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Latest Reviews
Quiroga Quartet: Arriaga
Gutsy performances of a short-lived genius
Arnold Rosé: Bach, Beethoven, Brahms etc
An assured celebration of a great historical violinist
Christoph Croisé: Folklore
A traversal of folk idioms offers much pleasure
Concert review: Joseph Conyers (double bass) Philadelphia Orchestra/Naomi Woo
Bruce Hodges listens to the performance of Tan Dun, Caroline Shaw and Mozart, Hindemith and Bartók at Philadelphia’s Marian Anderson Hall on 9 May 2026
Book review: Notes to a Violinist
Celia Cobb reads the teachings of American violinist and pedagogue Jan Mark Sloman, who died in 2022
News from The Strad
Meadowmount School of Music announces leadership renewals
Violinist and artistic director Janet Sung extends leadership through 2030
London Mozart Players appoints joint principal cellos
Kate Gould and Leo Popplewell will lead the LMP cello section, in news described by the orchestra as ‘twice as nice’
Double bassist killed and cellist harmed in suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in Perugia
Double bassist Davide La Rosa and cellist Tao Wei Huang were due to perform with the Orchestra delle Cento Città as part of Music Fest Perugia
Violin stolen on Auckland bus
The instrument belongs to Chinese violinist to Longrui Zhu
Noûs Quartet welcomes two new members
Violinist Enrico Filippo Maligno and cellist Matteo Bassan join the Italian ensemble
Cello winner announced for the 2026 World’s Biggest Stage Competition
Greek cellist Maria Elli Petridou wins $5,000 and further performance engagements
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