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Blogs5 steps to help save music education in the UK
Rob Adediran, executive director of the London Music Masters education charity, comments on the #SaveOurMusic campaign led by a group of LMM alumni and asks, ‘What can we do to save music for the next generation?’
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BlogsThe chamber music of Grace Williams
Madeleine Mitchell writes about her growing appeciation for the music of a remarkably gifted but neglected composer
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Blogs7 tips for successful practice by violinist Rachel Podger
The Baroque musician reveals the most important elements of her practice routine
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BlogsTechnique can be developed, but musicianship is inbuilt, says violist Rivka Golani
In this article from 2016, Toby Deller paid tribute to the pioneering musician and teacher as she celebrated her 70th birthday
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BlogsThe Rewards of a Portfolio Career
Cellist and baritone Matthew Sharp explains why you should broaden your musical horizons
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BlogsThree top tips for improving performances with meditation techniques
Violist Matthew Jones discusses the ways in which meditation and mindfulness can help performers
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Blogs5 reasons Boccherini is actually worth getting to know
Cellist Peggy Nolan argues that posterity has been unfair to this cello virtuoso who was also a unique and prolific composer
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Blogs5 tips for improvising on strings
Violinist Curtis Stewart of the innovative New York based PUBLIQuartet writes us a checklist for throwing off the shackles of the score and exploring your own creativity
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BlogsTasmin Little: why I love the music of Ethel Smyth, Clara Schumann and Amy Beach
In advance of her new CD release in February, the British violinist discusses the music on the programme
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Blogs'He handed me the Black Violin and said, try this one – it was love at first sight'
Violinist and composer Edward W. Hardy remembers his first encounter with a unique instrument he is now raising funds to purchase
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Blogs12 interpretation and technique tips for string soloists
Making the transition from practice room to concert hall, whether for a competition or public performance, is itself a technical challenge. These tips were extracted from a masterclass given by Marianne Piketty and Nora Chastain and first published in 2014
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BlogsPostcard from Harbin, China: the Schoenfeld Competition
Competition jury member Karine Georgian notes Harbin’s long musical tradition and hails a competition with a healthy process – as well as worthy winners
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BlogsA 6-point plan for exploring contemporary music
Ross Snyder, first violin for the Tesla Quartet, offers encouragement and a practical primer on incorporating new music into your chamber repertoire
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BlogsAlena Baeva champions Karłowicz's ‘brilliant and captivating’ concerto
Alena Baeva, who won the Wieniawski Violin Competition aged 16 in 2001, writes about her love for one of the lesser known gems of the violin repertoire
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Blogs5 tips for learning the Walton Viola Concerto
Norwegian violist Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad discusses the crucial challenges of one of his instrument’s core repertoire concertos
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BlogsFinding inspiration in collaboration and Frida
Violinist and vocalist Lizzie Ball blogs about about her forthcoming show ‘Corrido: A Ballad for the Brave’, inspired by the life and work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo
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BlogsNatalie Clein on Bloch's solo cello suites – and connecting with her Jewish roots
Ahead of her Wigmore Hall recital on Sunday, the British cellist recalls her first contact with Ernest Bloch’s music and its deeper significance to her
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Blogs10 things you need to know about Eugène Ysaÿe
Thomas Kemp shares some key facts about the 20th-century composer and violinist
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Blogs7 tips for breaking free from the classical treadmill
The London-based Phaedra Ensemble explores the spaces between classical, experimental and contemporary music, taking the string quartet as a starting point. Here the members share some ideas on how to start your own explorations
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BlogsPutting students and professors in chamber music groups together is invigorating for both
In the run-up to the Guildhall School’s first chamber music festival, cello professor Ursula Smith reflects on the mutual benefits of its unique approach
