All review articles
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ReviewBook review: From the Stage to the Studio: How Fine Musicians Become Great Teachers
Philippa Bunting reviews the second edition of Cornelia Watkins’ and Laurie Scott’s treatise on music education
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ReviewBook review: Da Spalla: How violinists can find their unique voice and open new career opportunities in 14 days
Laurence Vittes reads luthier Dmitry Badiarov’s account of the history of the ‘arm cello’ and how he became interested in bringing them back to the modern world
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ReviewBook review: Tourte
Philip Kass reviews the long-awaited volume on the most important bow maker who ever lived
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ReviewBook review: Maud Powell: Pioneer American Violinist
Tully Potter reviews the second edition of this landmark biography of the legendary US violinist
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ReviewBook review: Two Violins, One Viola, a Cello and Me
Anne Inglis reviews the memoir of classical music agent Sonia Simmenauer, and her encounters with string quartets over the years
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ReviewBook review: Chaconne Handbook I–II
Robin Stowell reviews Márta Ábrahám’s treatise on the famed Chaconne, another in her series of discussions of Bach masterpieces
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ReviewBook review: Double Bass Basics
Eloise Riddell reviews Paul Harris and Jessica O’Leary’s new book in their beginner string series, this time aimed at bass players
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ReviewBook review: The Cello, How It Works
Anne Inglis reviews Michael J. Pagliaro’s book, the latest in a series on the workings of musical instruments
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ReviewBook review: The Parramon Tenor Viola
Philip Brown reviews Jordi Pinto’s book about an unusual instrument from the early 20th century
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ReviewBook review: The Handy Double Bassist: Maintenance, adjustments and minor repairs for the non-luthier
Double bass maker Mitch Moehring reads Arnold Schnitzer’s book for players on looking after their instrument
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ReviewBook review: Highway Cello
Ruth Hallows reviews cellist Kenneth Wilson’s account of cycling from the UK to Rome with his instrument in tow
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ReviewBook review: If You Only Knew: The Autobiography of violinist David Garrett
Tully Potter reviews the memoir of superstar violinist David Garrett
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ReviewBook review: Cool Beans
Davina Shum reviews the latest collection of duets for string players from Celia Cobb and Naomi Yandell
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ReviewBook review: The Cello Still Sings: A Generational Story of the Holocaust and of the Transformative Power of Music
Janet Banks reviews Janet Horvath’s moving biographical tale of her family, the Holocaust and what happened next
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ReviewBook review: The Carlo Bergonzi Violins in Baron Johann Knoop’s Collection
The Carlo Bergonzi Violins in Baron Johann Knoop’s Collection Ed. Andrea Zanrè 112PP ISBN 9788890719455 Edizioni Scrollavezza & Zanrè/Jan Röhrmann €150 The third in this impressive series of violin analysis books is a triumph, filled with fascinating chapters and detailed high-resolution photographs and images from ...
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ReviewBook review: The Creative Worlds of Joseph Joachim
Robin Stowell reviews a collection of papers on the 19th-century violin virtuoso, edited by Valerie Woodring Goertzen and Robert Whitehouse Eshbach
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ReviewBook review: 1 Teaches 2 Learn: Private music teaching and you
Celia Cobb reviews a book (and e-book) filled with interviews and advice from a lifetime of string teaching
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ReviewBook review: Notes for Violists: A Guide to the Repertoire
Carlos Maria Solare reviews David M. Bynog’s latest book, the latest in the Notes for Performers series
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ReviewBook review: Feine und bedeutende Streichinstrumente
Benjamin Hebbert reviews an anthology of instruments by German violin dealer Rudolf Eckstein, witht text in German and English
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ReviewBook review: Sight Reading Strings: A progressive method
Alex Laing reviews a new sightreading method catering for all string players - violin, viola, cello and double bass