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The editor in New York: week one
Monday, 14 May 2012
Ariane Todes visits some iconic New York venues
The tortoise and the frog
Tuesday, 08 May 2012
Ariane Todes arrives in the US without her tortoiseshell bow but ready for an American adventure
Maxim Vengerov at the Wigmore Hall
Friday, 06 April 2012
Ariane Todes reports on the violinist’s return to the concert platform
Gregor Piatigorsky
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Ariane Todes delves into The Strad Archive and discovers conflicting views of the great cellist
California cellists
Friday, 16 March 2012
Ariane Todes reports from the Piatigorsky Festival in Los Angeles
Gordan Nikolić talks bows
Thursday, 01 March 2012
The violinist revealed a passion bordering on obsession for bows in conversation with Ariane Todes
Coming to America
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Paul Watkins, newly named cellist with the Emerson Quartet, tells Christian Lloyd how it came about
Double blind tests – the inside story
Thursday, 05 January 2012
What really happened in an Indianapolis hotel room with six top violins? Ariane Todes reveals all
Objects of worship
Wednesday, 07 December 2011
Pinchas Zukerman reveals a special violin ritual to Ariane Todes
Welcome to the future
Thursday, 01 December 2011
A 1704 Stradivari has been replicated using CT scans – but as Christian Lloyd points out, the technology could already be old hat
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