Features:
- CHAD HOOPES The American violinist brings an eclectic perspective and natural enthusiasm to his performance choices. Toby Deller investigates his path to musical stardom
- BLACK AMERICA Why are black musicians still under-represented in the US classical music world? Pauline Harding asks string players across the country how things could change
- MAKING COPIES Sam Zygmuntowicz examines whether replicas of the ‘Titian’ and ‘Willemotte’ Stradivaris, and the ‘Plowden’ ‘del Gesù’, will show similar tone properties
- SESSION REPORT Fabio Biondi tells Rita Fernandes why his new recording of the Bach Sonatas and Partitas brings a uniquely personal interpretation to the repertoire stalwarts
- BAY AREA BOW MAKERS The early 20th century saw a musical boom in the area around San Francisco – and bow makers reaped the benefit. Raphael Gold examines their history
- SCOTTISH FOLK BAROQUE FUSION Kevin MacDonald explores the trend of combining Scots folk melodies and Italian art music, and how it grew fashionable in 18th-century drawing rooms
Regulars:
- IN FOCUS A 1926 violin by John Friedrich
- TRADE SECRETS Bow maker Eric Lane shows how to make a cutter for a Parisian-eye ring
- MY SPACE Miami-based luthier Giancarlo Arcieri
- MAKING MATTERS How luthiers can help musicians who have trouble playing 5ths
- MASTERCLASS Violist Richard O’Neill of the Takács Quartet on Brahms’s String Quartet no.3
- TECHNIQUE Cellist Denis Severin gives hints and tips for practising on open strings
- LIFE LESSONS With double bassist Gary Karr
- OPINION Julian Lloyd Webber argues against the standard repertoire choices for audition
