Multigenre Adventure: Playing Both Classical and Fiddle Music Has Led to Incredible Musical Experiences
Violinist Charlotte Marckx discusses how playing the violin has given her life purpose and structure in this 2021 feature on teen string players.
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Back to Back: In What Ways do Instruments with 1- and 2-piece Backs Actually Differ?
“A one-piece cello back of beautiful, quartered maple is, well, dead sexy,” says Marilyn Wallin, a noted violin maker based in Lincoln, Nebraska.
A Bird’s-Eye View: Violist Violist Nicholas Cords Offers Comfort and Connection with New Solo Release ‘Touch Harmonious’
While Nicholas Cords has appeared on several recordings with Brooklyn Rider and the Silkroad Ensemble, this latest solo endeavor spotlights his musical personality at its most virtuosic and at the same time intimate.
Taking Off the Clamps: Violin Maker Francis Kuttner Describes His Favorite Moment of Crafting an Instrument
Taking off the clamps after successfully gluing the two halves in a perfect book-matched joint really sends me. It’s one piece!
Review: ‘Now More Than Ever,’ Katie McNally Trio
On “Now More Than Ever,” the Katie McNally Trio tackles a mix of traditional and self-penned strathspeys, reels, and fiddle tunes.
Learning and Discovery: ‘I Knew Right Away that the Violin was My Calling’
Violinist Pilar Winter Hill discusses juggling academics, extracurriculars, and practicing as a Julliard Pre-College student in this 2021 feature on teen string players.
My Personal Voice: Joshua Gindele’s Contemporary Cello is an Old Soul
Cellist Joshua Gindele began his cello studies at the age of three. He is now celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Miró Quartet, of which he is a founding member.
Review: ‘Mythologies,’ Anna Clyne (Jennifer Koh, violin; BBC Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, cond.)
Anna Clyne's "Mythologies" kicks off with the symphonic sweep of Masquerade, a sprawling orchestral fantasia commissioned in 2013 by the BBC to open the “Last Night” of the Proms.
Lean On Me: Finding Beauty and Expression in Appoggiaturas
Appoggiaturas are so powerful in terms of emotional content because they create an influence on harmony as well as melody.
Review: ‘Works for Solo Cello,’ Per Nørgård and Poul Ruders (Wilhelmina Smith, cello)
Wilhelmina Smith’s recital of virtually unrecorded solo cello music by veteran Danish composers Per Nørgård (b. 1932) and Poul Ruders (b. 1949) could go into any 21st-century cellist’s performance repertoire.
