No. 253, May 2016
The Elements of Style
Young violinist Niklas Walentin is on the road to a high-octane career—via Ferrari
By Inge Kjemtrup
Unknown Quantity
No good music by women? An innovative chamber-music workshop challenges the myth
By Inge Kjemtrup
Musical Chairs
From rifleman to concertmaster, Stuart Canin looks back 90 years
By Cristina Schreil
SPECIAL FOCUS
A Player’s Guide to Boston
Love Story
Boston audiences show unusual devotion to chamber music—even if it involves trudging through a blizzard
By Gwen Krosnick
Home, Sweet Home
A violinist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra relives his roots
By Victor Romanul
The Early Bird
Historical performance is all the rage in Beantown
By Sarah Freiberg
A Fiddler’s Tale
San Francisco in my heart, Boston at my fingertips
By Laura Cortese
Editor’s Note
News & Notes
Cypress Quartet disbands after 20 years together; cellist Maya Beiser premieres new cello concerto with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra; plus Milestones; 5 minutes with violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins; and more
First Person
Jeremy Cohen’s genre-bending duets will have you playing outside of the box
Curtain Call
Violist Kim Kashkashian on Schubert, Bartók, and Armenian folk songs
What’s in the Case?
Andrea Zonn performs with big names, but fiddles with a no-name instrument
Tales of the Trade
Cello Month at Carriage House Violins shows the shop’s love for all things cello
Your Instrument
5 common instrument problems and how to prevent them
New Products
D’Addario’s Kaplan Amo & Vivo viola strings; iString app that locates essential string services; Götz’ latest cello endpin holder; and more
My Studio
On the inspiration provided by adult students
On My Music Stand
Schoenberg’s ‘Verklärte Nacht’ for string sextet
Rep Prep
Bring color to Massenet’s “Meditation from ‘Thais’” by learning to vary your vibrato
REVIEWS
Midori on the role of Bach in her life, and teaching his music to the next generation. On Record: Cellist Louise Dubin unearths works by Auguste Franchomme, and more. Onstage: Magnus Lindberg’s latest concerto finds the spark of life. In Print: Berg’s String Quartet, Op. 3.
