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Erika Nyerges explores the genre through one of its key exponents, S\u00e1ndor Lakatos<\/li>\n<li><strong>IBERIAN LUTHERIE GUILDS &#8211; <\/strong>Pablo Soriano sifts through inventories and ordinances from the 15th to the 18th centuries to discover what they tell us about the lives of instrument makers<\/li>\n<li><strong>PAGANINI QUARTET<\/strong> &#8211; Formed in 1946 by Robert Maas and Henri Temianka, the US-based quartet disbanded 20 years later. Tully Potter looks at the group\u2019s short but sweet lifespan<\/li>\n<li><strong>SESSION REPORT &#8211; <\/strong>Violinist Ning Feng tells Harry White about his latest album of concertos by Brahms and his near contemporary, Hungarian composer Karl Goldmark<\/li>\n<li><strong>ARCHING CONSTRUCTIONS &#8211; <\/strong>Sebastian Gonzalez demonstrates a geometrical method for describing an instrument\u2019s archings, and how it relates to a selection of Cremonese violins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Regulars:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IN FOCUS &#8211; <\/strong>A violin by Carl Nicolaus Sawicki<\/li>\n<li><strong>TRADE SECRETS &#8211; <\/strong>Hugh Withycombe\u2019s new design for a \u2018very deep clamp\u2019 for cello making<\/li>\n<li><strong>MY SPACE &#8211; <\/strong>Jordan Lambert\u2019s Tahiti workshop<\/li>\n<li><strong>MAKING MATTERS &#8211; <\/strong>The design and development of a new ergonomic kind of viola<\/li>\n<li><strong>MASTERCLASS &#8211; <\/strong>Lena Neudauer on the first movement of Beethoven\u2019s Violin Sonata no.10<\/li>\n<li><strong>TECHNIQUE &#8211; <\/strong>Gaelen McCormick discusses teaching spiccato on the double bass<\/li>\n<li><strong>LIFE LESSONS &#8211; <\/strong>The memories and opinions of Scottish cellist Alasdair Tait<\/li>\n<li><strong>OPINION &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0The importance of creating a musical environment for pupils from their earliest years<\/li>\n<li><strong>POSTCARD FROM MUNICH &#8211; <\/strong>A report from the Hindemith International Viola Competition<\/li>\n<li><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVE &#8211; <\/strong>From January 1896<\/li>\n<li><strong>SENTIMENTAL WORK &#8211; <\/strong>Timothy Ridout on his love for Brahms\u2019s Viola Sonata no.2 in E major<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stella Chen talks about her new album, and we explore the traditional music of Hungary. 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