Contents:
- PHILIPPE QUINT The US violinist has just released Milestones, an album of works with particularly personal meaning to him. He tells Rita Fernandes how it all came about
- ‘BARON D’ERLANGER’ GUARNERI ‘DEL GESÙ’ 1732 Florian Leonhard examines one of the lesser-known violins by the great luthier and explores the life of its namesake, the collector Frédéric Émile d’Erlanger
- GEORGE ENESCU One of the best-known Romanian composers, he was also an accomplished violinist, pianist, conductor and pedagogue. Tully Potter looks back at his career
- STRING TRIOS Jacqueline Vanasse speaks to members of the Goldberg, Arnold, Pasquier and Boccherini trios to discover what makes this musical form unique
- SESSION REPORT US cellist Zlatomir Fung talks to Peter Quantrill about his new album based around operatic works by Janáček, Wagner, Tchaikovsky and more
- TONEWOOD SELECTION From density to stiffness, there are myriad variables that luthiers need to take into account. Jiri Povolny presents a guide to finding the best spruce for the job
Regulars:
- IN FOCUS Sean Bishop examines a 1753 viola by Carlo Antonio Testore
- TRADE SECRETS Bow maker Sarah Bystrom gives her method for making pearl eyes
- MY SPACE Wai Yong Tham of Singapore
- MAKING MATTERS Interpreting the various symbols on 19th-century French bows
- MASTERCLASS Tobias Feldmann on the first movement of Mozart’s Violin Concerto no.4
- TECHNIQUE US violinist Charles Castleman hands on tips about bow distribution
- LIFE LESSONS Roberto Díaz, president of the Curtis Institute of Music, gives his thoughts
- OPINION Should violinists – and indeed other string players – be properly called ‘bowists’?
- POSTCARD FROM GATESHEAD The Tertis and Aronowitz International Viola Competitions
- FROM THE ARCHIVE From May 1925
- SENTIMENTAL WORK Alina Ibragimova reveals her love for Schumann’s Violin Sonata no.2
