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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: Duets as a teaching tool
Cellist and teacher Naomi Yandell outlines the reasons why duet playing is an essential tool in one-to-one instrumental teaching
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Premium ❘ FeatureMy Space: Vinay Mural’s Chendamangalam workshop
The maker gives us a tour of his workshop in India
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Brahms Violin Concerto, second movement
The feeling of rhetoric and a stream of consciousness must be represented when approaching this movement, says violinist Liza Ferschtman
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Premium ❘ Focus‘Positivity goes a much longer way than negativity’ - Melissa White’s life lessons
The American violinist on having inspirational tutors, the power of positivity and the need for risk-taking
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Quartet playing from the violist’s perspective
Alan George examines the techniques of chamber music playing from the violist’s seat
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: Infrared reflectography in restoration
Luiz Amorim demonstrates how infrared reflectography can be used in violin restoration, as a non-invasive method for diagnosing problems
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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from Idaho: Sun Valley Music Festival
The Sun Valley Music Festival is a unique experience where visitors can hear free concerts performed by first-rate musicians in a beautiful setting, as Emma Baker discovered
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Home-made tools for violin making
A range of innovative implements made by hand from carbon steels and high-speed steels
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1705 violin by Antonio Maria Lavazza
Claudio Amighetti examines an instrument by the little-known maker
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis November 2025: Youth orchestra engagement programmes
Youth orchestras in the US have come a long way in recent years, with all manner of engagement programmes helping young musicians discover their potential
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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from California: Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival
Davina Shum travelled to California’s Silicon Valley to sample the intense creative atmosphere of the chamber music festival and educational programme Music@Menlo
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts November 2025: Violin Factory Education ABS Violin
A plastic violin designed to make early learning more efficient and affordable
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts November 2025: D’Andrea String Cleaner
A new product to remove build-up on violin and viola strings
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts November 2025: Arcofrog Zipline
Arcofrog’s new product helps with perpendicular bowing in beginners
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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Rosalind Ventris on Elgar’s Violin Concerto
Early recordings of Elgar’s Violin Concerto opened up a new world of expressive possibilities for the British violist – despite her never having played it
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: Differences in set-up between classical and jazz bass
It might be underappreciated how much the set-up of the double bass differs between classical and jazz playing. László Nemessányi presents a checklist of the major differences
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Premium ❘ Feature‘Promenade Concerts have adhered closely to the beaten track’ - From the archive: October 1935
In his monthly ‘Radio Notes’ column, Reid Stewart bemoans the current state of the Proms and the programming habits of the BBC (which had taken them over in 1927)
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Dvořák Romance in F minor op.11
Violinist Grace Park examines ways of creating nuance and variety in this seemingly simple piece, which is imbued with folk elements characteristic of Dvořák’s heritage
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Exploring pizzicato techniques
Violinist Tomás Cotik on the broad range of pizzicato techniques available to string players
