Contents:
- STELLA CHEN – The US violinist, winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2019, tells Rebecca Franks about her latest album of Beethoven and Barber concertos
- THE LAKATOS DYNASTY – The Roma tradition of playing has been popular since its 19th-century heyday. Erika Nyerges explores the genre through one of its key exponents, Sándor Lakatos
- IBERIAN LUTHERIE GUILDS – Pablo Soriano sifts through inventories and ordinances from the 15th to the 18th centuries to discover what they tell us about the lives of instrument makers
- PAGANINI QUARTET – Formed in 1946 by Robert Maas and Henri Temianka, the US-based quartet disbanded 20 years later. Tully Potter looks at the group’s short but sweet lifespan
- SESSION REPORT – Violinist Ning Feng tells Harry White about his latest album of concertos by Brahms and his near contemporary, Hungarian composer Karl Goldmark
- ARCHING CONSTRUCTIONS – Sebastian Gonzalez demonstrates a geometrical method for describing an instrument’s archings, and how it relates to a selection of Cremonese violins
Regulars:
- IN FOCUS – A violin by Carl Nicolaus Sawicki
- TRADE SECRETS – Hugh Withycombe’s new design for a ‘very deep clamp’ for cello making
- MY SPACE – Jordan Lambert’s Tahiti workshop
- MAKING MATTERS – The design and development of a new ergonomic kind of viola
- MASTERCLASS – Lena Neudauer on the first movement of Beethoven’s Violin Sonata no.10
- TECHNIQUE – Gaelen McCormick discusses teaching spiccato on the double bass
- LIFE LESSONS – The memories and opinions of Scottish cellist Alasdair Tait
- OPINION – The importance of creating a musical environment for pupils from their earliest years
- POSTCARD FROM MUNICH – A report from the Hindemith International Viola Competition
- FROM THE ARCHIVE – From January 1896
- SENTIMENTAL WORK – Timothy Ridout on his love for Brahms’s Viola Sonata no.2 in E major
