Contents:
- AYANNA WITTER-JOHNSON – The London-based cellist and composer finds inspiration in the works of everything from Sam Cooke to Sofia Gubaidulina, as she tells Toby Deller
- YOUNG UKRAINIAN MUSICIANS – Rita Fernandes speaks to displaced players still pursuing their passion away from their homeland, as well as to organisers of programmes designed to help them
- A MYSTERY COLLECTOR – Referred to in 19th-century sources as ‘a Russian nobleman’, he amassed a fine collection including three Stradivari cellos. Gennady Filimonov tracks him down
- LIGETI CENTENARY – To mark the 100th anniversary of the composer’s birth, Peter Quantrill talks to members of the Diotima and Ligeti quartets about interpreting his complex music
- SESSION REPORT – Kerson Leong speaks to Tom Stewart about his latest recording, which combines the Bruch and Britten violin concertos along with the former’s In Memoriam
- PLATE ARCHINGS AND TONE – PART TWO – Nigel Harris completes his investigation into how the shape of an instrument’s archings influence the tone, including practical information for the workbench
Regulars:
- IN FOCUS – A 1777 viola by Luigi Marconcini
- TRADE SECRETS – Bow maker Lauri Tanner’s method for repairing a broken bow head
- MY SPACE – The well-appointed workshop of Brescia-based luthier Filippo Fasser
- MAKING MATTERS – How to use photogrammetry to make a record of an instrument’s archings
- MASTERCLASS – Violinist Fenella Humphreys on Fauré’s Violin Sonata in A major op.13
- TECHNIQUE – Caroline Henbest on how violists can use the Feldenkrais method in their playing
- LIFE LESSONS – With violinist Antje Weithaas
- OPINION – Playing to backing tracks is not always the most productive method of learning
- AUCTION REPORT – News from the London spring sales, including the ‘Rosenberg collection’
- FROM THE ARCHIVE – The life and work of bow maker James Tubbs, from June 1913
- SENTIMENTAL WORK – Violinist Francesca Dego on her love for the Brahms Violin Concerto
