Two violists each trial two brand new violas with repertoire from different periods
What happens when two brand new violas are played by two violists with contrasting repertoire?
Following his similar experiment consisting of three cellists playing one cello, Ian McWilliams tests out two of his newly made violas on two professional musicians.
Violists Andreas Willwohl and Kirstin Maria Pientka trial both McWilliams’s 40.6 cm based on a ‘del Gesù’ violin model and his 41.6 cm da Salo model viola. Willwohl performs the Walton’s viola concerto whilst Pientka performs Bach.
Carlos María Solare reviews a new edition of Ivo-Jan van der Werff’s classic handbook of tips and hints for violists
Ukrainian-American violist Matthew Cohen joins the ensemble for its 20th anniversary season
The violist takes home a cash prize of 40,000 CZK (£1,400) and various accessories from Gewa and Pirastro
Ma plays the solemn D minor Prelude amid melting permafrost on Lower Tanana Dene lands in Fairbanks, Alaska
The sextet performs a chamber version of the work at the Solsberg Festival 2023
The violinist delves into Piazzolla’s exploration of sound and percussive effects, in the third and final part of his documentary series
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