Digital Download - Issue No. 264, April 2017

Digital Download - Issue No. 264, April 2017

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Culture Shock

Yo-Yo Ma and Silk Road Ensemble members team up with maestro Long Yu for the inaugural Youth Music Culture Guangdong

By Stephanie Powell

 

The Modern Romantic

David Del Tredici is among the game-changing American composers celebrating a major birthday this season

By Thomas May

 

The Seasons of Gidon Kremer

In the case of this formidable violin superstar, one learns to expect the unexpected

By Inge Kjemtrup

 

How to Talk to Your Violin Maker

By commissioning an instrument or bow, a string player enters a collaborative process that—at its best—can produce his or her musical soulmate

By Samuel Zygmuntowicz, Gregg Alf, David Folland, and Ralph Ashmead

 

Buying a Contemporary Instrument

Other than commissioning a violin yourself, there are three other venues where you might find your modern masterpiece

By Cristina Schreil

 

Tradition vs. Innovation: A Contemporary Maker’s Challenge

Violin and bow makers discuss how they balance tradition, creativity, and experimentation

By Heather K. Scott

 

Editor’s Note

 

News & Notes

Luthier David Folland on a recent Stradivari study; plus Milestones; 5 minutes with Bärenreiter editor and Saint-Saëns expert Michael Stegemann; and more

 

First Person

The stand-up meeting that helped the Chiara Quartet develop productive communication

 

Curtain Call

Violinist Philippe Quint on the purity and unpretentiousness of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7

 

What’s in the Case?

Violist Atar Arad on his Nicolò Amati’s human voice

 

Your Instrument

Discovering the system of design used to create a scroll is a complex errand—and somewhat beside the point

 

Rep Prep

Fauré’s masterwork ‘Elegie’ requires a tricky balancing act

 

Stage & Studio

Lee England Jr. connects with the crowd while playing a gig in an unconventional venue

 

REVIEWS

For the Record: Cellist Pieter Wispelwey on transcribing works he hopes join the standard cello repertoire. On Record: Violinist Augustin Hadelich and pianist Joyce Yang curate an album bookended with arch-Romantic sonatas, and more