Contents:
- RACHEL BARTON PIN The American violinist talks to Ariane Todes about her eclectic playing career, ranging from heavy metal to her new recording of Corelli violin sonatas
- STRING GROUPS IN THE US MILITARY Rita Fernandes speaks to string players from the US Air Force, Army and Marine Corps about their experience as military musicians
- GIORGIS FAMILY Claudio Amighetti explores the lives of Nicola Giorgis and his daughter Francesca Maria – possibly the first female luthier to run her own business
- SESSION REPORT Violinist Fenella Humphreys and composer Adrian Sutton talk to Michael White about the inspiration, genesis and recording of Sutton’s Violin Concerto
- LEONID KOGAN CENTENARY Marking the 100th anniversary of the Russian violinist’s birth, Tully Potter looks back at his life and talks to former student Isabelle Flory about his teaching style
- DOUBLE BASS REPAIR The size of the bass can be off-putting to luthiers working alone. Nick Lloyd describes his one-person method for re-fitting a bass top after a repair job.
Regulars:
- IN FOCUS A 1740 violin by J.C. Hoffmann
- TRADE SECRETS Luthier Renate Fink presents her method for making a peg shaper
- MY SPACE Hawai‘i-based luthier Yam Uri Raz
- MAKING MATTERS How ten luthiers in nine countries collaborated on a single violin
- MASTERCLASS Violinist Max Baillie gives his thoughts on the Havanaise by Saint-Saëns
- TECHNIQUE US violist Jordan Bak gives tips on how to find flexibility in the left hand
- LIFE LESSONS The memories and opinions of American cellist Alisa Weilerstein
- OPINION The importance of studying scales, arpeggios and etudes
- POSTCARD FROM SWITZERLAND A report from the 2024 Gstaad Menuhin Festival
- FROM THE ARCHIVE The teaching styles of Vieuxtemps and Joachim, from November 1894
- SENTIMENTAL WORK Cellist Astrid Schween explains her love for Dvořák’s Waldesruhe
