Contents:
- RAY CHEN Technology has been essential to the violinist’s global success. Amanda Holloway talks to him about instruments, recordings and his newly launched practice app
- GLOBAL SUZUKI METHOD String teachers from around the world tell Peter Somerford how the popular training system translates to cultures with different musical traditions
- SCANDINAVIAN CELLO SCHOOL Rita Fernandes talks to Jacob Shaw, founder of the Denmark-based institution, and joins a small ensemble on a tour that culminates at the Vienna Musikverein
- ‘PADEREWSKI’ GUARNERI Balthazar Soulier examines an extraordinary instrument, originally made by Montagnana in c.1720 but with a top made by Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ in 1742–43
- CURTIS INSTITUTE CENTENARY The legendary US conservatoire turns 100 this autumn. Thomas May finds out how its tutors have endeavoured to bring a holistic approach to its teaching
- SESSION REPORT Jessica Duchen talks to violinist Emily Sun about her latest recording which pairs Korngold’s Violin Concerto with a recent work by Elena Kats-Chernin
- CENTRING AND ALIGNMENT Bringing the various parts of an instrument back into balance is often the key to a repair. David Folland explains his method for finding the centre line
Regulars:
- IN FOCUS A violin by Johann Georg Stauffer
- TRADE SECRETS Completing the edgework and purfling after closing the soundbox
- MY SPACE Montpellier luthier Olivier Calmeille
- MAKING MATTERS How to optimise the sound quality and reverb in a workshop
- MASTERCLASS Noémi Zipperling, violinist with the Aris Quartet, on the first movement of Mendelssohn’s String Quartet no.6 in F minor
- TECHNIQUE Double bassist Rick Stotijn gives hints and tips on playing the perfect pizzicato
- LIFE LESSONS The memories and opinions of German cellist Daniel Müller-Schott
- OPINION What makes a good stand partner?
- POSTCARD FROM BRUSSELS A report from the 2024 Queen Elisabeth Music Competition
- FROM THE ARCHIVE The teaching style of Carl Flesch, from September 1934
- SENTIMENTAL WORK Cellist Raphaël Merlin on Goodbye Pork Pie Hat by Charles Mingus
