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Contents VOL.133 ISSUE NO 1589 SEPTEMBER 2022 EDUCATION FOCUS 30 COVER STORY Pinchas Zukerman 60 Pietro Guarneri of Mantua 4 THE STRAD SEPTEMBER 2022 EDITOR’S LETTER 7 CONTRIBUTORS 8 SOUNDPOST 10 30 40 48 50 58 60 70 FEATURES PINCHAS ZUKERMAN The veteran violinist and violist tells Pauline Harding his views on everything from his new masterclass series to the role of technology in string teaching INTERNATIONAL LUTHERIE SCHOOLS What are the options for young violin makers looking to improve their skills? Peter Somerford talks to tutors from seven European and US schools to find out NEWARK SCHOOL OF VIOLIN MAKING The Strad looks back on 50 years of the UK’s best-known institution for lutherie and the many well-known names who have passed through its doors as students STRINGS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA Teachers in the largest, and most remote, Australian state face unique challenges. Rita Fernandes finds out why bringing strings to regional areas is worth it SESSION REPORT Katie Stillman and Carmen Flores of the Villiers Quartet talk to Harry White about their latest recording of works by Frederick Delius and Ethel Smyth PIETRO GUARNERI OF MANTUA Andrea Zanrè examines three unusual instruments that have been repurposed during their lifetimes, but still retain the Mantua maker’s unique characteristics YURI KRAMAROV The Russian violist and pedagogue was one of the Soviet era’s greatest successes – but today he is almost forgotten. Misha Galaganov reassesses his legacy www.thestrad.com
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LUTHERIE 40 International lutherie schools FRONT 12 20 23 24 26 28 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 REGULARS 77 80 84 86 90 96 100 121 122 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 77 In Focus 80 Trade Secrets TEACHING AND LEARNING 90 Masterclass 100 Concerts 96 Technique MUSIC 106 Recordings SEPTEMBER 2022 THE STRAD 5

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Contents

VOL.133 ISSUE NO

1589

SEPTEMBER 2022

EDUCATION

FOCUS

30 COVER STORY Pinchas Zukerman

60 Pietro Guarneri of Mantua

4 THE STRAD SEPTEMBER 2022

EDITOR’S LETTER 7 CONTRIBUTORS 8 SOUNDPOST 10

30

40

48

50

58

60

70

FEATURES

PINCHAS ZUKERMAN

The veteran violinist and violist tells Pauline Harding his views on everything from his new masterclass series to the role of technology in string teaching

INTERNATIONAL LUTHERIE SCHOOLS

What are the options for young violin makers looking to improve their skills? Peter Somerford talks to tutors from seven European and US schools to find out

NEWARK SCHOOL OF VIOLIN MAKING

The Strad looks back on 50 years of the UK’s best-known institution for lutherie and the many well-known names who have passed through its doors as students

STRINGS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Teachers in the largest, and most remote, Australian state face unique challenges. Rita Fernandes finds out why bringing strings to regional areas is worth it

SESSION REPORT

Katie Stillman and Carmen Flores of the Villiers Quartet talk to Harry White about their latest recording of works by Frederick Delius and Ethel Smyth

PIETRO GUARNERI OF MANTUA

Andrea Zanrè examines three unusual instruments that have been repurposed during their lifetimes, but still retain the Mantua maker’s unique characteristics

YURI KRAMAROV

The Russian violist and pedagogue was one of the Soviet era’s greatest successes – but today he is almost forgotten. Misha Galaganov reassesses his legacy www.thestrad.com

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