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.
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