Featured Stories – Page 15
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FocusThe Heartbeat Music Project: creating a community of music and Diné culture
Founder and artistic director of the Heartbeat Music Project Ariel Horowitz speaks about the tuition-free programme offering music and Navajo (Diné) cultural education
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Premium ❘ Focus‘He helped ignite my ambition’ - Antje Weithaas’s life lessons
The German violinist on the art of teaching and the importance of authenticity
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FocusGreat string players of the past: the Busch Quartet
The more that music critic David Cairns listens to the Busch Quartet, the more he admires the legendary group
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Blogs5 thoughts on the Ševčík Method: cellist Tomáš Jamník
The artistic leader of the Ševčík Academy gives his perspectives on the renowned exercises
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Premium ❘ Feature‘The cello is wild and can do all these different things’ - Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Cellist, composer and singer-songwriter Ayanna Witter-Johnson speaks to Toby Deller about her musical path and future plans
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BlogsThe epic Popper Project: how we learnt and performed all 40 Popper Etudes during lockdown
Cellist Ailbhe McDonagh shares why she and Katie Tertell decided to undertake this mammoth task and how the project has created an educational resource for teachers and students learning the works
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FocusWords of Wisdom: Violinist Michael Guttman
Violinist Michael Guttman shares his words of wisdom in this article from January 2013
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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Antoine Tamestit on Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante
The French violist has performed Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante with a host of violinist, but the second movement still packs an emotional punch
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Blogs‘Make friends with octaves… and your metronome!’- Abi Hyde-Smith on the Shostakovich Cello Sonata
The cellist shares her insights on the piece, which she recently recorded with pianist Jocelyn Freeman
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FocusGreat string players of the past: Gary Karr on Sergey Koussevitzky
Gary Karr shares a spooky connection with double bassist Sergey Koussevitzky, in this article from October 2013
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Blogs‘Grief never seems to go away’: violinist and composer Curtis Stewart
Violinist and composer Curtis Stewart shares how he turned to composition during the caretaking and grieving process of his mother
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: A case for depping
The art of deputising may be one of the scariest things a musician can do, but it’s a skill that can benefit all players, says cellist Davina Shum
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FocusWords of Wisdom: Violist Lawrence Dutton
The Emerson Quartet violist shared his musical insights in our September 2012 issue
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Premium ❘ FeatureSession Report: Rachel Podger on recording C.P.E Bach
Rachel Podger talks to Toby Deller about recording C.P.E Bach with Kristian Bezuidenhout
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Premium ❘ FeatureThe blind string player: Stepping out of the shadows
Myra Ross writes about her experience as a blind string player
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BlogsKing Charles III: Four times the new monarch showed his deep love for classical music
Ahead of the coronation this weekend, take a look at some of the new monarch’s classical highlights
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Premium ❘ FeatureShostakovich Cello Sonata: A twentieth century classic
Cellist and Shostakovich scholar Elizabeth Wilson examines the puzzle of the different editions
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FocusOpinion: Jedi Wisdom for string playing
In the second of his articles, mining the wisdom of the Star Wars universe, cellist Brian Hodges explains how the teachings of the Jedi can be applied to string playing
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BlogsIn pursuit of musical perfection: the legacy of the Lindsay Quartet
Tim Horton reminisces about the lasting impact the Lindsays had on his musical career and Sheffield
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FocusWords of Wisdom: Violinist Maggie Faultless
The baroque violinist shared her musical insights in our May 2012 issue