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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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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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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2023: c.1709 ‘Scotta’ Stradivari violin
This violin has a handsome one-piece back with the flame ascending from left to right
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2023: 1760 Nicolò Gagliano violin
‘It is incredible for me to draw out the richness in the lower strings, and the higher registers soar with remarkable clarity’ - Emily Sun
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2023: 1720 Guarneri ‘filius Andreae’ violin
’I fell in love with the typical warm Guarneri sound, and after some restoration it also acquired a shine in the treble register’ - Dene Olding
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2023: 1859 Vuillaume violin
The violin is a very close copy of a ‘golden period’ Stradivari, possibly the 1715 ‘Alard’,
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Premium ❘ FeatureThe world’s most expensive violin: the 1741 ‘Vieuxtemps’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’
Terry Borman discusses the ribs, purfling and scroll of this unique instrument in our June 2018 issue
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2023: 1784 Guadagnini violin
One of the last instruments made by the luthier, who died in 1786, the violin has a miraculously intact varnish and an excellent soprano sound with great projection
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2023: 1743 ‘Carrodus’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin
’It is said, by the way, to have belonged to Paganini, and to have been gambled away by him’ - John Tiplady Carrodus
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FocusPhoto gallery: 300 years young – Stradivari’s decorated ‘Rode’ violin
The 1722 instrument will be performed in concert at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum on 20 October, to mark its 300th anniversary
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2023: 1714 Guarneri ‘filius Andreae’ violin
Formerly owned by Isolde Menges, this instrument might also bear the hand of Guarneri ‘del Gesù’
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2023: 1728/29 Antonio Stradivari violin
The first ever Stradivari instrument to be played within an Australian orchestra
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ReviewBook review: Violin Fingerboard Mastery: Contemporary Mapping Exercises and Improvisation Studies
Alex Laing reads US violinist Jason Anick’s method for learning how to improvise
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BlogsViolinist Itzhak Perlman on conquering performance nerves
‘Know your enemy,’ says The Strad’s August 2015 issue cover star
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Focus10 tips for performing from memory
Guidance from The Strad’s archive from how to incorporate memorisation into your practice, what the benefits might be – and when not to bother
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BlogsNewark School of Violin Making: The early days
The UK’s Newark School of Violin Making celebrates its 50th anniversary in September 2022. Luthier Adam Whone, one of its very first students, recalls the learning environment he discovered, aged 16, and the three years of tuition at the school
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BlogsViolinist Julia Fischer and cellist Daniel Müller-Schott on sound projection
The soloists talk to Pauline Harding about orchestral accompaniment and soloistic sound
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ArticleViolinist Ray Chen gives left-hand pizzicato lesson
Violinist Ray Chen gives a video lesson on mastering left-hand pizzicato, as demonstrated in Paganini's Caprice no.24.
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FeatureHow to shift correctly on the violin
What tips do the great pedagogues and players offer for getting around the instrument? Rok Klopčič looks at a fundamental aspect of playing: change of position. From August 2004