Contents:
- NICOLA BENEDETTI – On the eve of her first season as director of the Edinburgh International Festival, the 36-year-old Scottish violinist talks to Rebecca Franks about her journey so far
- STRADIVARI’S GROUND – What did the master luthier use as the underlayer before applying his varnish? Giacomo Fiocco presents the results of an investigation into the age-old question
- JACQUES THIBAUD – Tully Potter marks the 70th anniversary of the influential French violinist’s death with a retrospective look at his life and legacy to the string world
- STRING QUARTETS – How can a group of just four musicians retain its individual sound when one member leaves? Peter Quantrill asks players from several quartets to find out
- SESSION REPORT – The Escher Quartet’s cellist talks to David Kettle about the group’s new album of Czech music, combining Janacek’s quartets with the second by Pavel Haas
- MARINO CAPICCHIONI – Lorenzo Frignani examines the life and instruments of one of the 20th century’s most idiosyncratic Italian makers, whose work still inspires the luthiers of today
Regulars:
- IN FOCUS – Matthieu Besseling examines a 1947 violin by the little-known maker Frantisek Zivec
- TRADE SECRETS – Greg Sapp makes a bespoke platform for gluing a broken button
- MY SPACE – New York luthier David Segal
- MAKING MATTERS – Vlado Tilev gives a guide to the different kinds of primer for instruments
- MASTERCLASS – Pavel Šporcl on the first movement of the Dvo?ák Violin Concerto
- TECHNIQUE – Alexandra Scott gives her thoughts on how to free the sound on the double bass
- LIFE LESSONS – With violinist Rachel Barton Pine
- OPINION – The right techniques and mindset can make performance anxiety entirely avoidable
- POSTCARD FROM CANADA – Report from the Montreal International Music Competition
- FROM THE ARCHIVE – A profile of British cellist Beatrice Eveline from August 1923
- SENTIMENTAL WORK – Violinist Julian Rachlin talks about Shostakovich’s String Quartet no.8
