Contents:
- ANNE AKIKO MEYERS – The Californian violinist speaks to Rita Fernandes about her tireless enthusiasm for working with composers and commissioning new works
- TELEMANN’S VIOL FANTAISIES ON THE VIOLA – A collection of the composer’s pieces for bass viol was recently discovered in a German collection. Misha Galaganov explains the process of transcribing them
- FILIPPO DE FILIPPI – Stefano Pio explores the circuitous route that took a 19th-century nobleman from the court of Pope Pius IX to the life of a violin maker and composer
- SESSION REPORT – Japanese–Australian violist Hiyoli Togawa tells Carlos María Solare how her new album Children! combines Bach with works by modern composers
- INHERITING OTHERS’ PUPILS – It can be difficult for string teachers to deal with students who started with someone else. Alun Thomas describes some of the strategies that can help
- LUIGI MOZZANI – An accomplished luthier himself, the Italian musician and entrepreneur had an eventful career and set up a prestigious workshop, as Lorenzo Frignani explains
Regulars:
- IN FOCUS – A 1909 violin by James Briggs
- TRADE SECRETS – Rudolf Pilsel’s method for preparing a two-piece violin top plate
- MY SPACE – Gianmaria Stelzer’s Zurich workshop
- MAKING MATTERS – Geerten Verboekmoes on making a violin from sustainable local materials
- MASTERCLASS – Hannah Roberts on the first movement of the Dvořák Cello Concerto
- TECHNIQUE – Double bassist Yung-Chiao Wei on finding effortless ways to play
- LIFE LESSONS – The memories and opinions of US violinist Philippe Quint
- OPINION – Why it’s so important for string players to learn to improvise
- POSTCARD FROM SWITZERLAND – Report from the 30th anniversary of the Verbier Festival
- FROM THE ARCHIVE – From December 1893
- SENTIMENTAL WORK – Violinist Ilya Gringolts on the Dvořák Romance in F minor
