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Album Review: Ray Chen’s ‘Solace’ Navigates the Twists, Turns, & Joy of Bach’s 6 Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin

By Greg Cahill | From the November-December 2020 issue of Strings magazineWhen the COVID-19 quarantine sidelined the globe-trotting violinist Ray Chen’s bu... Read More...

How Should You Practice Cello? Amit Peled’s 1-Hour Class Might Help

By Strings StaffMany cellists of all skill levels have similar questions about their practice: “What should I practice daily?” “How should I structure my p... Read More...

Classical Vinyl Makes a Comeback: Old-school Recaptures Its Cool

By Laurence Vittes | From the November-December 2020 issue of Strings magazine“Vinyl is the coolest thing and will outpace sales of CDs soon,” says cellist... Read More...

Strings’ 2020 Holiday Gift Guide: Comfort Food For The Soul

By Megan Westberg | From the November-December 2020 issue of Strings magazineWho among us will not be glad to see the back of 2020? Even if the pandemic ha... Read More...

New Recordings of Beethoven’s Triple Concerto: 3 New Takes and 1 Archival Album

By Laurence Vittes | From the November-December 2020 issue of Strings magazineThree new recordings demonstrate the variety of what cellist Anner Bylsma cal... Read More...

Photo courtesy San Francisco Symphony; Article first published in the San Francisco Chronicle, reprinted with permission

The San Francisco Symphony Launches an Intimate New Concert Series

By Barbara Bogatin | From the November-December 2020 issue of Strings magazineI wait excitedly behind the glass door, settling into my familiar pre-co... Read More...

Sheku Kanneh-Mason and His Musical Siblings Record an Enchanting Family Album

By David TempletonSheku Kanneh-Mason’s latest album, Carnival, is a delightfully charming and ambitious undertaking, marking the first time the renowned ce... Read More...

Album Review: Calder Quartet, ‘Eclectic Currents’

The Calder Quartet’s (Benjamin Jacobson and Andrew Bulbrook, violins; Jonathan Moerschel, viola; Eric Byers, cello) new digital-only release, Eclectic Curr... Read More...

Bravo! Vail Music Festival Rolls Out a Creative Solution to COVID Complications

By David Templeton | From the November-December 2020 issue of Strings magazineEarly this year, as the pandemic reared its head and performing-arts organiza... Read More...

Keep Connected with Cellist Hamilton Berry

As told to Greg CahillKeep Connected chronicles the ways in which string players are staying in touch with their audience or students during the global cor... Read More...