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Featured Stories: Read opinion pieces and interviews from top players
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Artists as athletes: why musicians should look after their bodies like sportspeople
Violinist Laura Frautschi shares her experiences and approaches to maintaining a high level of physical and mental endurance as a musician, drawing parallels between the demands of professional musicians and elite athletes
Opinion: Theatre improv games in teacher training
Actors’ improvisation games should also be used for training string teachers to help strengthen their in-the-moment communication skills, says violinist and teacher Carmen Lasceski-Custers
Analysis August 2026: The Sphinx Organization thirty years on
Three decades since its creation, the Sphinx Organization has helped countless Black and Latino musicians in their musical careers. But how much has the landscape changed in that time?
Brett Dean: the music from within
Australian composer and violist Brett Dean has long drawn on his experience from playing inside the orchestra to shape his own music. He tells Jessica Duchen about how his writing and playing continue to inform each other
A Trio in search of its composer: the Brahms Trio that may not be Brahms
A piano trio once attributed to Brahms has largely vanished from the repertoire. But after living with the work in preparation for a new recording, Trio E.T.A. discovered why the question of its authorship remains so compelling. Cellist Nadja Reich shares the ensemble’s approach
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Bravo James! Ehnes and NY Phil impress at rainy Vail
Davina Shum reports back from the opening concert of the New York Philharmonic’s residency at Bravo! Vail, which took place against the backdrop of the dramatic Colorado climate
‘We wanted to get closer to Bartók’s inspiration’: Alexandra Preucil on the Starker Duo’s new album
The violinist discusses recording Bartók’s 44 Duos with Antoine Tamestit, reshaping the pieces for violin and viola, and drawing on the composer’s own field recordings to look beyond the printed score.
‘Dance, when you’re perfectly free’: NYO performs Anna Clyne’s DANCE
The orchestra plays with cello soloist Danushka Edirisinghe under the baton of Constança Simas
Why recovery makes you a better musician: what musicians can learn being away from their instruments
In the second of a two-part series, cellist and researcher Joanna Latała illustrates the value of recovery for musicians, as well as what they can learn beyond the practice room
‘Tchaikovsky’s harmonies in a Berlin nightclub’: classical string improv at the Edinburgh Fringe
Ahead of a Fringe Preview show, violinist Rita Fernandes breaks down how her classical training and the sonic possibilities of string instruments inform the comedy improv show she’s bringing to the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Kavakos and Pace take a bow in Santa Fe
Richard Linnett reports back from the opening concert of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, which offered works by Beethoven, Stravinsky, Mozart and Franck
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