Contents:
- ATTACCA QUARTET The members of the US-based foursome tell George Grella about their formative years, inspirations and their latest recording of Ravel’s String Quartet in F major
- LADISLAUS BACZYŃSKI Once called the ‘Polish Stradivari’, the well-regarded luthier (1866–1935) made almost 300 instruments in his career. Grzegorz Kaproń examines his life and work
- NIGEL KENNEDY The iconoclastic British violinist has recently published his first book of compositions, Songs My Mother Never Taught Me, as he tells Harry White
- SESSION REPORT Violist Timothy Ridout talks to Davina Shum about his latest album of solo works by composers as varied as Bach, Britten and Caroline Shaw
- BAZIN BOWS Richard Morency examines the output of the highly productive workshop of Charles Nicolas Bazin (1847–1915), along with the various models they used
- FRITZ KREISLER Ariane Todes marks the 150th anniversary of the virtuoso violinist’s birth by imagining conversations with him as a fantasy dinner party guest
Regulars:
- IN FOCUS René Zaal examines an 1877 double bass from Gand & Bernardel of Paris
- TRADE SECRETS The ‘Doratura’ Cremonese method of preparing and applying the ground
- MY SPACE Russell Stowe of Woodbridge, UK
- MAKING MATTERS Oliver Radke looks at the treatment of wood using ultra-low temperatures
- MASTERCLASS Carrie Bean Stute discusses the first movement of Ravel’s Piano Trio in A minor
- TECHNIQUE Jeanne-Louise Moolman hands on tips relating to sound production on the viola
- LIFE LESSONS The memories and opinions of German cellist Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt
- OPINION David Finckel gives his thoughts on why chamber music must be carefully taught
- POSTCARD FROM BUCHAREST Report from the 2024 Enescu International Competition
- FROM THE ARCHIVE From February 1905
- SENTIMENTAL WORK Glenn Dicterow on Bernstein’s Serenade after Plato’s ‘Symposium’
