Features:
- ESTHER YOO – The American violinist has maintained her positive outlook on life throughout the past year. She talks to Amanda Holloway about trios, touring and Tchaikovsky
- NECK SETTING – The join between an instrument’s neck and body is a vital part of its anatomy. Joseph Curtin shows how the neckset has been modified over the past 300 years
- BACH’S SOLO VIOLIN PARTITAS – Juilliard professor Lewis Kaplan completes his two-part look at the complete Solo Sonatas and Partitas by examining the composer’s use of dance forms
- HERRMANN BOW MAKING DYNASTY – Closely linked to the Knopfs, the family enjoyed particular success in the 19th century. Gennady Filimonov traces their history through letters and documents
- SESSION REPORT – Violinist Karen Gomyo tells Rita Fernandes how her new recording of The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires and other works by Astor Piazzolla came into being
- FEMALE VIOLINISTS IN 18TH-CENTURY ENGLAND – An unnamed portrait at a 2016 auction led Kevin MacDonald on a journey into Georgian society, and the few women who sustained careers as string players
- RECORDING ARCHING PROFILES – How can luthiers without access to CT-scanning devices make accurate arching templates? Charline Dequincey details her method involving a dental compound
