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Points of interest to violin and bow makers
How a piece of modelling clay can be attached to a string’s afterlength to eliminate a wolf note
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It is self-evident that becoming an accomplished string
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News and events from around the world this month
NEW PRODUCTS
Sitting on a stool, most bassists will rest the instrument
Life lessons
The British cellist, composer and founder of new music group Apartment House on John Cage and how visual art helped to open his mind
ORCHESTRAL OVERLOAD
Conservatoires and youth orchestras in the UK too often imitable an excessive number of orchestral rehearsals and concerts. These rob students of precious hours of private pracice, writes violin teacher Simon Smith
Playing it for a queen
This year’s Queen Elisabeth Compeiion in Belgium was devoted to the violin, and showcased a set of distinct and accomplished performances by the twelve ffinalists, as Tim omfray reports
Blaze of glory
At the Montreal Internaional Musical Compeiion, Tom Stewart heard a winning performance full of fire among a seriously impressive field of contestants
FEATURES
IRREPRESSIBLE DRIVE
South African-born double bassist Leon Bosch has held top orchestral posts and performed as a soloist on multiple international stages since arriving in the UK in 1982. But, as he tells Kimon Daltas, now is not the time to rest on his laurels, as new works and new challenges await
NORTHERN LIGHTS
The 19th century witnessed a thriving double bass making scene in the Manchester area of England. This northern school, which had its own distinct style points, flourished for a longer time than its southern counterpart, as Thomas Martin, Martin Lawrence and George Martin explain
Social harmony
Violinist Leonidas Kavakos this year presented his eighth Musical Horizons Conservatory masterclass series. Toby Deller attended the three-day event in Athens, during which Kavakos proved himself to be not only an intelligent and dedicated teacher, but also an advocate of social cohesion and personal responsibility through music
MUSIC OF THE SPHERES
In an age of little numeracy or literacy, how did luthiers settle on the proportions of stringed instruments, with hardly any variation in their basic design? François Denis shows how the principles of the classical Greeks – notably Pythagoras – informed their thinking
TESTAMENT TO VERSATILITY
Austrian violinist and violist Eduard Melkus turned 90 last year. Tully Potter speaks to colleagues, former pupils and the man himself – and outlines a far more diverse and varied career than his reputation for early music performance would suggest
REGULARS
ANDREA GUARNERI
Andrea Guarneri was the patriarch of one of the most
Making a Tourte-style eye
How to use gold, tortoiseshell and abalone in copies of works by the ‘father of the modern bow’
LUKAS KEHNEN
As far as I know, I’m still the only violin maker in
MENDELSSOHN CELLO SONATA NO.2
Johannes Moser takes a look at tempo, dynamics and the relaionship between instruments in the exciing and energeic irst movement of the D major op.58 Sonata
Walking bass
Essenial foundaions for producing a jazz bass-line with good sound, rhythm and harmony
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From the ARCHIVE
Violinist Mavis Bacca Dowden reports from the fourth edition of the Queen Elisabeth Violin Competition, where Jaime Laredo was victorious and Joseph Silverstein came third
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The players discuss their mentors and passing their
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The Briish double bassist recalls his irst encounters with Iannis Xenakis’s solo work Theraps – including some frank exchanges with the composer himself
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