Contents:
- RANDALL GOOSBY The American violinist tells Amanda Holloway about his latest recordings and tours, and his relentless passion for bringing classical music to young people
- ADULT LEARNERS ON THE CELLO It can be helpful for grown-up beginners to start working on the classics of the repertoire rather than children’s exercises, argues cello tutor Billy Tobenkin
- TRAINING AN APPRENTICE Sarah Kluge reveals her twelve principles for establishing a new starter on the path to being a professional luthier, and the tasks to set them at each step of the way
- CONSERVATOIRE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT Teachers, counsellors and music school administrators speak to Rita Fernandes about their institutions’ strategies for looking after students’ mental health
- ZOSIMO BERGONZI The most mysterious member of the illustrious lutherie family has now had more than 30 instruments attributed to him. Michel Samson tells his story
- SESSION REPORT Hilary Hahn talks to Charlotte Gardner about her latest recording featuring Ysaÿe’s Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, a hundred years since their composition
- DEALING WITH A BUZZ Why does an instrument start buzzing? Dmitry Tarakanov presents a checklist for luthiers detailing more than 20 things to watch out for, and how to rectify them
Regulars:
- IN FOCUS Examining a 1925 violin by the Milanese luthier Ferdinando Garimberti
- TRADE SECRETS Making an ebony crown
- MY SPACE Essen luthier Florian Bartsch
- MAKING MATTERS David Folland discusses his experience of making a five-string cello
- MASTERCLASS Signum Quartet violist Xandi van Dijk on playing the first movement of Schubert’s String Quartet no.15 D887
- TECHNIQUE Teaching bow landings
- LIFE LESSONS With Ronald Copes, long-standing violinist of the Juilliard Quartet
- OPINION The art of playing softly
- POSTCARD FROM JAPAN The 2023 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition
- POSTCARD FROM THAILAND Report from the International Viola Congress in Salaya
- FROM THE ARCHIVE From September 1903
- SENTIMENTAL WORK Eldbjørg Hemsing talks about her love for Bruch’s Violin Concerto no.1
