LUTHERIE

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ON THE BEAT News and analysis 12 / Premiere 16 / Competitions 19 PRODUCTS LIFE LESSONS LSO co-leader Carmine Lauri OPINION How a different discipline, such as learning a new language, can bring new ideas POSTCARD FROM BORDEAUX String quartets compete in France’s wine-making capital POSTCARD FROM HELSINKI The finals of the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition

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IN FOCUS Jordi Pinto examines an unusual tenor viola made by his own grandfather, Jacint Pinto TRADE SECRETS Luthier Fany Bourel presents a traditional way of gluing the C-bout ribs MY SPACE Mechthild Ossenbrunner of Cologne MAKING MATTERS Andrew Ryan examines a curious detail of Cremonese archings MASTERCLASS Tabea Zimmermann on the first movement of Hummel’s Viola Sonata op.5 no.3 TECHNIQUE Marcos Santos on the collé stroke REVIEWS Concerts 100 / Recordings 106 / Books 117 FROM THE ARCHIVE From September 1892 SENTIMENTAL WORK Violinist Jack Liebeck on Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto no.1 in D major www.thestrad.com

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