1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (295+ words) Hattie Butterworth visits London’s Milton Court on 3 May 2026 for the recital of Webern and Mostafa and Gandhi Saad ‘I must admit … I am stressed!’ First violinist and composer Mostafa Saad began the Galilee Quartet’s debut at Milton Court Concert Hall…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (185+ words) Carlos María Solare hears two concerts by the foursome at the Mozartsaal on 30 April 2026, followed by the Evangelische Gemeinde on 2 May The Strad Recommends: Signum Quartet: A Dark Flaring Read: In the studio with the Signum Quartet – what is the…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (355+ words) The instrument maker, who began as an engineer in the 1950s, became best known for his cellos Read more news stories here The British luthier Colin Irving died on 23 March 2025 at the age of 80. Based near Bath, he made and restored…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (439+ words) Cellist and composer Isobelle Austin shares how colours inform sound in her debut original single When I hear music, I see colour, light, texture and movement – they arrive with sound, rather than being translated afterwards. It took me a long…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (159+ words) Changing of the guard: French transitional period – part one The Strad Changing of the guard: French transitional period – part one The ‘transitional period’ in French lutherie usually refers to the period of change from the Baroque bow to the Tourte…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (254+ words) Bruce Hodges listens to the performance of Tan Dun, Caroline Shaw and Mozart, Hindemith and Bartók at Philadelphia’s Marian Anderson Hall on 9 May 2026 With conductor Naomi Woo, strings also received top billing in Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte (also from 2014) with sleek…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (388+ words) Leila Josefowicz and John Novacek The American strand was no less layered, spanning generations from John Cage, Morton Feldman and George Crumb to David Lang, Andrew Norman, Jessie Montgomery and Gabriella Smith. John Adams had a sustained presence, with two…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (211+ words) Bruce Hodges hears the performance of John Williams, Copland and Matthias Pintscher himself, at Philadelphia’s Marian Anderson Hall on 1 May 2026 Josefowicz, who had given the world premiere of the work in Cincinnati, seemed utterly inside Pintscher’s contemplative idiom, as did…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (266+ words) Sylvain Hotellier’s Spirito Sorsana violin and two bows were stolen during the night on 7 July 2026 Violinist Sylvain Hotellier has reported the theft of his instrument and two bows, which went missing overnight on 7 July 2026 in Pantin, a suburb in the…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (1167+ words) When jazz violin pioneer Stuff Smith left behind six minutes of themes for a concerto, composer Dave Soldier set out to complete what he had started. He shares how he transformed the fragment into a full-scale work while grappling with…...