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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: How a performing career and teaching work hand in hand
Can performers sustain their own careers while also teaching students at a high level? Violinist Irina Rostomashvili believes it is not only possible, but essential
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Premium ❘ FeatureSession Report: Cellist Gautier Capuçon on recording new album ‘Gaïa’
Cellist Gautier Capuçon tells Charlotte Gardner about his new album, Gaïa, which features a climate change-inspired programme showcasing 17 new works by 16 composers
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Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis December 2025: How will AI transform the music industry?
When ChatGPT launched in November 2022, few people realised the seismic effect it would have on the creative industries – least of all musicians. What could the worst-case scenario be?
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Blogs‘The instrumentation brings such interesting flavours’: Fenella Humphreys on Stephen McNeff’s new violin concerto
The violinist speaks to The Strad about a new work that draws from Baroque influences, fusing historical ideas with modern sounds, ahead of its premiere with the London Mozart Players
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BlogsRethinking the Partitas: an experience at Amare
How does one develop one’s own interpretation of solo Bach, when the repertoire comes with such interpretative inheritance? Violinist SongHa Choi reflects on a recent performance of Bach’s Partitas in The Hague, as well as finding a sense of voice shaped by the moment
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BlogsViolinist-composer Tim Fain unravels a world in flux
Shaped by close collaborations with Glass, Monk and others, Fain’s new album Unraveling traces a path through instability and renewal
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Blogs‘There will be blood’: the Danish Quartet at Santa Fe Pro Musica
Richard Linnett attended the Danish Quartet’s concert on 16 November 2025 in Santa Fe, comprising a ‘mashup’ of Jonny Greenwood and Stravinsky, plus Beethoven and folk tunes
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BlogsKate Gregory and Brendan Hearn: Old time roots, fresh voices for fiddle and cello
The fiddle-and-cello duo discuss how friendship, tradition and groove shaped their debut album One Year Since
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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from Canada: Banff International String Quartet Competition
At the Banff International String Quartet Competition, Rita Fernandes heard some of today’s top young ensembles, each with its own personality
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Blogs‘Something deeply human and expressive breaks through’: Leila Josefowicz on the violin concerto of Thomas Adès
Leila Josefowicz reflects on her long relationship with Thomas Adès’s violin concerto, now out in her live recording with the Minnesota Orchestra and Thomas Søndergård.
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NewsHow cellist Willemijn Knödler is raising awareness for NF1 through music
The Dutch cellist is releasing her album of works by composers named ‘George’ in honour of her six-year-old son of the same name, who suffers from the rare genetic condition Neurofibromatosis type 1
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BlogsConcert review: Tafelmusik with Rachel Podger (violin)
US correspondent Thomas May hears Rachel Podger and Tafelmusik in a spirited showcase of Baroque brilliance presented by Early Music Seattle on 8 November 2025
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BlogsSinging lines and quiet endings: Santiago Cañón-Valencia revives Tobias Picker’s cello concerto
The Colombian cellist shares his thoughts on Tobias Picker’s Cello Concerto, his passion for new music and the discipline of sustaining an authentic voice on a global stage.
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Premium ❘ FeatureA youthful spirit: violinist Johan Dalene
The young Swedish violin virtuoso Johan Dalene speaks to Jessica Duchen about his evolution as a musician, his passion for contemporary music and his latest album that pairs the Bruch and Mendelssohn concertos
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VideoA lasting relationship: the Ariel Quartet performs Beethoven op.59 no.3
The ensemble presents an al fresco performance of the third Rasumovsky quartet, as it releases its second instalment of complete Beethoven string quartet recordings
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BlogsAnna Urpina: uncovering Baroque works by female composers
The violinist, who specialises in both Baroque and modern playing, shares details on her new album shining a light on forgotten composers, Le Chant des Muses
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Premium ❘ FeatureLetters from America: 130 years of Hindemith
To mark the 130th anniversary of Paul Hindemith’s birth, Carlos María Solare delves into the composer and violist’s US years and hears from three leading soloists about what his music means to them
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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Krysia Osostowicz on Shostakovich’s String Quartet no.15
For the British violinist, Shostakovich’s String Quartet no.15 calls to mind a moving Menuhin rehearsal and her initiation into the Brodsky Quartet
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Premium ❘ Feature‘Paganini came up to me gesticulating violently’ - From the archive: November 1905
Author Stephen S. Stratton recounts how a generous gift from Nicolò Paganini revitalised the ailing career of Hector Berlioz
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BlogsThe quest for Cassadó: the interdisciplinary partnership to introduce Gaspar Cassadó to a broader audience
Erin Jones speaks to cellist Katie Tertell and historian Rosi Song about their mission to uncover the music of Cassadó, through their project ‘Lost in Plain Sight’
