Contents:
- PEKKA KUUSISTO – The adventurous Finnish violinist talks to Andrew Mellor about his predilection for finding new challenges – including a recent shift to the conductor’s podium
- THREE 1734 GUARNERIS – Giacomo Fiocco reports on a recent study of a trio of ‘del Gesù’ instruments, examining everything from the varnish composition to the f-hole design
- MUSICIANS AND EXERCISE – Taking inspiration from sports science, Berenice Beverley Zammit reports on how string players can physically prepare themselves to perform more efficiently
- SESSION REPORT – Violist Hélène Clément tells Carlos María Solare about her latest recording of works by two accomplished viola players: Frank Bridge and Benjamin Britten
- SARTORY BOWS – Richard Morency identifies some of Eugène Sartory’s working methods through a detailed examination of one of his middle-period bows
- ELENA URIOSTE – The multifaceted soloist has myriad strings to her violin bow. She talks with Toby Deller about everything from yoga to starting up her own festival
Regulars:
- IN FOCUS – Philip Brown examines a rare cello by Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi from 1766
- TRADE SECRETS – Luthier Sarah Peck presents her method for making Baroque bridges
- MY SPACE – Saarbrücken maker Martin Krause
- MAKING MATTERS – How did six bow makers create a single bow in just three days in Paris?
- MASTERCLASS – Johanna Staemmler of the Armida Quartet on Mozart’s Quartet no.16
- TECHNIQUE – Iagoba Fanlo on practice routine
- LIFE LESSONS – With violinist Helena Rathbone
- OPINION – The importance of opening up the concert experience for young people
- POSTCARD FROM BELGIUM – A report from the cello finals of the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition
- FROM THE ARCHIVE – From August 1912
- SENTIMENTAL WORK – Maria Kliegel on Wilhelm Kaiser-Lindemann’s Hommage à Nelson M.
