July 2021

CARLO BERGONZI 1735 ‘BARON KNOOP’ VIOLIN Andrea Zanrè examines an instrument by one of the greatest 18th-century Cremonese luthiers, while Rudolf Hopfner reveals the results of CT scanning
BACH SOLO VIOLIN SONATAS In the first of two articles on the Sonatas and Partitas, Lewis Kaplan discusses what the autograph scores can tell us about the composer’s intentions
VILLA-LOBOS AND THE CELLO The Brazilian composer wrote many works for the cello, although his heart lay in his country’s folk music tradition. Felipe Avellar de Aquino examines his oeuvre
SESSION REPORT Toby Deller talks to violist Timothy Ridout about his latest album, comprising transcriptions of Schumann’s Dichterliebe and Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet suites
VIOLIN MAKING SCHOOLS IN CHINA The country of almost 1.4 billion people has only a handful of institutions teaching lutherie. Sisi Ye speaks to the directors of three of the main schools
MARIUS MAY The well-known British cellist died in 2020 aged 61. His brother Simon May looks back on his life, while friends and colleagues give their reminiscences
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