Contents:
- NICOLÒ AMATI CELLO 1642 Alberto Giordano, Barthélemy Garnier and Francesco Piasentini examine this magnificent cello, one of only seven by the maker that have survived
- ISIDORE QUARTET The winners of the 2022 Banff International String Quartet Competition talk to Pauline Harding about their ambitions, collaborations and their new album
- MARCZI ZOLDY The Hungarian army lieutenant (1877–1922) swapped his sword for a violin and became an acclaimed international soloist. Grzegorz Kaproń tells his story
- THE GROUND COAT Pierre Flavetta looks at the properties of a pre-varnish instrument coating – namely flame contrast, iridescence, white reflection and fibre definition
- SESSION REPORT Cellist Steven Isserlis talks to Peter Quantrill about his latest album 1851, inspired by a year of invention, exhibition and extraordinary creativity
- PAGANINI CAPRICE NO.5 The devilishly tricky composition is infamous for its use of ricochet bowing. Benjamin Shute explains why it should be regarded as more than just a showpiece
Regulars:
- IN FOCUS An 1822 violin by Georges Chanot I
- TRADE SECRETS Davide Sora’s method for making paper templates to copy a scroll
- MY SPACE Costa Rica’s Francisco Núñez Gómez
- MAKING MATTERS Attempting to copy the varnish of the ‘Farina’ Montagnana cello
- MASTERCLASS Louise Lansdown discusses playing the first movement of Franz Anton Hoffmeister’s Viola Concerto in D major
- TECHNIQUE Violinist Miclen LaiPang gives tips on playing up- and down-bow spiccato
- LIFE LESSONS The memories and opinions of German cellist Nicolas Altstaedt
- OPINION The importance of presence and ‘aura’ in today’s performance culture
- POSTCARD FROM GENOA A report from the 2025 Premio Paganini violin competition
- FROM THE ARCHIVE From February 1916
- SENTIMENTAL WORK Bassist Orin O’Brien recalls her time playing Stravinsky’s Orpheus
