The story of William Grandstaff, a Black frontiersman who once called Moab home, has long held a prominent place in the Moab region’s history, and the incomplete record of his
Steve Dankner, a guest classical music writer, whose preview coverage of the summer music festival season at Tanglewood and at other regional performance venues will begin in June, has sent in a.
One of the first nonnative permanent settlers in the Moab area was William Grandstaff, a Black farmer and cowboy who, in the 1870s and 80s, ran cattle in a canyon
My Space looks behind the scenes in the workshop of Brazilian luthier
Saulo Dantas-Barreto; and in
Making Matters Nelly Poidevin explains her new method of measuring and recording the characteristics of bows.
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Read about Francesca Dego’s experiences of playing ‘Il Cannone’, while listening to several audio clips from her latest album, including pieces by its former owner Paganini
We pay respects to Ivry Gitlis with extra photos of the great violinist, including him with Ginette Neveu and Jules Boucherit among others
Cover story
For Italian violinist Francesca Dego, the opportunity to perform and record on Paganini’s ‘Il Cannone’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ of 1743 was a dream come true. She shares with Tom Stewart her experiences with the rarely accessed instrument – which came complete with security guards and its own dressing room
Playing
Gerald Elias has spent many years as a professional orchestral violinist – in the Boston SO and Utah Symphony – and has been music director of Salt Lake City’s Vivaldi by Candlelight chamber orchestra since 2004. Here he explores some of the universal challenges faced by orchestral string players which .