Contents:
- JOSHUA BELL – The US violinist talks to Pauline Harding about his work with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, where he has been music director since 2011
- THE IMPROVISED CONCERTO – Can an innovative composition help string players find the confidence to make their own kind of music? Andrew Mellor speaks to the originators to find out
- RICHARD OTTO GLÄSEL – A master copyist, the German bow maker learnt his trade in France just before the First World War. Gennady Filimonov examines some of his finest works
- SESSION REPORT – Emma Denton and Eoin Schmidt-Martin of the London-based Carducci Quartet tell Tom Stewart about their latest recording of Shostakovich
- BORIS PERGAMENSCHIKOW – Oskar Falta examines the life and career of the Russian cellist and pedagogue who died 20 years ago this month, with reminiscences from former students
- CELLO BRIDGE DESIGN – Could a radical new model of bridge bring improvements to the instrument’s sound? Sebastian Gonzalez reveals the results of an acoustic investigation
Regulars:
- IN FOCUS – A 1759 violin by Joseph Marquès
- TRADE SECRETS – Making a fleur-de-lys decoration on the back of a Baroque instrument
- MY SPACE – Helsinki luthier Elina Kaljunen
- MAKING MATTERS – Bow maker Jacques Poullot explains the steps that go into identifying a bow
- MASTERCLASS – Gary Hoffman gives hints on playing the second movement of Beethoven’s Cello Sonata no.5 in D major op.102
- TECHNIQUE – Cellist and singer Matthew Sharp on the connections between cello and voice
- LIFE LESSONS – The memories and opinions of American violinist Tai Murray
- OPINION – Is there a lack of educational focus when it comes to practising pizzicato?
- POSTCARD FROM BEIJING – The 2023 Global Music Education League violin competition
- FROM THE ARCHIVE – From April 1904
- SENTIMENTAL WORK – Violinist Elena Urioste on her love for Mel Bonis’s Violin Sonata
