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We examine the 1709 ‘King Carlos IV’ Stradivari violin and chat to US fiddler Mark O’Connor. There’s a look at the early history of Brahms’s Violin Concerto and cellist Thomas Demenga gives a Debussy Masterclass. Plus our annual Accessories supplement.

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  • ANTONIO STRADIVARI ‘KING CARLOS IV’ VIOLIN 1709 – A masterpiece from the ‘golden period’, the instrument is in an excellent state of preservation. Florian Leonhard examines its history and present condition
  • MARK O’CONNOR – The American fiddle player talks to Alexandra Petropoulos about his early successes, improvisation, and his own particular approach to string teaching
  • SOUTH AFRICAN STRINGS FOUNDATION – Double bassist Leon Bosch reports from the organisation’s first live convention, which took place in the city of Gqeberha from 17 to 20 March this year
  • FEMALE VIOLINISTS AND THE BRAHMS CONCERTO – While several male performers shunned the virtuosic masterpiece in its early years, many of its principal advocates were women, as Tatjana Goldberg explains
  • SESSION REPORT – British violinist Madeleine Mitchell talks to Harry White about her latest recording, which brings together works by composers with a connection to her
  • PURFLING EXPERIMENTS – Mike Dunham reports on the 2022 Oberlin Violin Makers Workshop, where a group of luthiers looked to find a practical method of making purfling strips

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  • IN FOCUS – A c.1840 violin by Georges Chanot I
  • TRADE SECRETS – Making a fingerboard template
  • MY SPACE – South African maker Svend Christensen
  • MAKING MATTERS – How to create an f-hole template using design software and CNC
  • MASTERCLASS – Thomas Demenga on the last two movements of Debussy’s Cello Sonata
  • TECHNIQUE – Cellist Richard Tunnicliffe on achieving lightness in the left hand
  • LIFE LESSONS – With cellist Johannes Moser
  • OPINION – Rethinking the last two movements of Beethoven’s String Quartet op.135
  • POSTCARD FROM ORLANDO – The American String Teachers Association’s 2023 conference
  • POSTCARD FROM COPENHAGEN – The Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition
  • FROM THE ARCHIVE – A reader meets Italian luthier Carlo Bisiach in a letter from July 1933
  • SENTIMENTAL WORK – Edicson Ruiz describes playing Bach’s Cello Suites on the double bass
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Weight 0.48 kg
Dimensions 21 × 30 × 0.5 cm

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