Contents:
- TAKÁCS QUARTET AT 50 This season marks the acclaimed chamber group’s half-century. Pauline Harding finds out how the current players keep up the spirit of the original line-up
- AMEDEO SIMONAZZI One of the most important luthiers from the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, he became a key figure in its strong musical tradition, as Stefano Pio explains
- RÉGIS PASQUIER Jessica Duchen meets the veteran French violinist, who in his varied career has met everyone from Jacques Thibaud and David Oistrakh to Stéphane Grappelli
- SESSION REPORT British cellist Matthew Barley tells Charlotte Gardner how his latest album Light Stories became one of his most personal projects to date
- THE STRAD CALENDAR 2025 Next year the Canada Council for the Arts celebrates 40 years since the founding of its Musical Instrument Bank. Christian Lloyd examines some of the treasures
- SELF-TAUGHT STRING PLAYING Is it really possible to teach oneself to play the violin? Celia Cobb examines a new approach from an author and teacher who claims it can be done
Regulars:
- IN FOCUS A c.1750 violin by Michele Deconet
- TRADE SECRETS A method for preparing the surface of instrument plates before varnishing
- MY SPACE Hong Kong luthier Corvus Kwok
- MAKING MATTERS A system of calculating the weight ratios of an instrument’s various parts
- MASTERCLASS Yuri Zhislin discusses the first movement of Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata as performed on the viola
- TECHNIQUE Violinist Lucie Robert gives hints and tips on expressive fingering
- LIFE LESSONS British cellist Alexander Baillie
- OPINION How should teachers deal with parents who buy cheap instruments online?
- POSTCARD FROM SCOTLAND A report from the 2024 East Neuk Music Festival
- FROM THE ARCHIVE Reflections on the orchestral format, from October 1934
- SENTIMENTAL WORK Alexander Sitkovetsky on his love for the Bach ‘Double’ Concerto
