Contents:
- ALINA IBRAGIMOVA – The UK-based violinist speaks to Jessica Duchen about her myriad influences, lockdown projects and making the move to becoming a player–director
- LUTHIERS SANS FRONTIÈRES – For the past two decades, luthiers have been teaching their skills to people in some of the world’s poorest countries. Peter Somerford discovers their stories
- THE BLIND STRING PLAYER – Being visually impaired has never prevented Myra Ross from fulfilling her dream of playing the violin and viola in quartets, orchestras and chamber music groups
- SHOSTAKOVICH CELLO SONATA – Elizabeth Wilson sifts through the various editions of the Russian composer’s 1934 work, in an attempt to decipher the real meaning behind the piece
- SESSION REPORT – Baroque violinist Rachel Podger speaks to Toby Deller about her most recent project, recording some of C.P.E. Bach’s sonatas for violin and keyboard
- PLATE ARCHINGS AND TONE – The first of two articles in which luthier Nigel Harris presents his findings on the relationship between the plates, bass-bar, soundpost and a violin’s sound
Regulars:
- IN FOCUS – A look at an 1894 violin by the Milan-based luthier Gaetano Antoniazzi
- TRADE SECRETS – Erich Perrotta gives his method for restoring a bow octagon
- MY SPACE – Cyprus-based Michalis Pantelides
- MAKING MATTERS – Examining the tonal qualities and resonance of great instruments
- MASTERCLASS – Violist Paul Laraia discusses Glazunov’s Elegy for viola and piano op.44
- TECHNIQUE – Israeli violinist Itzhak Rashkovsky passes on hints on playing with sostenuto
- LIFE LESSONS – With cellist Catherine Hewgill
- OPINION – Deputising for another musician in an orchestra requires its own set of skills
- POSTCARD FROM OSLO – A report from the ‘Master to Master’ violin symposium
- FROM THE ARCHIVE – An interview with Spanish virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate, from May 1893
- SENTIMENTAL WORK – Violist Antoine Tamestit talks about Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante
