Contributors

FELIPE AVELLAR DE AQUINO

(Villa-Lobos and the cello, page 36) is a cellist and professor at the Federal University of Paraíba–UFPB in Brazil. He has performed in Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Italy and the US, and directs the annual UFPB International Chamber Music Festival. He has a doctoral degree in cello performance and literature from the Eastman School of Music.

PAOLO BODINI

(Making Matters, page 66) was chief of the department of internal medicine at Cremona General Hospital. He became interested in violin making while serving as mayor of Cremona (1999–2004). In 2006 he established the Stradivari Foundation and now sits on the board of trustees of the city’s Museo del Violino.

JAMES DICKENSON

(Opinion, page 21) studied in the UK and the USA with many great pedagogues. He is a violin soloist, teacher and veteran of the Degas and Villiers quartets. Recent recordings include two CDs of Spohr duos for Naxos.

ULRICH HINSBERGER

(Trade Secrets, page 60) is an award-winning violin maker based in Biberach, Germany. His main focus is on making new instruments inspired by the Italian tradition but created with innovative techniques. He is supported by his Belgian assistant Maarten De Keukeleire.

LEWIS KAPLAN

(Bach Solo Violin Sonatas, page 30) is a senior professor of violin and chamber music at the Juilliard School and the Mannes School of Music/The New School. He is a visiting professor at London’s Royal College of Music and the founding violinist of the Aeolian Chamber Players.

SISI YE

(Violin making schools in China, page 46) is a researcher from the School of Music at South China Normal University, as well as a pianist, chamber musician, and chief executive of the Schoenfeld International String Competition in Harbin, China.

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