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Nicola Benedetti talks about becoming director of the Edinburgh International Festival, and there’s a look at the life of luthier Marino Capicchioni. We ask what Stradivari used as a pre-varnish preparation layer, and Julian Rachlin gives his Sentimental Work. Plus a Dvořák Masterclass with Pavel Šporcl.

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  • 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

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  • 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
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