behind the initiative, as well as the number of trained teachers. By Peter Somerford
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Premium ❘ Focus‘The atmosphere was exceptionally energetic and full of excitement’ - Postcard from the Sibelius Violin Competition
Kare Eskola reports from Helsinki on 2022’s emotionally charged International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition, the first to take place for seven years
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Premium ❘ Feature‘Begin with some finger push-ups’ - Technique: Left-hand finger independence
How to build strength and flexibility for a truly agile left hand with Adriana LaRosa Ransom, professor of cello and string project director at Illinois State University, US
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Premium ❘ Feature‘The system proceeded upon was in every way unsatisfactory’ - From the archive: September 1922
Author and expert Towry Piper condemns a recent blind-testing experiment for old and new violins, giving his own opinion on why such endeavours are doomed to failure
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Premium ❘ Focus‘Some of the most otherworldly violin lines I can imagine’ - Jack Liebeck on Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto no.1
Prokofiev’s First Violin Concerto provided some early inspiration for the British violinist – as well as a crash course in some fast, efficient playing
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Premium ❘ ArticleSeptember 2022: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the September 2022 issue
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Premium ❘ Article‘Centuries ago, Stradivari had no idea ivory would be subject to legal issues’: Letters to the editor September 2022
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: September 2022 issue
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts September 2022: Dolfinos chin and shoulder rest
A chin and shoulder rest system receives a lightweight makeover
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts September 2022: BAM Youngster violin case
The range has been updated to fit 1/8- and 1/4-size instruments
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts September 2022: D’Addario hypoallergenic rosin
A rosin designed to avoid allergic reactions
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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: September 2022
This month’s competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Making a Baroque cello bridge
A method that allows the luthier to create their own design rather than rely on a pre-cut template
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: A teenage cellist on spreading the love for classical music
Megan Clarke, a 16-year-old cellist in the National Youth Orchestra, is on a mission to communicate her love of classical music to other young people
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Premium ❘ Feature‘Free and ringing, never forced’ - Technique: Developing bow control for improved tone
Violist Martin Outram on mix of exercises to help you draw out sound actively and attentively with the right hand
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: How six bow makers crafted a bow in three days
Making a bow in three days is a tall order for anyone – but for six bow makers together? Pierre Nehr explains how April’s ‘Bow Rush’ event in Paris became an educational experience for all concerned
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Creating sound from the imagination
Iagoba Fanlo, professor of cello at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Aragón and Alfonso X El Sabio University in Spain, on daily practice tools to help you realise your inner musical vision on your instrument
