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Featured Stories: Read opinion pieces and interviews from top players
Featured Stories
Bach Cello Suites: inspired by Bach’s feet
Could Bach’s experience as an organist have influenced his decision to write the Cello Suites? Markus Rathey examines the role that pedal technique may have had in the creation of these revolutionary works
‘Great principals serve their section for the good of the music’ - Scott Pingel’s life lessons
The US principal bassist on his approach to practice and what makes an effective leader
‘For public solo playing there are none to equal Stradivarius violins’ - From the archive: August 1896
British violinist John Dunn (1866–1940) gives a few thoughts on what makes a great violinist, as well as instruments suitable for an amateur player
‘It’s impossible to place its origin’: The many lives of a transatlantic dance
Violinist and composer Keir GoGwilt discusses the new album The Zarabanda Variations, created by the performing collective he convened to connect the familiar Baroque sarabande with a wider world of migration, improvisation and musical exchange.
‘Music can allow time to absorb what just happened’ - Q&A with composer Mary Kouyoumdjian
Ahead of its premiere recording by the ensemble Alarm Will Sound, composer and documentarian Mary Kouyoumdjian discusses her sonic documentary, Paper Pianos, which tells the story of four refugees
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Outside the practice room: the value of summer festivals
Violinist Hector Scott shares what a summer in rural Vermont taught him about performance, perfectionism and why musicians sometimes need to escape the institutions that trained them
Colorado Music Festival: 50 years of music beneath Boulder’s Flatirons
Davina Shum reports back from the Colorado Music Festival in Boulder, a hidden gem of a festival that celebrated music making with a sense of community, conviviality and commemoration of America in its myriad identities
Beyond Technique: recording Beethoven, finding flow
With the release of the Rautio Trio’s latest Beethoven album, violinist Jane Gordon explores how her holistic approach to playing has helped her embrace creativity when recording with fortepiano
Session Report: cellist Alban Gerhardt on recording the Dvořák and Elgar concertos
German cellist Alban Gerhardt tells Jessica Duchen about challenging entrenched performance habits and returning to the composers’ markings in his recordings of the Dvořák and Elgar concertos
That vacation feeling: violinist María Dueñas takes inspiration from Aspen’s nature at her festival debut
The violinist spoke to Davina Shum ahead of her Aspen Music Festival debut about how Colorado’s magnificent landscapes helped inform her recital programme of Schubert, Mozart and Brahms
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
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