Contents:
- LEONIDAS KAVAKOS – The acclaimed Greek violinist has finally recorded Bach’s Solo Sonatas and Partitas. He tells Charlotte Smith why it’s the culmination of a three-decade journey
- CONDUCTORLESS ORCHESTRAS – Jacqueline Vanasse finds out why some ensembles have decided to jettison the maestro in order to bring a closer spirit of mutual collaboration
- EARLY LUTHERIE EXPERIENCE – Violin makers talk to Peter Somerford about their time spent as ‘journeymen’ in the workshops of established luthiers, at the start of their professional careers
- SESSION REPORT – British cellist Laura van der Heijden tells Tom Stewart why she feels an other-worldly atmosphere around her latest recording of Czech and Hungarian music
- LUIGI CAVALLINI – The violin makers of Tuscany have long been overlooked. Florian Leonhard examines the life and work of a 19th-century luthier based in the city of Arezzo
- COLERIDGE-TAYLOR VIOLIN AND CHAMBER MUSIC – Tatjana Goldberg explores some of the British composer’s extensive output for strings, and reveals how US violinist Maud Powell played a part in his success
Plus:
- IN FOCUS – A c.1870 viola by Niels Larsen Winther
- TRADE SECRETS – Bow maker Eric Lane completes his method for making a ring for a Parisian eye
- MY SPACE – Swedish luthier Magnus Nedregård
- MAKING MATTERS – The mystery of the dark-varnished violins of the late 18th century
- MASTERCLASS – Cellist Jacqueline Thomas on playing Beethoven’s ‘Heiliger Dankgesang’
- TECHNIQUE – Violinist Lihay Bendayan gives tips on practising the perfect vibrato
- LIFE LESSONS – The memories of Diotima Quartet violist Franck Chevalier
- OPINION – How interpretations can change over 15 years of performing together
- POSTCARD FROM CAMBRIDGE – A report from the 2021 Cambridge Music Festival
- FROM THE ARCHIVE – From March 1892
- SENTIMENTAL WORK – Jennifer Pike on her love for Szymanowski’s Violin Sonata in D minor
