Features:
- Shanghai Quartet: Celebrating their 35th anniversary together, the members of the pioneering chamber group tell Charlotte Smith about China, Beethoven, and their instruments
- Shostakovich violin works: In discussion with Julia Fischer, Vadim Gluzman and Gidon Kremer
- Session report: Trio con Brio Copenhagen on recording all of Beethoven’s piano trios
- Yoga and string playing: The benefits and where to start
- Life Lessons: Ukrainian violist Maxim Rysanov
- Opinion: British violinists on the world stage
- Postcard from Stradfest: What happened at The Strad ’s first event for young string players?
- Masterclass: Philippe Graffin on Ravel’s Violin Sonata no.2 in G major
- Technique: Ilya Kaler gives his thoughts on playing continuous vibrato
- Sentimental Work: Rivka Golani’s love of Michael Colgrass’s viola concerto Chaconne
- Stradivari’s moulds: Philip Ihle and Andrea Zanrè on matching the master’s violins with the surviving forms
- Varnish analysis: The secrets of varnishes by Stainer, Maggini, Gasparo da Salò and others
Regulars:
- In Focus: A violin made in 1937 by the Genoa-based luthier Paolo De Barbier
- Trade Secrets: William Castle’s intricate method for cutting f-holes
- My Space: The workshop of Dutch luthiers Jaap Bolink and Annelies Steinhauer
- Making Matters: The story of an opulent case that once housed the ‘Lady Blunt’ Stradivari