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- Armenian violinist wins €200k in Classic Violin Olympus International Competition
- 2025 Lynn Harrell Concerto Competition winners announced
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- In Focus: A 1753 viola by Carlo Antonio Testore
- Leading the way: the ‘Baron d’Erlanger’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin 1732
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- Lutherie
- Record breaker: Library of Congress acquires ‘Tuscan-Medici’ Stradivari viola for $30 million
- In Focus: A 1753 viola by Carlo Antonio Testore
- Leading the way: the ‘Baron d’Erlanger’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin 1732
- ‘To my surprise I found it to be a splendid Strad’ - From the Archive: April 1925
- In Focus: A 1923 violin by Michael Dötsch
- Dual accomplishments: the makers of Markneukirchen
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- Concert review: Owls, Claire Chase (flute)
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- Concert review: Steven Isserlis (cello) Connie Shih (piano)
- Book Reviews
- Book review: Bach Cello Suites BWV1007–1012
- Book review: Songs My Mother Never Taught Me
- Book review: Cello Notes: Music and the Urgency of Time
- Recording Reviews
- James Ehnes: Bach
- Liza Ferschtman: Brahms, Suk
- Lawrence Power, Alban Gerhardt: Brett Dean
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- May 2025
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- Yevgeny Kutik performs Dvořák’s ‘Going Home’ for solo violin
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- Anzû Quartet performs Ken Thomson’s ‘Uneasy’
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- New video: ‘Dear Mountains’ by Karen Ouzounian and Lembit Beecher
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