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NewsStradivarius and the Golden Age of Violins and Guitars: a new exhibition
The exclusive special exhibition, which presents more than 70 string instruments and bows by Antonio Stradivari and other exceptional European makers, is now open at the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, AZ through September 2025
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NewsDistinguished violinist loans 1714 ‘Massart’ Strad to his most promising former pupil
György Pauk presented his ‘Massart’ Stradivari violin to Júlia Pusker at J & A Beare
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BlogsStella Chen on her 1720 ‘General Kyd’ Stradivari violin
Ahead of summer performances at Music@Menlo, the violinist reflects on her beautiful instrument, no stranger to the hands of well known string players throughout history
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Premium ❘ FeatureA Stradivarian bow: a jewel of four facets
Recent research on the 17th- and 18th-century bows in the collection of the Musée de la Musique in Paris led to the attribution of a bow stick to the Stradivari workshop. Marie-Ève Geeraert and Jean-Philippe Échard shed some light on their discovery of this one-of-a-kind artefact
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GalleryFrom the Archive: Oscar Shumsky on the 'Pierre Rode' Stradivarius violin, 1715
The violinist shared his thoughts on the instrument that belonged to both Pierre Rode and Leopold Auer, in our April 1985 issue
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NewsViolinist William Wei to perform on 1722 ‘Joachim, Elman’ Stradivari
The instrument has been in the collection of the Chimei Culture Foundation since 1991
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Premium ❘ FocusAnalysing the 'Titian' Stradivari violin, 1715
In our February 2009 issue, Sam Zygmuntowicz examines one of Stradivari's finest golden period instruments, using both traditional and high-tech methods
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Premium ❘ FeatureCuriouser and curiouser: the 1672 ‘Gustav Mahler’ Stradivari viola
Was the 1672 ‘Mahler’ the first viola ever made by Antonio Stradivari? As Jonathan Marolle explains, this is just one of the unanswerable questions that arise when studying this fascinating instrument
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FocusJoshua Bell on playing the 'Huberman' Stradivari violin
'It has a rich sound, powerful without being shrill or strident'
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NewsStradivari’s c.1679 ‘Hellier’ violin to be sold at auction
The inlaid instrument will go under the hammer at Christie’s London on 7 July 2022
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Focus‘Is $16 million for a violin too much to pay? Not these days’
In the 1998 movie The Red Violin, a great violin maker named Nicolo Bussotti, based on the real-life luthier Antonio Stradivari, supposedly mixes the blood of his deceased beloved wife into the varnish of what is to be his most precious creation. The violin’s journey, from its creation in Cremona ...
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BlogsDesmond Cecil: my search for the perfect violin
Excerpt from Desmond Cecil’s newly published memoir: ‘The Wandering Civil Servant of Stradivarius’
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BlogsDesmond Cecil: My time with violinist Max Rostal
Excerpt from Desmond Cecil’s newly published memoir: ‘The Wandering Civil Servant of Stradivarius’
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Focus7 tips for carving a scroll
How to perfect the head of your instrument from 125 years of the Strad
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FocusExploring the secrets of Stradivari's workshop
The workshop where Stradivari made the instruments of his golden period was demolished in 1938. Andrew Dipper uncovers the clues that give an insight into the great master's working environment
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Premium ❘ GalleryFrom the Archive: the ‘General Kyd’ Stradivarius violin, Cremona, 1714
This illustration of the ‘General Kyd’ Stradivarius was published in The Strad, January 1962. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs
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ArticleSoundpost: Letters to the Editor
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: December 2019 issue
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NewsCrowdfunding helps to save Stradivari’s wood
The ‘Save the wood of Stradivari’ campaign has raised 230 thousand euros, which has been used to recover 3,000 resonant spruces
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FocusIn focus: the 1728 'Milanollo' Stradivari
Roger Hargrave examines the Stradivari ‘Milanollo’ violin of 1728, one of the few of the master’s instruments to keep its original sharpness
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NewsKuss Quartet to play Paganini's Strads
Short-term loan of quartet of instruments once owned by Paganini will include a complete Beethoven cycle in Tokyo
