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EVOLUTION OF A PARTNERSHIP
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ARCO PROJECT
EVOLUTION OF A PARTNERSHIP
Six years ago, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire head of strings Louise Lansdown established a partnership with a music centre in Soweto to launch the Arco project, providing in-person and online lessons for South African string students. Here she reflects on the importance of the scheme and on how it has developed
An Arco group ensemble class at the Morris Isaacson Centre for Music (MICM) in Soweto, South Africa, in 2017
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Hybrid model
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SMALL BUT beautiful
In the extensive literature concerning Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, there is very little about one of his more remarkable innovations: a refinement of the bow frog design that can be seen on many examples from his workshop. Michel Samson explains how the so-called ‘Alard’ bow was designed to make life easier for players and makers alike
AGAINST THE ODDS
Pierre Baillot battled against financial hardship and suffered personal tragedy, yet he became a leading exponent of the 19th-century French violin school. Martin Wulfhorst reveals his importance as an instrumentalist, pedagogue and compose
GOOD AS NEW
The second album from the United Strings of Europe features original arrangements of existing works by artistic director Julian Azkoul – but more than this, the works are thematically linked by transformation and loss, as he tells Toby Deller
THE WELL HARMONISED MOULD
The logic governing the structure of Stradivari’s violins remains a mystery. André Theuni s and Alexandre Wajnberg take a fresh look at his moulds to find an intriguing system of proportions, utilising the tools and measuring systems of his day
SINETHEMBA NGIBA – ARCO VIOLINIST, AGED 21
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NJABULO NXUMALO – ARCO DOUBLE BASSIST, AGED 21
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