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August/September 1999 Hilary Hahn With an interpretive maturity beyond her years, 19-year-old Hilary Hahn is one of the fastest-rising stars of her generation. She tells Julia Zaustinsky how she's learned her craft and where she wants to go from here. The Arditti Quartet This London-based ensemble is known as the leading champion of contemporary quartet music. Claire Sykes gets a look behind the scenes. With an excerpt from Gyorgi Ligeti's Quartet No. 2. No Pain, Big Gain Every string player dreams of being better,
and of eliminating muscle aches and tension. Violist Rozanna Weinberger
talks to the head of the Movement Studies Institute of America about
how the Feldenkrais Method can help the dream become reality. DEPARTMENTS Editor’s Note Readers Write News and Notes A tribute to Janos Starker, new venues in London and Seattle, and more. In Person Braving the world of improvisation, a trio tours China, and what happens when heavy metal goes to the symphony. Q & A Answers to your questions about grafting scrolls on a violin and finding comfort with seating and shoulder rests. Letter from the Bingsjöstämman Chris Mosey goes to Sweden's friendliest folk festival and meets the local fiddling legend.. Practical Musician Sure, practice time is important—but how to give it its due? Tom Heimberg has ideas. Play It! BeauSoleil's fiddler Michael Doucet tells Hollis Taylor about "Chanson pour Tommy," a Cajun tune for violin. Shoptalk Violinist Tracy Silverman recounts his experience commissioning an unusual electric instrument. Classified Marketplace Advertiser Index Market Report New listings of instruments and bows auctioned in March. Plus coping with instrument theft, a bow-making school opens in Salt Lake City, and more. On Stage Edith Eisler finds that springtime in New York is recital time. On Record Benjamin Korn reviews some of the latest Baroque CDs and says that string ensembles lead the pack. In Print Books about string quartets can be as fascinating and moving as the music they play, writes Edith Eisler.
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