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In the East, the mastery of plucked instruments characterized wise men, here in the West the ukulele is enjoying growing popularity. Our selective foray through the family of plucked instruments also takes a look into the studio of a lute maker.

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Focus

Plucking downwards means "pi", plucking upwards means "pa"
Interview with pipa virtuoso and composer Jing Yang

Privilégier la souplesse à l'orthodoxie
Maurice Ottiger is one of the rare manufacturers of luth in Switzerland

Discoveries in the peripheral areas
Unusual plucked instruments at music schools

De l'arc à l'archiluth
Une brève histoire des cordes pincées 

... and also

RESONANCE


Cultivated at the Bern Jazz Festival

Mixed scenes and generations
Taktlos Festival in Zurich

Cheeky ghost in the wasteland
3rd Fröhlich Day in Brugg

Heidelberg Spring as an experimental laboratory

Composing without a net
Obituary for Hans Wüthrich

Jacques Cerf déploie ses ailes vers l'" Orient céleste "

The dream of a "Salzburg" of Eastern Europe
The Odessa Classics Festival

A visit from the past
Early Music Festival in Zurich

Carte blanche à William Blank

CAMPUS

Studying in the middle of practice
Ensembles emerge from the music academies

The contrebasse en groupe stimulates the neurons - according to a study
 

FINAL


Riddle
- Pia Schwab is looking for


Row 9

Since January 2017, Michael Kube has always sat down for us on the 9th of the month in row 9 - with serious, thoughtful, but also amusing comments on current developments and the everyday music business.

Link to series 9


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