Contents
VOL.134 ISSUE NO 1598 JUNE 2023
EDITOR’S LETTER 7 CONTRIBUTORS 8 SOUNDPOST 10
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Ligeti centenary
FEATURES
28 AYANNA WITTER-JOHNSON
The London-based cellist and composer finds inspiration in the works of everything from Sam Cooke to Sofia Gubaidulina, as she tells Toby Deller
36 YOUNG UKRAINIAN MUSICIANS
Rita Fernandes speaks to displaced players still pursuing their passion away from their homeland, as well as to organisers of programmes designed to help them
42 A MYSTERY COLLECTOR
Referred to in 19th-century sources as a Russian nobleman, he amassed a fine collection including three Stradivari cellos. Gennady Filimonov tracks him down
48 LIGETI CENTENARY
To mark the 100th anniversary of the composers birth, Peter Quantrill talks to members of the Diotima and Ligeti quartets about interpreting his complex music
52 SESSION REPORT
Kerson Leong speaks to Tom Stewart about his latest recording, which combines the Bruch and Britten violin concertos along with the formers In Memoriam
54 PLATE ARCHINGS AND TONE – PART TWO
Nigel Harris completes his investigation into how the shape of an instruments archings influence the tone, including practical information for the workbench
