ContributorsBENOITDUPEUX (Making Matters, page 74) is a French

Editorís letterThe Emerson Quartet has been acknowledged as one

VIOLA POWERLETTER of the MONTH Mathis Rochat I was

TALES OF THE TRADEThe article on the Newark School of Violin

Driven to despairNewsand events from around the world this month

NEWS IN BRIEFRay Chen acquires Stradivari violin bit.ly/3Bod4af Violinist

OBITUARIESJORJA FLEEZANIS US violinist Jorja Fleezanis died on

Electric echoesPREMIERE of the MONTH

COMPETITIONS2 Barbican Quartet 3 Benjamin Kruithof 4 Trio

Colours galoreBOW FROGS

Life lessonsThomas Demenga

Perfect pairingsLaurence Vittes finds that the combination of chamber music and the vineyards of California’s Napa Valley makes a festival that’s hard to resist

EMERSON QUARTETl–r Eugene Drucker, Philip Setzer, Lawrence Dutton and

THE VALUE OF GOOD TOOLSThe quartet plays in the studio of Paul

BLACK COMMUNITY ORCHESTRAS IN THE USCleveland Press on 17 November 1958 described the

SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW CREDITComposer, violinist, violist and singer Caroline Shaw was the youngest ever winner of the Pulitzer Prize for composition. She tells Toby Deller about the eclectic influences on her music, including her fascination with Renaissance motets, Haydn quartets – and citrus fruit

SECRETS AND LIESWhile Arthur Abell had a taste for high society, his brother Edward became a recluse – but both had a penchant for fine violins and a cavalier attitude to the truth, as Clifford Hall reveals

STRENGTH IN DIFFERENCEThe members of the Chiaroscuro Quartet speak to Toby Deller about how they combined detailed preparation while retaining a sense of spontaneity when recording Mozart’s ‘Prussian’ Quartets

STYLE and SUBSTANCEIn our July 2022 issue, bow maker Matt Wehling profiled the highly influential maker F. N. Voirin. In this second article he probes deeper into some of Voirin’s artistic and technical advances, which were quickly implemented by most all French makers and paved the way for such luminary makers as Lamy, Sartory and E.A. Ouchard.

DATING THE BOWSAssigning a date to a Voirin bow is,

HOW VOIRIN CHANGED BOW AESTHETICSThroughout Voirin’s career he upped the general precision

SANTO SERAFINLutherie

Making a scroll cast using foamAn efficient method of casting a scroll that eliminates the need for silicone rubber

HUTHMAKER FAMILY A peek into lutherie workshops around the world

Augmented reality Points of interest to violin and bow makers

SCHUMANN SONATA NO.1 OP.105 FOR VIOLIN AND PIANOAlexandra Wood explores the passionate and highly effective work of a composer tormented by his own ideals

THE SOLOISTCOURTESYAURORA ORCHESTRA NAME ALEXANDRA WOOD NATIONALITY BRITISH STUDIED

Sound travelFilling the hall: ideas and exercises for teaching projection

FURTHER MATERIALSHow I Play, How I Teach by Paul

THIS MONTH’S RECOMMENDED RECORDINGSOur pick of the new releases

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

RECORDINGSBARRY 1998; All day at home busy

BOOKSDistant Melodies: Music in Search of Home Edward

From the ARCHIVEViolinist and Paganini expert Julius Siber gives some biographical notes on the ‘demon violinist’ to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth

IN THE NEXT ISSUE1693 ‘Harrison’ Stradivari An instrument from the master

NICOLAS ALTSTAEDTDvořák’s ‘Dumky’ Piano Trio always seemed like the Mount Everest of the repertoire, until the Covid lockdowns gave the German cellist a chance to find the real meaning behind it