All Regulars articles – Page 5
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts December 2025: D’Addario Micro Rechargeable Tuner for violin and viola
The tuner features a multi-colour display and fast pitch response
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts December 2025: Müsing L Series viola, cello and bass bows
The company has completed its L series with three new bows
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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Krysia Osostowicz on Shostakovich’s String Quartet no.15
For the British violinist, Shostakovich’s String Quartet no.15 calls to mind a moving Menuhin rehearsal and her initiation into the Brodsky Quartet
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Premium ❘ Feature‘Paganini came up to me gesticulating violently’ - From the archive: November 1905
Author Stephen S. Stratton recounts how a generous gift from Nicolò Paganini revitalised the ailing career of Hector Berlioz
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Brahms Violin Concerto, second movement
The feeling of rhetoric and a stream of consciousness must be represented when approaching this movement, says violinist Liza Ferschtman
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Premium ❘ FeatureMy Space: Vinay Murali’s Chendamangalam workshop
The maker gives us a tour of his workshop in India
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: Duets as a teaching tool
Cellist and teacher Naomi Yandell outlines the reasons why duet playing is an essential tool in one-to-one instrumental teaching
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Premium ❘ Focus‘Positivity goes a much longer way than negativity’ - Melissa White’s life lessons
The American violinist on having inspirational tutors, the power of positivity and the need for risk-taking
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Quartet playing from the violist’s perspective
Alan George examines the techniques of chamber music playing from the violist’s seat
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: Infrared reflectography in restoration
Luiz Amorim demonstrates how infrared reflectography can be used in violin restoration, as a non-invasive method for diagnosing problems
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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from Idaho: Sun Valley Music Festival
The Sun Valley Music Festival is a unique experience where visitors can hear free concerts performed by first-rate musicians in a beautiful setting, as Emma Baker discovered
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Home-made tools for violin making
A range of innovative implements made by hand from carbon steels and high-speed steels
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1705 violin by Antonio Maria Lavazza
Claudio Amighetti examines an instrument by the little-known maker
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis November 2025: Youth orchestra engagement programmes
Youth orchestras in the US have come a long way in recent years, with all manner of engagement programmes helping young musicians discover their potential
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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from California: Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival
Davina Shum travelled to California’s Silicon Valley to sample the intense creative atmosphere of the chamber music festival and educational programme Music@Menlo
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts November 2025: Violin Factory Education ABS Violin
A plastic violin designed to make early learning more efficient and affordable
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts November 2025: D’Andrea String Cleaner
A new product to remove build-up on violin and viola strings
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts November 2025: Arcofrog Zipline
Arcofrog’s new product helps with perpendicular bowing in beginners
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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Rosalind Ventris on Elgar’s Violin Concerto
Early recordings of Elgar’s Violin Concerto opened up a new world of expressive possibilities for the British violist – despite her never having played it
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