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FEATURES INDEX 2025

PERFORMANCE & MUSIC

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Advice from peers (Gardner) Apr 54

AI, music education and ANALYSIS (Somerford) Jun 12

AI, possible threats to musicians ANALYSIS (Somerford) Dec 12

Alisa Weilerstein (Quantrill) Oct 26

American string quartets (May) Jul 46

American youth orchestras, state of ANALYSIS (White) Nov 12

> ANALYSIS AI, music education and (Somerford) Jun 12

AI, possible threats to musicians (Somerford) Dec 12

American youth orchestras, state of (White) Nov 12

Buskers, plight of in London (Somerford) Jul 12

Cancellations, dealing with artists’ (Somerford) May 12

Disabled orchestras, rise of in UK (Somerford) Oct 12

German music schools, freelance teaching in (Somerford) Apr 12

Music shops, state of UK (Somerford) Sept 12

Online scammers, protection from (Somerford) Feb 12

Ukrainian musicians, training of (Somerford) Mar 12

Attacca Quartet (Grella) Feb 24

Australian Chamber Orchestra (White) Jun 28

Banff: Banff International String Quartet Competition POSTCARD FROM (Fernandes) Dec 26

Beethoven Violin Sonata no.9, 1st mvt MASTERCLASS (Lee/Shum) Aug 68

Biber’s Mystery Sonatas (Chernova-Davis) Oct 46

Biondi, Fabio SENTIMENTAL WORK (Lloyd) Mar 98

Bordeaux: Bordeaux International String Competition POSTCARD FROM (Gardner) Aug 22

Bosch, Leon, sonatinas SESSION REPORT (White) Jun 56

Bow distribution, orchestral players and OPINION (Gorski) Jun 25

Bow distribution, tips on TECHNIQUE (Castleman/Yandell) May 78

Bow technique, importance of OPINION (Thomas) May 21

Brahms Cello Sonata in E minor, 3rd mvt MASTERCLASS (Morris/Shum) Dec 74

Brahms Violin Concerto, 2nd mvt MASTERCLASS (Ferschtman/Shum) Nov 70

Break, coming back after taking a OPINION (Shum) Aug 21

Bucharest: Enescu International Competition POSTCARD FROM (Fernandes) Feb 22

Buskers, plight of in London ANALYSIS (Somerford) Jul 12

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Calidore Quartet (May) Nov 40

California: Music@Menlo festival POSTCARD FROM (Shum) Nov 22

Cancellations, dealing with artists’ ANALYSIS (Somerford) May 12

Capuçon, Gautier, on Gaïa album SESSION REPORT (Gardner) Dec 54

Carbon fibre, uses of (Somerford) ACC 4

Carnatic violin (Bhambri) Oct 34

Cases, contents of musicians’ ACC 10

Chamber music, teaching of OPINION (Finckel) Feb 21

Chords, use of to aid fluency TECHNIQUE (Whitcomb/Yandell) Jul 78

Clarke, Davina, on Bach cantatas SESSION REPORT (White) Jan 50

Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel, 150th anniversary of birth (Hodges) Aug 32

Competitions, advice for students OPINION (Robert) Oct 23

Concert works by screen composers (Fernandes) Apr 40

Conyers, Joseph LIFE LESSONS (Fernandes) Aug 20

Creative health for musicians (Alcantara) Dec 44

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Dalene, Johan (Duchen) Dec 28

Demenga, Thomas SENTIMENTAL WORK (Lloyd) Sept 122

Denver Adult Strings Camp (Butterworth) Sept 42

Development, string teachers’ (Somerford) Sept 50

Díaz, Roberto LIFE LESSONS (Fernandes) May 20

Dicterow, Glenn SENTIMENTAL WORK (Lloyd) Feb 98

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On The Beat: Competitions
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Opinion
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FEATURES
Johan Dalene
The Swedish violinist is already releasing his sixth album at the age of 25. He talks to Jessica Duchen about his eclectic musical tastes and his 1725 Stradivari
Stradivari's early violin patterns
Philip Ihle presents an extensive study into the master luthier’s development, comparing the outlines of 46 violins to discover which patterns he favoured
Creative health for musicians
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Simone Fernando Sacconi
Peter Somerford speaks to friends, colleagues and students of the luthier, expert and author of The ‘Secrets’ of Stradivari, to mark the 130th anniversary of his birth
Session Report
Cellist Gautier Capuçon’s new album Gaïa showcases 17 new pieces themed around climate change. He tells Charlotte Gardner about the concept behind it
Amaryllis Fleming
The British cellist and teacher was born 100 years ago this month. Oskar Falta looks back at her life and hears from her former pupil Raphael Wallfisch
REGULARS
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Trade Secrets
Pablo Alfaro explains the Mirecourt method of carving the f-holes
My Space
Glyn Jones from Bala, Wales
Making Matters
A guide to looking after and storing bow hair correctly
Masterclass
Steffan Morris on the third movement of Brahms’s Cello Sonata in E minor
Technique
Cellist Hannah Roberts explores the expressive possibilities of the bow
Reviews: Concerts
A critical round-up of performances
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The latest physical and digital recordings
Reviews: Books
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