NEWS IN BRIEF

Editorial's Letter
Spanish violinist María Dueñas may only be 21

Contributors
J. PAUL ANDERSON (Making Matters, page 68) is

SOUNDPOST
Letters, emails, online comments

No time like the present
With musicians finding it harder to find traditional performing engagements, some players have found a profitable way to make livestreaming work for them

NEWS IN BRIEF
Borletti-Buitoni Trust announces awards and fellowships bit.ly/4aqgMQl

OBITUARIES
PATRICK IRELAND Violist Patrick Ireland, a founder member

PREMIERE of the MONTH
SHADOWS AND FOG: The Jack Quartet performed the

COMPETITIONS
Anna Im Gaeun Kim HRH The Duke of

In a new light
UV TANNING LAMP

BOW WINDING MACHINE
 ALL WOUND UP

SHINY AND NEW
Thomastik has released the Rondo Gold violin strings.

Life lessons
The Dutch violinist recalls his journey to discovering his own distinct style and sound

Familia first
At the Sphinx Competition and SphinxConnect convention, Rita Fernandes experienced an array of inspiring events that went beyond simply addressing diversity in classical music

MAKING HER MARK
Although she’s only 21, the Spanish violinist María Dueñas is already a rapidly rising star in the musical world. Tom Stewart speaks to the young virtuoso about how she has created her own unique and distinctive voice on the instrument

A MYSTERY UNVEILED
While scholars have scrutinised the making traditions of various Italian cities, the luthiers of Ferrara have been largely neglected – until now. Florian Leonhard presents the results of recent archival research into Alessandro Mezzadri and the Marconcini family, along with notes on their making styles

CREATION AND EVOLUTION
Manchester Collective is an ensemble that doesn’t shy away from either transporting its listeners to unexpected places, or embracing change within its own identity. Members including co ‐founder and violinist Rakhi Singh talk to David Kettle about the group’s unique philosophy

A MUSICAL SMORGASBORD
Italian violinist Fabio Biondi speaks to Robin Stowell about recording Swedish Baroque composer Johan Helmich Roman’s assaggi – solo musical morsels to whet the appetite

A PORTAL TO THE PAST
Geminiani’s scale exercises in his seminal 1751 treatise The Art of Playing on the Violin may look puzzlingly random to modern eyes, but violinist Benjamin Shute argues that they can reveal useful insights into the thinking behind performance practice of the time

LET THE FLOWERS BLOOM
A very specialist part of the bow maker’s craft is the addition of decorative inlay into a bow frog. Vladimiros Sorokin-Andreou presents his method for this intricate and delicate part of the process

CHRISTIAN WILHELM KNOPF
A close look at the work of great and unusual makers

An alternative rib construction method
Makers reveal their special techniques

ANTHONY MORTON
LOCATION Greensboro, NC, US

New angles on old designs
Points of interest to violin and bow makers

BEETHOVEN VIOLIN SONATA NO.8, FIRST MOVEMENT
Teaching & Playing

Creative fingering
Teaching & Playing

New York
CONCERTS

London
INBAL SEGEV (CELLO) LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA/OKSANA LYNIV ROYAL

RECORDINGS
★ ★AUERBACH Piano Trio no.1 DVOŘÁK Piano Trio

BOOKS
Bows, Strings and Dreams Leia Zhu 302PP ISBN

From the ARCHIVE
FROM THE STRAD MAY 1894 VOL.5 NO.49

IN THE NEXT ISSUE
Laura van der Heijden The British cellist talks

CHRISTIAN POLTÉRA
The challenges of Ravel’s Sonata for violin and cello led to a memorable encounter between the Swiss cellist and his childhood hero, Mstislav Rostropovich

CHECKLIST
Questions to help you find the right course and to prepare you for life as a student

INSPIRED TO SUCCEED
VIOLIN

COURSE LISTINGS
ARGENTINA Conservatorio Superior de Música Astor Piazzolla CONTACT

Louisa Staples, violin
Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin, Berlin

Salomé Bonnema, violin
Royal Conservatoire The Hague, The Hague

Chris Njapa, cello
University of Cape Town (UCT), Cape Town

Alex Ferkey, double bass
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London