WARCHAL VIOLIN STRINGS SET THE BEAST

Contributors

This month's writers for The Strad

SOUNDPOST

Letters, emails, online comments

CHECKLIST

Get your search under way

INSPIRED TO SUCCEED

Details of some top teachers and where you can study with them

COURSE LISTINGS

Courses around the world

Arieta Liatsi, violin

Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, Austria

Kirsten Wilbrandt Kjær, viola

Royal Danish Academy of Music, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Tomos Christie, cello

New Zealand School of Music, Wellington, New Zealand

Guilherme Lourenço Reis, violin

Academia Nacional Superior de Orquestra, Lisbon, Portugal

Marcelo Rodrigues, double bass

Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK (page 38)

Natalia Vilchis, cello

Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, US

Editor's letter

By Emma Baker

Cancel culture

News and events from around the world

COMPETITIONS

Awards news from around the world

Fit for a star

The latest items for string players

Life lessons

Roberto Díaz, president of the Curtis Institute of Music, gives his thoughts

ON BEING A ‘BOWIST’

Should violinists – and indeed other string players – be properly called ‘bowists’?

In a new light

The Tertis and Aronowitz International Viola Competitions

On the edge

Premiere of the Month

A TIME OF CHANGE

The US violinist has just released Milestones, an album of works with particularly personal meaning to him. He tells Rita Fernandes how it all came about

LEADING THE WAY

Florian Leonhard examines one of the lesser-known violins by the great luthier and explores the life of its namesake, the collector Frédéric Émile d’Erlanger

A musical polymath

One of the best-known Romanian composers, he was also an accomplished violinist, pianist, conductor and pedagogue. Tully Potter looks back at his career

THE POWER OF THREE

Jacqueline Vanasse speaks to members of the Goldberg, Arnold, Pasquier and Boccherini trios to discover what makes this musical form unique

A CELLIST AT THE OPERA

US cellist Zlatomir Fung talks to Peter Quantrill about his new album based around operatic works by Janá?ek, Wagner, Tchaikovsky and more

HARD and FAST RULES

From density to stiffness, there are myriad variables that luthiers need to take into account. Jiri Povolny presents a guide to finding the best spruce for the job

CARLO ANTONIO TESTORE

Sean Bishop examines a 1753 viola by Carlo Antonio Testore

Replacement of pearl eyes in a bow

Bow maker Sarah Bystrom gives her method for making pearl eyes

WAI YONG THAM

Wai Yong Tham of Singapore

Signs of the times

Interpreting the various symbols on 19th-century French bows

MOZART VIOLIN CONCERTO NO.4 IN D MAJOR, FIRST MOVEMENT

Tobias Feldmann on the first movement of Mozart’s Violin Concerto no.4

The art of emoting

US violinist Charles Castleman hands on tips about bow distribution

CONCERTS

A critical round-up of performances

RECORDINGS

The latest physical and digital recordings

BOOKS

Publications of interest to the string music world

From the ARCHIVE

From May 1925

ALINA IBRAGIMOVA

Alina Ibragimova reveals her love for Schumann’s Violin Sonata no.2

PIRASTRO

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INGLES & HAYDAY

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ARCUS

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the Stradl Shop

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LARSEN STRINGS

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the Strad shop

AMERSFOORT

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ONLINE EXCLUSIVES

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GEWA STRINGS

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VICHY ENCHÈRES

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DARNTON & HERSH FINE VIOLINS

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Chin Kim

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BENDER Klangstachel

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CHACONNE

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Luis and Clark

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STRADPET

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the strad shop

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brobst violin shop

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Peter Mach

www.petermach.com

THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

go.unimelb.edu.au/xw6p

LUMATEC

www.shop-schilbach.net

Petz Vienna

www.pk.at

BOIS DHARMONIE

www.boisdharmonie.net

Alchemist

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OUEEN MUSIC ELISABETH CHAPEL

Musicchapel.org

Bow Hair

bowhair.com

IRISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

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TOUCHSTONE TONEWOODS

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zhdk

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The Bow Doctor's Surgical Kit

bowbadger.com

STENTOR

www.stentor-music.com

the Strad Shop

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JOHNS HOPKINS PEABODY CONSERVATORY

peabody.jhu.edu

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

RNCM

rncm.ac.uk

Adverti

www.RobertsonViolins.com

Tarisio

tarisio.com

DEGREES 2025–26

the Strad shop

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Curtis

curtis.edu

PIRASTRO

www.pirastro.com

Manhattan School of Music

MSMNYC.EDU

MERCURY UNIVERSITY

mcduffie.mercer.edu

BOSTON CONSERVATORY at Berklee

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DEPAUL UNIVERSITY

music.depaul.edu

OBERLIN

www.oberlin.edu/con

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