Features:
- IDA HAENDEL: Tully Potter looks back on the life of the Polish-born British violinist who died in July aged 96, including a survey of her most memorable recordings
- NICOLA BENEDETTI: The violinist’s Benedetti Sessions have proved stunningly popular for teacher and students alike. Peter Somerford finds out how they began, and where they might lead
- BACH ON THE DOUBLE BASS: With the Cello Suites becoming standard fare on the conservatoire bass syllabus, Leon Bosch explains how he teaches the monumental works to his students
- GIUSEPPE CERUTI: Much has been written about Enrico Ceruti, less about his accomplished father Giuseppe. Duane Rosengard examines his style through two matching instruments
- SESSION REPORT: Alexander Pavlovsky and Ori Kam of the Jerusalem Quartet tell Tom Stewart why the second part of their Bartók quartet cycle is less brutal than most
- SCHUMANN CELLO CONCERTO: British cellist Josephine Knight has recently completed a new edition of the Concerto, referred to by its composer as ‘really quite jolly’. Peter Quantrill finds out more
- THE STRAD CALENDAR 2021: John Dilworth examines the twelve instruments featured in next year’s calendar, all taken from the collection of Norwegian foundation Dextra Musica
