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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in The Strad February 2023.
Editorís letter
Welcome to the February 2023 issue of The Strad, where this month our content has a distinctly French accent. Our cover star is the cellist Christian-Pierre La Marca, who, alongside his live ...
Contributors
ANDREWBRADDOCK
(Books, page 105) teaches viola at Western Kentucky University (WKU) and co-directs the WKU String Academy. His current research focuses on mid-20th-century viola reperto...
SOUNDPOST
LETTER of the MONTH
FAN FAVOURITES
TwoSet Violin: Brett Yang (left) and Eddy Chen
Thank you for posting Cecilia Tan’s account of TwoSet Violin’s special concert to celebrate their...
Next steps
NEWS IN BRIEF Read all the breaking news in the string world online www.thestrad.com María Dueñas loaned 1710 Stradivari violin bit.ly/3jJYlkHSpanish violinist María Dueñas (left) has been loaned t...
OBITUARIES
DAVID DALTON
American violist and teacher David Johnson Dalton died on 23 December. Born in 1934 in Springville, UT, he was given his first violin one Christmas, an unwelcome surprise ...
Slow growth
TOUGH NUT TO CRACK: Violinist Armen Anassian was obliged to turn conductor for the Los Angeles Ballet’s five performances of The Nutcracker in December. With the regular conductor indispo...