Contents:
- ANTONIO STRADIVARI ‘BOISSIER, SARASATE’ VIOLIN 1713 – Roberto Jardón Rico examines one of the best-preserved of the master luthier’s instruments, formerly owned by the Spanish virtuoso Pablo Sarasate
- ANALYSING THE ‘BOISSIER, SARASATE’ – The Stradivari violin has recently undergone experimental modal analysis to discover how it vibrates. George Stoppani presents the results of the research
- ZLATOMIR FUNG – Amanda Holloway speaks to the youngest cellist ever to win first prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition, to find out where he goes from here
- ALL-FEMALE STRING QUARTETS – In the first of two articles, Tully Potter reports on the phenomenon of female chamber musicians forming their own ensembles in the early 20th century
- SESSION REPORT – British cellist Laura van der Heijden talks to Tom Stewart about her latest album with pianist Jâms Coleman, inspired by composers’ conceptions of the moon
- MAUD POWELL AND SIBELIUS – The acclaimed US violinist was the first to champion the Finnish composer’s Violin Concerto in America. Karen A. Shaffer explores their friendship
Regulars:
- IN FOCUS – A 1925 violin by Giuseppe del Lungo
- TRADE SECRETS – William Szott’s method for half-edging a top plate with a router
- MY SPACE – Martin Kuhn of Diessenhofen
- MAKING MATTERS – How and why G.B. Ceruti restored the wood of his own instruments
- MASTERCLASS – Dmitry Sitkovetsky on the first movement of Mozart’s A major Violin Concerto
- TECHNIQUE – Violinist Alda Dizdari discusses different aspects of bow distribution
- LIFE LESSONS – The memories and opinions of German violinist Carolin Widmann
- OPINION – Why violin fingerboards should be available in different widths
- POSTCARD FROM DORSET – Report from the Purbeck International Chamber Music Festival
- FROM THE ARCHIVE – From January 1904
- SENTIMENTAL WORK – Cellist Ophélie Gaillard talks about her love for Bloch’s Schelomo
