Contents:
- RACHEL PODGER The Baroque and Classical violinist chats to Tom Stewart about her playing, teaching and taking up a new role as the principal guest director of Tafelmusik
- A STRADIVARIAN BOW Marie-Ève Geeraert and Jean-Philippe Échard present their evidence that a bow found at the Musée de la Musique in Paris was made in Stradivari’s workshop
- CELEBRATING CHRISTOPHER BUNTING Marking the centenary of the British cellist and pedagogue’s birth, his daughter Philippa Bunting looks back at his life and considers his legacy to string players
- SESSION REPORT Composer Ailbhe McDonagh and violinist Lynda O’Connor tell Harry White about The Irish Four Seasons, a new work inspired by Vivaldi’s famed concertos
- DOUBLE BASS FOCUS The Strad team speaks to members of the next generation of double bassists, to discover how they’re finding innovative ways to diversify their music making
- POSITIONING THE F-HOLES Alvin Thomas King presents a geometrical method for modern-day luthiers, based on systems that might have been in use in 16th-century Cremona
Regulars:
- IN FOCUS A 1796 viola by Sebastian Dalinger
- TRADE SECRETS Part two of Jenelle Steele’s article on replacing a broken bow tip
- MY SPACE Peter and Rory Boardman
- MAKING MATTERS A look at the influential double bass bows of Vignerons père and fils
- MASTERCLASS The second part of Alena Baeva’s look at Schubert’s Fantasy for violin and piano
- TECHNIQUE Cellist Inbal Megiddo gives her thoughts on tension-free left-hand set-up
- LIFE LESSONS The memories and opinions of British violinist Tasmin Little
- OPINION There are many strategies to make learning less complex for beginner students
- POSTCARD FROM BERGEN A report from the 2024 Bergen International Festival
- FROM THE ARCHIVE Reminiscences of cellist Carlo Alfredo Piatti, from August 1924
- SENTIMENTAL WORK Violinist Simone Lamsma on her love for the Britten Violin Concerto
