Stories

A Lifelong Partner: How the Cello has Added Immeasurable Richness and Joy to My Life

By George Struble | From the January-February 2021 issue of Strings magazineNovember 2016. I had agreed to gather a string quartet to provide a concert in ... Read More...

Violin Maker Karl Dennis on Instruments with Emotional Impact

By Karl Dennis | From the January-February 2021 issue of Strings magazineOf all the violins you’ve seen, which left the greatest impression on you as a vio... Read More...

‘Life Is About Impact’: COVID Taught Violinist Damien Escobar What’s Really Important

By David Templeton | From the November-December 2020 issue of Strings magazine“It’s been a wild and crazy journey, to say the least,” laughs violinist Dami... Read More...

Ginger Smock: First Lady of the Jazz Violin

100 years after her birth, violinist Ginger Smock is still due wider recognition for her contributions to the history of jazz violinBy Laura Risk | From th... Read More...

How Online Teaching Has Forged Unexpectedly Strong Bonds Between My Music Students and Me

By Caeli Smith | From the November-December 2020 issue of Strings magazine“Wait, so—when I put my pinky down on the A string, it sounds the same as the ope... Read More...

Beethoven Quartet with Shostkovich, Courtesy of Bridgeman Images

The Beethoven Quartet’s Unique Relationship with Shostakovich

By Sasha Margolis | From the November-December 2020 issue of Strings magazineSeldom has a composer been more closely connected with a particular group of p... Read More...

Period-music Ensemble Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Rose From Humble Beginnings to Record Authoritative Interpretations of Handel’s Concerti Grossi, Op. 6

By Inge Kjemtrup | From the July-August 2020 issue of Strings magazineWhat do George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix have in common? Start with the obviou... Read More...