Contents:
- ‘SAINTON’ GUARNERI ‘DEL GESÙ’ VIOLIN c.1744 Balthazar Soulier and Paul Tafforeau use synchrotron microtomography to examine the instrument, made at the tail end of the master luthier’s career
- GENEVA LEWIS The New Zealand violinist discusses her formative influences, tutors and her debut album of US music, in conversation with Charlotte Gardner
- BRITTEN’S MUSIC FOR STRINGS Hattie Butterworth talks to leading players of the British composer’s string music to examine his legacy and reputation 50 years after his death
- ROMAN SHMIGELSKY Now 87 years old, the Ukrainian luthier and teacher has been at the heart of violin making in his country for many decades. Oleh Kiosiev tells his story
- SESSION REPORT Richard Boothby, founder of viol consort Fretwork, speaks to Mark Seow about the group’s album of newly discovered works by Carl Friedrich Abel
- CASALS 150 Four of today’s top cellists speak to Oskar Falta about the legacy of the Catalan virtuoso, from his championing of the Bach Suites to his time in Puerto Rico
- IN FOCUS An 1822 violin by Nestor Audinot
- TRADE SECRETS Tadeusz Slodyczka’s method for repairing a soundpost crack
- MY SPACE Oleg Semenukha of Kladno, Czechia
- MAKING MATTERS Giving a new instrument a story can be creative and commercially beneficial
- MASTERCLASS Astrig Siranossian gives her thoughts on playing Elgar’s Chanson de Matin
- TECHNIQUE Catherine Rimer on making the transition from modern to historical cello
- LIFE LESSONS The memories and opinions of Canadian double bassist Joel Quarrington
- OPINION Competitions leave a significant amount of educational potential unrealised
- POSTCARD FROM BUCHAREST Report from the George Enescu International Competition
- FROM THE ARCHIVE From December 1926
- SENTIMENTAL WORK Tai Murray discusses her love for Bartók’s Sonata for solo violin
