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APRIL 2004
Issue
118
Period
Peace
Violinist
Viktoria Mullova joins the world of gut strings and Baroque bows.
Inge Kjemtrup sips tea with the Russian-born virtuoso.
Kamancheh
Meister
Kayhan Kalhor
takes Iranian spike fiddle playing to new heights. By James Keough.
Focus
on Instrument and Bow Making
Young
Lions of Lutherie:
A new generation picks up the tools of the trade. Kevin McKeough
reports; Going to Extremes:
Plugging in can open up a whole new world of sound for the cellist.
By Jim Aikin; and Elements
of Sound:
Carbon fiber bows are gaining ground with a growing cadre of cellists.
By Heather K. Scott.
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DEPARTMENTS
News & Notes
The Black-Eyed
Peas take a hip-hop string fling; and remembering Jacques Francais, plus
Benchmarks.
Encore
Contrabassist Mark Dresser has a real flair for innovation. By Derk
Richardson.
MUSIC
& MUSICIANS
Strings
101
Getting
jazzed about alternative styles. By James Reel. With music play.
Play
It!
Paul
Coletti writes viola music from the heart. By Helen Callus. With
music to play.
Master
Class
Taking
the fear out of learning contemporary music. By James Reel. With
music to play.
Letter
from Australia
A
tale of two cities. By Robert Markow.
REVIEWS
In
Print
Sarah
Freiberg reviews a trio of long-lost gems in sparkling a new editions;
plus a Celtic fiddling text and more.
On
Record
New
CDs by Chloë Hanslip, Alexander Sitkovetsky, the Buchberger Quartet,
Renaud and Gautier Capuçon, Adam Tanner and the Dirty Rag Mob,
and more.
WORKBENCH
Your Instrument
Evaluating a yard-sale fiddle.
By Stephen Perry.
New
Products
Heather K. Scott reports
on software, bows, endpins, and a real page turner.
Cover:
Viktoria Mullova
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