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BENOITDUPEUX (Making Matters, page 74) is a French

Editorís letter

The Emerson Quartet has been acknowledged as one

VIOLA POWER

LETTER of the MONTH Mathis Rochat I was

TALES OF THE TRADE

The article on the Newark School of Violin

MYSTERY SOLVED

Andrew Ryan’s article ‘Straight talking’ (Making Matters, September

A ROYAL RECOLLECTION

Of the many respectful tributes to Her Majesty

Driven to despair

Newsand events from around the world this month

NEWS IN BRIEF

Ray Chen acquires Stradivari violin bit.ly/3Bod4af Violinist

OBITUARIES

JORJA FLEEZANIS US violinist Jorja Fleezanis died on

Electric echoes

PREMIERE of the MONTH

COMPETITIONS

2 Barbican Quartet 3 Benjamin Kruithof 4 Trio

Colours galore

BOW FROGS

Life lessons

Thomas Demenga

A DIALOGUE OF KINDNESS

Violist and clinical support therapist Neesa Sunar explores how teachers can call on their own lived experience as musicians to help pupils who are struggling with feelings of sadness or futility

Perfect pairings

Laurence Vittes finds that the combination of chamber music and the vineyards of California’s Napa Valley makes a festival that’s hard to resist

EMERSON QUARTET

l–r Eugene Drucker, Philip Setzer, Lawrence Dutton and

THE VALUE OF GOOD TOOLS

The quartet plays in the studio of Paul

BLACK COMMUNITY ORCHESTRAS IN THE US

Cleveland Press on 17 November 1958 described the

SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW CREDIT

Composer, violinist, violist and singer Caroline Shaw was the youngest ever winner of the Pulitzer Prize for composition. She tells Toby Deller about the eclectic influences on her music, including her fascination with Renaissance motets, Haydn quartets – and citrus fruit

SECRETS AND LIES

While Arthur Abell had a taste for high society, his brother Edward became a recluse – but both had a penchant for fine violins and a cavalier attitude to the truth, as Clifford Hall reveals

STRENGTH IN DIFFERENCE

The members of the Chiaroscuro Quartet speak to Toby Deller about how they combined detailed preparation while retaining a sense of spontaneity when recording Mozart’s ‘Prussian’ Quartets

STYLE and SUBSTANCE

In our July 2022 issue, bow maker Matt Wehling profiled the highly influential maker F. N. Voirin. In this second article he probes deeper into some of Voirin’s artistic and technical advances, which were quickly implemented by most all French makers and paved the way for such luminary makers as Lamy, Sartory and E.A. Ouchard.

DATING THE BOWS

Assigning a date to a Voirin bow is,

HOW VOIRIN CHANGED BOW AESTHETICS

Throughout Voirin’s career he upped the general precision

SANTO SERAFIN

Lutherie

Making a scroll cast using foam

An efficient method of casting a scroll that eliminates the need for silicone rubber

HUTHMAKER FAMILY

A peek into lutherie workshops around the world

Augmented reality

Points of interest to violin and bow makers

SCHUMANN SONATA NO.1 OP.105 FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO

Alexandra Wood explores the passionate and highly effective work of a composer tormented by his own ideals

THE SOLOIST

COURTESYAURORA ORCHESTRA NAME ALEXANDRA WOOD NATIONALITY BRITISH STUDIED

Sound travel

Filling the hall: ideas and exercises for teaching projection

FURTHER MATERIALS

How I Play, How I Teach by Paul

THIS MONTH’S RECOMMENDED RECORDINGS

Our pick of the new releases

CONCERTS

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

RECORDINGS

BARRY 1998; All day at home busy

BOOKS

Distant Melodies: Music in Search of Home Edward

From the ARCHIVE

Violinist and Paganini expert Julius Siber gives some biographical notes on the ‘demon violinist’ to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth

IN THE NEXT ISSUE

1693 ‘Harrison’ Stradivari An instrument from the master

NICOLAS ALTSTAEDT

Dvořák’s ‘Dumky’ Piano Trio always seemed like the Mount Everest of the repertoire, until the Covid lockdowns gave the German cellist a chance to find the real meaning behind it

Yale SCHOOL OF MUSIC

THOMASTIK INFELD VIENNA

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Manhattan School of Music

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ARCUS

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LEARNING TRADE SECRETS

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BISHOP

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STRETTO

G. Henle Verlag

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Robert McDuffie Center for Strings

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STRADPET

ONLINE POSTS

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NORTH BENNET ST.SCHOOL

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the Strad PODCAST

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OBERLIN

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Petz Vienna

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Despiau Chevalets

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QUEEN MUSIC ELISABETH CHAPEL

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SOLEA

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INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION HENRI MARTEAU

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Schuback Violin Shop

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WARCHAL

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DARTON & HERSH FINE VIOLINS

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The PARKHOUSE AWARD

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Brobst Violin Shop

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TATSUNOYA CO.,LTD.

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STACEY STYLES

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Luis and Clark

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Classifieds

Chin Kim

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ADVERTISERS INDEX

MUCO

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BOWBADGER

AUBERT LUTHERIE

LARSEN STRINGS

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Jay Haide

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the Strad CALENDER 2023

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