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Contents VOL.127 ISSUE NO 1518 OCTOBER 2016 28 COVER STORY Julia Fischer and Daniel Müller-Schott 51 The Academies Collection 4 THE STRAD OCTOBER 2016 EDITOR’S LETTER 7 CONTRIBUTORS 8 SOUNDPOST 10 28 35 42 48 51 FEATURES JULIA FISCHER AND DANIEL MÜLLER-SCHOTT The violinist and cellist discuss their new duo recording, featuring works they have performed together for over ten years, in conversation with Pauline Harding PELLE GUDMUNDSEN-HOLMGREEN Kronos Quartet violinist David Harrington talks to Andrew Mellor about the ensemble’s creative relationship with the Danish composer, who died in June BUILDING A STRING CAREER Five string players in their twenties describe their experiences cultivating a professional performing career in their respective parts of the world SESSION REPORT Fifty years after she began playing Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas, Kyung Wha Chung discusses her long-awaited recording of the works THE STRAD CALENDAR 2017: THE ACADEMIES COLLECTION John Dilworth examines a selection of the treasures inside The Strad ’s 2017 calendar, featuring instruments from music colleges around the world www.thestrad.com
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LUTHERIE 35 Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen FRONT 12 21 22 24 26 ON THE BEAT News and analysis 12 / Premiere 14 / Competitions 18 PRODUCTS PRACTICE DIARY Italian violinist Francesca Dego rehearses Brahms, Mozart and Sibelius OPINION A liberated view on quartet playing POSTCARD FROM HARBIN The Alice & Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition REGULARS 57 60 64 66 69 80 84 105 106 IN FOCUS Genoese luthier Ludovico Rastelli TRADE SECRETS Sharon Que’s method for maintaining a good gluing surface MY SPACE Bristol-based maker Steffen Nowak ASK THE EXPERTS The qualities to look for when choosing a brand of rosin MASTERCLASS Paul Silverthorne discusses playing Brahms’s Viola Sonata op.120 no.2 TECHNIQUE Max Frosch on jazz rhythm REVIEWS Concerts 84 / Recordings 90 / Books 100 FROM THE ARCHIVE An interview with violist William Primrose, from 1936 SENTIMENTAL WORK Lisa Batiashvili on her relationship with the Sibelius Violin Concerto www.thestrad.com 60 Trade Secrets 57 In Focus TEACHING AND LEARNING 69 Masterclass MUSIC 80 Technique 84 Concerts 90 Recordings OCTOBER 2016 THE STRAD 5

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LUTHERIE

35 Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

FRONT

12

21 22

24 26

ON THE BEAT News and analysis 12 / Premiere 14 / Competitions 18 PRODUCTS PRACTICE DIARY Italian violinist Francesca Dego rehearses Brahms, Mozart and Sibelius OPINION A liberated view on quartet playing POSTCARD FROM HARBIN The Alice & Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition

REGULARS

57 60

64 66

69

80 84

105

106

IN FOCUS Genoese luthier Ludovico Rastelli TRADE SECRETS Sharon Que’s method for maintaining a good gluing surface MY SPACE Bristol-based maker Steffen Nowak ASK THE EXPERTS The qualities to look for when choosing a brand of rosin MASTERCLASS Paul Silverthorne discusses playing Brahms’s Viola Sonata op.120 no.2 TECHNIQUE Max Frosch on jazz rhythm REVIEWS Concerts 84 / Recordings 90 / Books 100 FROM THE ARCHIVE An interview with violist William Primrose, from 1936 SENTIMENTAL WORK Lisa Batiashvili on her relationship with the Sibelius Violin Concerto www.thestrad.com

60 Trade Secrets

57 In Focus

TEACHING AND LEARNING

69 Masterclass

MUSIC

80 Technique

84 Concerts

90 Recordings

OCTOBER 2016 THE STRAD 5

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