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FELIPE AVELLAR DE AQUINO (Villa-Lobos and the cello,

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A rickety career ladder

News and events from around the world this month

OBITUARIES

LEV EVGRAFOV Russian cellist and pedagogue Lev Evgrafov

COMPETITIONS

María Dueñas DUEÑAS PHOTO TAM LAN TRUONG.

Tough enough to travel

DOUBLE BASS CASE

MUSIC TO MY EARS

Organum’s updated app can import sheet music as

BETTER TOGETHER

Kinsman has created a new microphone kit for

Life lessons

The principal violist of the London Sinfonietta on the importance of reassessing our musical opinions and the necessity of rethinking music education

SOLO EXPLORING

There is so much more to the unaccompanied violin repertoire than the works of Bach, Paganini and Ysaÿe, writes

THE HEIR APPARENT

CARLO BERGONZI 1735 ‘BARON KNOOP’ VIOLIN

Measure for measure

CARLO BERGONZI 1735 ‘BARON KNOOP’ VIOLIN

AT HEART A FUGUE

Three centuries ago, Bach had completed his set of six Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin. In the first of two articles, Lewis Kaplan, senior member of the Juilliard School faculty, discusses interpretation of the three sonatas with reference to Bach’s autograph score

A VOICE FOR BRAZIL

Heitor Villa-Lobos began his musical career as a cellist and wrote numerous works for the instrument, including the monumental Second Cello Concerto. However, his primary interest lay in promoting the folk traditions of his Brazilian homeland rather than advancing the cello’s virtuoso repertoire, writes Felipe Avellar de Aquino

WAXING LYRICAL

Violist Timothy Ridout’s recording of Schumann and Prokofiev transcriptions was the perfect opportunity to reconnect with a favourite vocal work from his childhood, as he tells

THE WAY OF THE FUTURE

In the second of two articles on violin making in China, Sisi Ye examines the schools teaching the art of lutherie to young people, where tuition can last up to ten years and a grounding in music theory is essential

SOVEREIGN VOICE

Marius May, who died last year, led the generation of British cellists that emerged after Jacqueline du Pré. Here, Simon May tells the story of his younger brother’s astonishing flowering as a teenage musical talent, and his eventual decision to withdraw from performing life

SAMUEL NEMESSÁNYI

IN FOCUS

An easy system for making a template and a mould

TRADE SECRETS

MY SPACE

A peek into lutherie workshops around the world

Thank you for sharing

Points of interest to violin and bow makers

BRAHMS VIOLA SONATA OP.120 NO.1

MASTERCLASS

Jazz soloing on the double bass

TECHNIQUE

Reviews

Your monthly critical round-up of performances, recordings and publications

RECORDINGS

BACH Sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord

BOOKS

The King of Violins: The Extraordinary Life of

From the ARCHIVE

WAKE UP, AMATEURS! A CALL TO AMATEUR MUSICIANS

IN THE NEXT ISSUE

Esther Yoo The American violinist on her

ROGER TAPPING

Listening to Brahms’s String Sextet no.1 op.18 is one of the earliest memories of the Juilliard Quartet violist – and might even be the reason why he took up the viola