ContributorsANDREW CARRUTHERS (Making Matters, page 70) attended the

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Editorís letterEver since the Danish Quartet burst on to

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NEWS IN BRIEFViolinist Augustin Hadelich joins KD Schmid bit.ly/3wE7uyr

OBITUARIESCHARLES TREGER American violinist Charles Treger died on

Let there be lightPREMIERE of the MONTH

COMPETITIONSHina Khuong-Huu Brandon Leonard Njioma Chinyere Grevious KHUONG-HUU

NEW PRODUCTSFEATURED PRODUCT VIOLIN STRINGS Two in one

Life lessonsThe French cellist recalls the teachers who helped him on his unique journey, and the role of the player as interpreter

A rich musical inheritancePOSTCARD from... KERTEMINDE

Going with the flowSince making their teenage debut in 2002, the musicians of the Danish Quartet have risen to the pinnacle of their profession but have never lost their expansive sense of wonder. Andrew Mellor talks to the foursome as they embark on their 20th-anniversary season

THE PROMISED LANDAt the end of the 19th century, the many waves of immigration to Argentina meant fertile ground for luthiers – particularly from Italy. Lionnel Genovart profiles some of the best-known names in the country’s violin making history

IRON LADY HEART OF GOLDCellist Natalia Shakhovskaya was one of the most influential pedagogues of recent times, teaching in both Russia and Spain. Oskar Falta examines her life and hears from some of her former pupils about her exacting teaching style

EMBRACING THE STRANGEThe Calidore Quartet has just released the first in its cycle of late Beethoven quartets. Peter Quantrill hears from two of the players about how this music involves intense preparation and a sense of ‘leaning into the weird’

Return of the KINGThe baryton, an unusual bowed instrument with sympathetic strings, was championed as ‘the king of instruments’ during Haydn’s time, but later slid into obscurity. Now, however, it is making a comeback, as Gavin Dixon discovers

FOR GOOD MEASUREIn an age without a standardised measuring system, how is it that most Cremonese luthiers made instruments with such similar measurements and proportions? Simone Zopf argues that there was in fact a single unit of measurement from which most of the rest can be derived

IN FOCUSSESTO ROCCHI

Repairing a bow thumb groove with epoxy and modelling clayTRADE SECRETS

LERICE NAGER & SAVANNAH CHILDERSMY SPACE

Inspired by natureMAKING MATTERS Points of interest to violin and bow makers

MENDELSSOHN VIOLIN CONCERTOMASTERCLASS

Octaves for cellistsOvercoming the fear and finding joy in octave practice

CONCERTSYour monthly critical round-up of performances, recordings and publications

RECORDINGSBACH TRANSCRIPTIONS BACH Concertos for violoncello piccolo, strings

BOOKSVaughan Williams Eric Saylor 360PP ISBN 9780190918569 OXFORD

From the ARCHIVEFROM THE STRAD MARCH 1903 VOL.13 NO.155

PETER SHEPPARD SKÆRVEDViotti’s short piece Ranz des Vaches – and the Italian virtuoso’s comments about the traditional Swiss herdsman’s song – had a seismic effect on the British violinist