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BlogsA week on tour with cellist Benett Tsai
Young Concert Artists Jacobs Fellow Benett Tsai recounts his preparation and performances during a homecoming tour from 23 to 29 June 2025
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Premium ❘ FeatureSession Report: Violinist Rachel Podger on recording Biber sonatas
Violinist Rachel Podger tells Peter Quantrill about her new recording of Biber sonatas, and how the music has both a sense of the unexpected and the power to soothe and delight
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: Strategies for coming back to your instrument
Returning to your instrument after a long break can be dispiriting, says cellist Davina Shum, but it’s important to take it by degrees, have faith in your ability and trust the process
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BlogsAcross the Americas: The Miró Quartet celebrates Alberto Ginastera
The Miró Quartet brings decades of commitment to its new recording of the complete string quartets of Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera.
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BlogsTwo Czech pieces you should know: violinist Kryštof Kohout
Kryštof Kohout unearths two pieces by Czech composers Luboš Fišer and Váša Příhoda, ahead of their London premieres at Wigmore Hall
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Premium ❘ Feature'If you play without mistake I will make you a present' - From the Archive: August 1905
A reminiscence (possibly apocryphal) of the renowned Scottish fiddler Niel Gow (1727–1807), composer of more than 80 dance tunes
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NewsLetters from Lony: how letters from an Auschwitz victim became the subject for a chamber work
Ronald Corps’ setting of Lony Fraenkel’s letters to her family during World War II will be performed at the Three Choirs Festival on 1 August
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BlogsAn avalanche of memories: Álvaro Bitrán remembers János Starker
The cellist of the Latin American Quartet shares memories of tough love and camaraderie with his former teacher, who died in 2013
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Blogs‘A dream finally realised’: Rachel Barton Pine on recording French chamber works with old friends
The violinist discusses long-standing musical friendships, the lyrical intensity of Chausson’s Concert and the overlooked brilliance of Germaine Tailleferre.
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Premium ❘ FeatureColeridge-Taylor 150: ‘A message of hope and resilience’
August 2025 marks 150 years since the birth of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, the British composer and violinist. Bruce Hodges speaks to five leading violinists about what his music means to them
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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from France: Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition
At the 2025 edition of the triennial Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition, Charlotte Gardner was delighted to hear a dazzlingly high standard of music making
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Premium ❘ FeatureAbel Selaocoe: I am because we are
South African cellist, singer and composer Abel Selaocoe speaks to Lauren Wesley-Smith about opening up classical spaces, finding his musical identity, and his most recent album – as well as sharing a few pearls of wisdom
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FocusWords of Wisdom: Double bassist Gary Karr
The double bassist offered advice from his playing and teaching career in our June 2011 issue
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BlogsConcert review: an evening at Seattle Chamber Music Society’s 2025 Summer Festival
US correspondent Thomas May attends Seattle Chamber Music Society’s Summer Festival concert on 15 July 2025
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BlogsEnhancing musical performance: the power of pre-performance routines
How can your routine before a performance affect how you play? Cellist and researcher Joanna Latała investigates actions that can help aid musical performance and consistency
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Premium ❘ Focus‘People sense when you are genuinely passionate about something’ - Stephen Upshaw’s life lessons
The Solem Quartet violist on the life of a chamber musician and how to create your own professional path
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Premium ❘ FeatureSofia Gubaidulina: a musical offering
Gavin Dixon examines the spiritual, visionary string works of the Russian–Tatar composer Sofia Gubaidulina, who died earlier this year
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BlogsTanzania’s Daraja Music Initiative: making an impact through conservation and music education
Violinist Aija Reke shares her experience teaching at the Daraja Music Initiative in Tanzania, a programme that combines music education and conservation of African Blackwood
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BlogsConsone Quartet: it’s not every day that a period string quartet plays music by a living composer
Ahead of its final appearances in its three-year residency as associate ensemble at Music at Paxton, the Consone Quartet shares its thoughts on a new commission by Oliver Leith celebrating its tenth anniversary, as well as what lies ahead for the group
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BlogsTwo anniversaries: the Carducci Quartet on Ravel and Shostakovich string quartets
Ahead of a performance at Music at Paxton, the ensemble shares their thoughts on a programme containing two pillars of string quartet repertoire
