No. 257, September 2016
Bonds of Friendship
For his latest release, Joshua Bell joins with longtime musical partners Steven Isserlis and Jeremy Denk to rediscover Brahms and unearth a Schumann rarity
By Thomas May
Strad Discovery
The many similarities with another example exhibited at the Chi Mei Museum in Taiwan provide unprecedented evidence of Stradivari’s case production in series
By Dimitri Musafia
To a Cello Legend, with Love
The second International Piatigorsky Cello Festival delivers all-star talent and a celebration of all things cello
By Stephanie Powell
SPECIAL FOCUS
College & Conservatory
Musical Merger
Students excited and concerned as two Boston music schools join forces
By Patrick Sullivan
Pathfinder
Choosing the best college music program for you
By Cristina Schreil
There’s an App for That
5 apps for the college or conservatory string student
By Louise Lee
Editor’s Note
News & Notes
Klein Competition won by a bassist for the first time; the Kepler Quartet finishes recording Ben Johnston’s complete works for quartet; and more; plus 5 minutes with Stefan Jackie
News Spotlight
Electro-acoustic composer Mason Bates teams up with the San Francisco Symphony for ‘Works for Orchestra’
Curtain Call
Violinist Cassandra Sotos on a unique way of giving back
Tales of the Trade
Luthier Andrew Carruthers on his journey as a violin maker and leap to graphic design
Your Instrument
The importance and sophistication of purfling—and the dangers of making it in the bathtub of a New York apartment
New Products
Tonareli’s Scala Corta cello offers a full-size instrument with shorter string length, and Super-Sensitive’s new Red Label Pearl violin strings
On My Music Stand
Violinist Jennifer Koh on the creative space for exploration that Tchaikovsky’s works provide
My Studio
Help from a musical hero defined two important facets of Renata Bratt’s teaching career
REVIEWS
On Record: The Cypress String Quartet disbands—after the group finishes recording Beethoven’s complete cycle, and more.
