The Strad - August 2017

Posted By: Pulitzer

The Strad - August 2017
English | 100 pages | True PDF | 36.3 MB


BRAZILIAN CELLO ENSEMBLES Lars Hoefs charts the development of the format in the Latin American country, beginning with its greatest advocate, composer Heitor Villa-Lobos.

GREAT CELLISTS Anita Mercier looks at the life and career of Guilhermina Suggia, the Portuguese musician who blazed a trail for women cellists.

MEET YOUR MAKER Bow maker Christophe Landon and violinist Peter Herresthal recount the experience of creating and playing with a bow with a titanium frog.