All violin articles – Page 4
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NewsViolinist Arkadij Vinokurow dies aged 72
The Ukrainian musician and professor worked in Austria for the last three decades of his life
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ReviewBook review: My Violin Needs Help!: A repair diagnostics guide for players and teachers
Celia Cobb reviews a manual that explains the basics of violin maintenance to the layperson
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NewsWinners announced at SVA Violin Makers Competition
The contest, which takes place every two years, was held according to strict Covid-19 guidance
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ReviewBook review: The Baroque Violin & Viola: A Fifty-Lesson Course
Simon Standage reviews Walter S. Reiter’s two-volume work on learning to play the period instruments
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ReviewBook review: The Piedmontese Violin Makers in the 17th and 18th Centuries
Alberto Giordano reviews Claudio Amighetti’s magnum opus on the luthiers of north-west Italy
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BlogsVarying my warm-up routine is essential for performing success, says violinist Natalia Lomeiko
The multiple prize winner and Royal College of Music professor has found numerous ways to warm up for concert performances
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ArticleViolinist Ray Chen warming up
The following video from our archive is linked to the Technique article in the April issue of The Strad on warming up the left hand when playing the cello Violinist Ray Chen warms up with an excerpt from the second movement of Bruch's Scottish Fantasy at the Curtis Institute ...
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ReviewSingende Saiten: Die schönsten Solostücke für Violine oder Bratsche
Celia Cobb examines an unusual method for practising with different clefs and key signatures
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ReviewBook review: Romantic Violin Performing Practices: A Handbook
Robin Stowell reviews David Milsom’s latest volume of historical research
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ReviewBook review: Violin Bridges
US luthier Michael Darnton reviews a collection of violin bridges from around the world
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NewsMusicians criticise easyJet’s changed policy on instruments
Violins and violas among those to be barred as hand luggage from 10 February onwards
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NewsGuarneri ‘filius Andreae’ violin at centre of Holocaust storm
The German foundation holding the instrument has failed to pay €100,000 compensation to the heirs of its former owner
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NewsLSO concertmaster John Georgiadis dies aged 81
The violinist led the LSO for two periods, between 1965 and 1979, before turning to conducting
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NewsViolinist Ivry Gitlis (1922-2020)
The veteran musician was known for his innovative playing style and penchant for collaboration
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VideoThe Strad Calendar 2021: Antonio Stradivari 1707 ‘Rivaz, Baron Gutmann’ violin
The ‘Rivaz, Baron Gutmann’ is a powerful instrument, made from a beautiful single piece of deeply figured maple
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VideoThe Strad Calendar 2021: Carlo Bergonzi ‘Kreisler’ violin 1735
The ‘Kreisler’s characteristically thin yet intensely coloured varnish is in abundance
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VideoThe Strad Calendar 2021: Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin 1848-50
This Vuillaume is a mid-period ‘del Gesù’ copy, on which the f-holes of the ‘Ole Bull’ Guarneri have been imposed
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VideoThe Strad Calendar 2021: Giuseppe Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin 1744
Guarneri’s carving is free and energetic, the movements of the tools quick and deep
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NewsViolinist Yesong Sophie Lee loaned rare 1687 Stradivari
The violin comes from the master luthier’s early period and is in excellent condition
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VideoThe Strad Calendar 2021: ‘Arditi’ Antonio Stradivari violin
This year’s calendar contains twelve masterpieces by Stradivari, Guarneri ‘del Gesù’, Rogeri, Vuillaume and many more