All Regulars articles – Page 61
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FocusNathan Meltzer: Life Lessons
The up-and-coming US violinist on his early years in Austria and summertime chamber music by the sea
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FeatureSentimental Work: Steven Isserlis
Beethoven’s Cello Sonata no.4 was the gateway the British cellist needed to understand the myriad delights and complexities of the composer’s work
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Premium ❘ ArticleJune 2020: Welcome
The Strad’s editor Charlotte Smith introduces the June 2020 issue
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Premium ❘ ArticleSoundpost: Letters to the Editor June 2020
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: June 2020 issue
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Premium ❘ NewsAnalysis June 2020: Secondary research
Musicians are becoming increasingly aware of the environmental cost of cutting down ebony and maple, even as stocks of top-quality wood are dwindling. What are the alternatives?
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Premium ❘ ArticleAuction report: June 2020
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, sales continued at the London auction houses in March. Kevin MacDonald gives a tour of the highlights
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ArticleProducts June 2020: Violin case
By housing the bow in a separate case, German manufacturer Masuratini’s violin cases are designed to offer players a better chance of flying with their instrument as cabin baggage. The handmade ABS-shell cases (without bow) measure from 63 x 25 x 13cm and are available in a ...
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ArticleProducts June 2020: Student violin
Yamaha’s YVN Model 3 student violin outfit is now available in 1/2 and 3/4 sizes. With a ‘press-formed’ spruce top that uses less wood than some traditional factory-made violins, the instrument is designed to offer some of the tonal warmth of a carved instrument with additional durability ...
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ArticleProducts June 2020: Digital mapping system
Bridging the gap between acoustic instruments and digital sound design
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DebateOpinion: The long and short of it
Using short bows when teaching beginner string players is a useful practice that should be more widespread, writes cellist Naomi Yandell
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A c.1930 violin by Annibalotto Fagnola
Philip Brown examines an instrument by the Turin violin maker
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Lengthening a violin neck
An alternative to performing a neck graft, without the need for making a replacement
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: Pearls of wisdom
One of the most mysterious parts of bow making is the production of mother-of-pearl slides and eyes. John Matthews provides a guide to the process, and explains why ormer is the best shell to use
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Henri Demarquette on Franck’s Violin Sonata (Cello Version)
The cellist looks at the conflicts of French atmosphere and German Romanticism in the first and second movements
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Scales for violists
A system specifically for the viola, which has not been adapted from violin alternatives
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Premium ❘ FeatureFrom the Archive: June 1910
An anonymous reader remonstrates with The Strad for characterising Marie Hall (below) as the first female violinist of the modern era
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FocusClassical routes: Postcard from Havana
The annual La Ruta de Mozart festival presents the composer’s complete string quartets in a day of celebration at open-air locations around the city of Havana. Chloe Cutts attended this year’s edition
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FeatureSentimental Work: Maxim Vengerov
The First Violin Concerto by Shostakovich brings back memories of the Russian violinist’s first meeting with Mstislav Rostropovich – an encounter that blossomed into firm friendship
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FocusRachel Podger: Life Lessons
Learn to question received wisdom and keep an open mind, says the acclaimed Baroque violinist
