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Strings MagazineGearReview: Canadian Fiddler April Verch Counts Her Blessings The lovely and spacious ‘Blessing on the Wing’ is Verch’s third album with duo partner Joe Newberry.
Strings MagazineGearString Pioneers: Giovanni Bottesini—Master of the Double Bass Known in his time as the "Paganini of the Double Bass," Bottesini changed people’s ideas about what the instrument could do.
Strings MagazineGearReview: ‘The Wannabe Classical Music Aficionado’ Is a Handy Introduction for New Classical Audiences In boundlessly energetic style, violinist (and author) Allan Schiller takes the newbie concertgoer on a tour through canonic orchestral and chamber composers and repertoire from the Baroque to the present day.
Strings MagazineGearYamaha Releases Two new Silent Cello Models The SVC300C and SVC300F models operate more as companions than competitors. It’s just that one is designed to appeal to classical players (300F), while the other is a little more rock ’n’ roll.
Strings MagazineGearThe Human Touch—New York’s Metropolitan Museum Unveils an Exhibition Correlating Instruments to the Body It is described as the first major museum show to explore the relationship between bodies and musical instruments, gathering some 130 instruments, paintings, sculptures, and drawings from around the world.
Strings MagazineGearReview: The Irish Chamber Orchestra Focuses on Lesser-Known Works on ‘Invitation’ This collection of recordings, made over several years, serves as a documented retrospective of conductor Jörg Widmann’s ten-year tenure with the orchestra.
Strings MagazineGearString Pioneers—Hungarian Violin Icon Panna Czinka Continues to Inspire This unorthodox lyric poet and virtuoso violinist blazed the trail for female musicians and has inspired thousands.
Strings MagazineGearComposers and Players Are Reimagining Music in an Age of Climate Crisis Across the classical world, the climate crisis increasingly shapes how composers and performers think about their art.
Strings MagazineGearThe Creators of Forte3D Instruments Made a Deal on ‘Shark Tank,’ and Now They’ve Got to Keep Up with Demand The effect of appearing on the ABC show was instantaneous: Not a day has passed since the air date without an order coming in.
Strings MagazineGearDid You Know . . . The Longest Symphony in the Standard Repertory Is Mahler’s Third? It lasts about 100 minutes and is performed quite often, but it is far from the longest ever written.
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