No. 255, July 2016

Breaking Down Walls Violinist Colin Jacobsen on the latest release from Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, and the group’s journey to the silver screen By David Templeton   Poetry in Motion On the making of Bows 1500 and 1515 By Benoît Rolland   50 Years of Mostly Mozart The venerable New York festival celebrates a birthday By Martin Steinberg   SPECIAL FOCUS Buyer’s Guide   City Slickers An urban musician’s guide to practicing in crammed apartments—and navigating the busy streets By Cristina Schreil   Finding the Right Fractional What to expect when shopping for a small instrument By Richard Ward   Buyer’s Guide Directory Strings’ annual guide to shops, dealers, makers, and more   Editor’s Note   News & Notes Elmar Oliveira creates new, ‘non-cutthroat’ violin competition to foster career development; music world mourns jazz pioneer David Baker; 300-year-old ‘Joachim-Ma’ Strad violin gifted to NEC; plus Milestones; 5 minutes with the Calidore Quartet; and more   News Spotlight London c