Contents:
- STERLING ELLIOTT The US cellist has garnered critical acclaim in the space of a few short years. He talks to Lauren Wesley-Smith about his influences and rise to prominence
- 60 YEARS OF THE CHOP Rita Fernandes investigates the history of the percussive string technique and the recent development of its notation by talking to its pioneers and learning it herself
- STEVE REICH AT 90 The Minimalist composer entered his ninth decade in October. Pwyll ap Siôn talks to leading players of his work to find out how they deal with its challenges
- VIOTTI AND THE TOURTE BOW Markus Laine reviews the evidence that the violinist Giovanni Battista Viotti had a seismic influence on the development of the modern, ‘Tourte-style’ bow
- SESSION REPORT Richard Tognetti, artistic director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, talks to David Kettle about the ensemble’s album of Vasks, Silvestrov and Schoenberg
- NICOLA UTILI Despite being entirely self-taught, the early 20th-century Italian luthier was highly respected in his day. Stefano Pio tells the story of his life and career
- IN FOCUS A 1948 violin by Zenon Wladimir Petesh
- TRADE SECRETS Andreas Preuss gives his method for reinforcing a violin bridge
- MY SPACE Andrew Carruthers of Santa Rosa, CA, US
- MAKING MATTERS Examining an intricately carved violin by US luthier Knute Reindahl
- MASTERCLASS Julian Rachlin gives his thoughts on playing the third movement of Bach’s Violin Concerto in E major BWV1042
- TECHNIQUE Marc Sabbah hands on hints and tips on playing solo Bach on the modern viola
- LIFE LESSONS The memories and opinions of Israeli violinist and pedagogue Miriam Fried
- OPINION Violin students must learn to listen beyond what they hear under their own ear
- POSTCARD FROM RHODE ISLAND Report from the 2026 Newport Classical Music Festival
- FROM THE ARCHIVE From November 1896
- SENTIMENTAL WORK Cho-liang Lin discusses his love for the Sibelius Violin Concerto
