All Blogs articles – Page 19
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BlogsString quartets for breakfast
Ariane Todes reports from an early morning masterclass with Gábor Takács-Nagy
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BlogsClassical musicians have more fun
David Kettle finds the usual musical stereotypes toppling at Kings Place
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BlogsPostcard from Banff
Matthew Rye settles in among the elk in the run-up to the string quartet competition
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BlogsSports psychology at the ESTA conference
Ariane Todes discovers that string players can learn from golfers
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BlogsRandom play at the Proms
Ariane Todes asks if classical music is learning from the MP3 shuffle setting
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BlogsRunning violinists and dashing cellists
David Kettle goes in pursuit of masked string players at the opera
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BlogsTop violin teaching secret revealed
Editor Ariane Todes learns of a simple idea that offers a powerful teaching tool
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BlogsWhy are Proms string players like policemen?
Performers seem to get younger and younger, according to Ariane Todes
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BlogsHave you been affected by the Icelandic fog?
Ariane Todes asks if string players deal with adversity particularly well
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BlogsIt's always worth haggling
Ariane Todes has just negotiated a discount on her insurance policy
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BlogsAriane Todes turned into a grumpy old woman last night at the Wigmore Hall
What do you do during a concert when the person in front of you starts mailing on their Blackberry?
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BlogsOpinion: Get rid of histrionics in quartet playing
Over-the-top emoting by individual players ruins the whole point of chamber music, says David Kettle
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BlogsOpinion: today's performers should remember that you don't need to be aggressive to make a searing point, argues Richard S. Ginell
Not too long ago, I walked away from a performance by one of our leading female violinists in Los Angeles’s futuristic Walt Disney Concert Hall feeling as if I had just been mugged. She was playing the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, and her conception had all kinds of ...
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BlogsEditor's blog: will alternative violin styles ever catch on in Europe?
Editor's blog: will alternative violin styles ever catch on in Europe? I’m just back from an exhilarating week in New York at Mark O’Connor’s Fiddle Camp. There was a dizzying array of different styles and techniques on offer – almost too much to choose from, with jazz, ...
