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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in The Strad August 2020.
Editor’s letter
The internet is a marvellous place. Even as concert halls remain silent, artists have put their skills to good use in myriad lockdown performances and live streams, as well as in motivational practic...
Contributors
PABLO ALFARO (Lutherie in Mexico, page 48), originally from Mexico, is an award-winning violin maker and restorer based in Atlanta, GA, US. He has been doing research on the evoluti on of the violin ...
SOUNDPOST
LETTER of the MONTH A DIFFERENT ANGLE I read Sarah Peck’s article about converting an instrument to Baroque set-up with great attention and interest (‘In a land without rules’, May 2020). Like her, I...
Preparing for a brave new world
Conservatoires around the world are preparing for seismic changes in their teaching provision when the autumn term starts in September - and the problem of one-to-one tuiti on is just the ti p of the ...
New music institute launched in Madrid
GREEN FINGERED: On 22 June the members of the UceLi Quartet performed at Barcelona’s iconic Liceu opera house to an audience of 2,292 ficus trees, palms and Swiss cheese plants. The concer...