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Violinist Ruth Rogers on recording Letters from Burma
Ruth Rogers, leader of London Mozart Players, talks about the orchestra’s new music video Letters from Burma, streaming this Refugee Week to raise money for Myanmar refugees
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You are just there once, and maybe you will never be invited back, so you have to give it your best all the time – to everybody’
Bomsori discusses graduating from the competition circuit to become an international soloist.
12 Ensemble How a London-based string group has forged an unconventional route to recognition.
There are some pieces that stay with you for life, and others you never want to play again’
Jennifer Koh gives a Masterclass on Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir d’un lieu cher.
We explore Cuban-born violinist Joseph White`s 1875 tour to the US, where he became the first black soloist to perform with the New York Philharmonic.
Gennady Filimonov investigates the , Knopf family of bow makers – a dynasty spanning 150 years.
Luigi Sisto examines how Vincenzo Postiglione, the most important Neopolitan luthier of the late 19th century, brought a personal touch to his copying.
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Masterclass: Tchaikovsky Souvenir d’un lieu cher
Violinist Jennifer Koh explores how imagination and a flexible technique can help to bring out varied colours and a feeling of dance in these three short works
Masterclass: Alisa Weilerstein on Chopin’s Cello Sonata in G minor op.65
The American cellist explores how to bring out all the romantic charm of the first movement using fingerings and bowings, without over-reliance on vibrato, rubato or a sticky, sickly sound
Masterclass: violist Emilie Hörnlund on Beethoven String Quartet op.59 no.1
Swedish violist Emilie Hörnlund, of the Chiaroscuro Quartet, discusses how to achieve optimal articulation, balance and flow in the first movement of the first ‘Rasumovsky’ Quartet
