Contents
- MIDORI: Toby Deller talks to the Japanese–American violinist about her passion for modern works, her teaching methods and undertaking a psychology degree
- ENSEMBLE DIDEROT: The French group has released albums of music from Dresden, Paris, London, and now Berlin. Its founder Johannes Pramsohler explains why to Pwyll ap Siôn
- LUTHERIE AND COVID-19: Violin makers have been hit hard by the 2020 pandemic – nowhere more so than in Italy. Peter Somerford reports on efforts to help the country’s luthiers
- SESSION REPORT: US violinist Tessa Lark tells Charlotte Gardner about the recording of her innovative ‘Stradgrass’ album, part of which was put together in her home
- THE LATE GEORGIAN VIOLA IN BRITAIN: Kevin MacDonald examines the work of some of 19th-century Britain’s best-known makers, from Benjamin Banks to William Forster and Matthew Hardie
- CREMONESE VIOLIN ARCHINGS: Andrew Dipper attempts to solve the mystery of how the old Italian makers worked out their archings, with the aid of evidence from 18th-century manuals
