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Double Acts: actor Russell Crowe and violinist Richard Tognetti
Gladiator star Crowe found learning the violin over a three-month period for the film Master and Commander tiring until Tognetti taught him how to relax
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Sinfonietta Riga concertmaster resigns, citing performances of Russian repertoire
Violinist Marta Spārniņa believes the ensemble is performing too much music by Russian composers during the war with Ukraine
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Book review: What She’s Like: A Memoir
Ruth Hallows reviews the autobiography of Helen O’Hara, best known as the violinist in 80s pop band Dexy’s Midnight Runners
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Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ c.1731 ‘Baltic’ violin sells for $9.44 million at auction
The violin is now the most expensive instrument by the maker ever to be sold at auction
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Making Matters: Off-Beat Violins
Luthier Andrew Carruthers demonstrates the sound quality of his ’X’ and ‘O’ violins, the ‘Tabolin’ and the ‘Ripple cello’
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6 ways to improve left-hand flexibility
Tips from The Strad’s archive on increasing suppleness of movement and reducing tension
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Stradivari Trust founder Nigel Brown dies aged 77
The enterprise founded by the UK businessman and philanthropist has helped more than 60 musicians obtain fine instruments and bows
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Book 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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Analysing 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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The 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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The 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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The 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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The 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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The 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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The 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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The 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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Photo 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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The 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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The Strad Calendar 2023: 1728/29 Antonio Stradivari violin
The first ever Stradivari instrument to be played within an Australian orchestra
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Book review: Violin Fingerboard Mastery: Contemporary Mapping Exercises and Improvisation Studies
Alex Laing reads US violinist Jason Anick’s method for learning how to improvise