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‘How do you get to Bayreuth? Practise.’ It’s

On the beat

A safe space for musicians?

Make no move

CELLO BRIDGE STABILISER

Life lessons

Vesko Eschkenazy

ALL TOGETHER NOW

Violist Rosalind Ventris shares her experience of the transformative power of playing chamber music, and discusses its importance for the professional and personal development of every young musician

A Cantabrian encounter

Tim Homfray travels to the northern coast of Spain to experience a unique gathering of young chamber players and master musicians

The start of something BIG

The 1693 ‘Harrison’ violin represents a perfect example of Antonio Stradivari’s ‘Long Pattern’. Andrew Dipper shows how it signifies the start of a critical phase in the master luthier’s career

THE MAN WITH THE BLUE VIOLIN

Czech violinist Pavel Šporcl is a superstar in his own country but something of a well-kept secret elsewhere. He speaks to Amanda Holloway about his varied career, his world premiere recording of countryman Jan Kubelík’s First Concerto, and his unusual instrument

BAYREUTH DREAMS

In the summer of 2022, violinist Thomas Eisner fulfilled a long-held aspiration to play in the orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival. He recounts his experience

FASHIONABLY LATE

To mark the 275th anniversary of François Xavier Tourte’s birth, Paul Childs compares and contrasts two very late violin bows by the master bow maker

ALWAYS THE BEST OF FRIENDS

Spanish cellist Pablo Ferrández talks to Peter Quantrill about making a joint album of Brahms and Clara Schumann with superstar violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, and the challenges of recording it both live and in the studio

LOCAL HERO

David Kettle examines the history of the 18th-century Polish–Lithuanian immigrant Felix Yaniewicz: a resourceful violin virtuoso, composer and impresario who co-founded the first Edinburgh Music Festival in 1815

ROBERT DUNCAN

IN FOCUS

Fitting a bridge to a violin belly

TRADESECRETS

STEVE BURNETT

MY SPACE

HUMMEL POTPOURRI FOR VIOLA AND PIANO

MASTERCLASS

Pushing the boundaries

TECHNIQUE

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FROM THE STRAD DECEMBER 1902 VOL.13 NO.152

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The Russian-born American violinist had never bothered with violin sonatas before César Franck’s masterpiece opened his eyes to the vast possibilities of Romantic repertoire

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