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...
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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...
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...
Essential Historical Recordings: Violinist Ginette Neveu’s Tragically Short but Musically Rich Life
By Sasha MargolisThe death of Ginette Neveu was one of the great tragedies in violin history. The French violinist was 30, and a still-rising star, when th... Read More...
November Web Focus: Buyer’s Guides
Buying a stringed instrument can be a bit overwhelming, and not just in the picking of an instrument. You also need a bow. And a case. And possibly a chin rest... Read More...
Regina Carter’s ‘Swing States’ Is All About the Vote
The violinist hopes her new album inspires listeners to cast their ballotsBy David TempletonFor Grammy-nominated violinist Regina Carter, the unique no... Read More...