No. 275, March 2018

Solo Flight Antoine Tamestit on his career as a solo violist—and the dangers posed by 12 pages of pizzicato By Inge Kjemtrup   Subtle Shades of Light A look back 100 years later on Debussy’s Violin Sonata—the last piece he wrote before his death By Brian Wise   Life Onscreen A documentary of Itzhak Perlman’s life serves as the virtuoso’s first major biography By James C. Taylor   Workshop, Rest & Repeat A selection of chamber-music camps for adult amateurs By Sarah Freiberg   Presents from the Present These contemporary summer music programs bring innovation and new life to the fore By Anna Pulley   Dreams to Life FiddleStar Adult Beginner Camp provides its participants a safe environment in which to learn and grow By Megan Westberg   Summer School Three music camps that offer instruction in composition, violin and bow making, and teacher training By Cristina Schreil   Editor’s Note   News & Notes Remembering Juilliard String Quartet violinist Robert Mann (1920–2018); plus Mile