Ariane Todes7 ways to support musiciansIf music has helped you through this crisis, there are many ways to show your gratitude What has listening to classical meant to you duri...
Ariane TodesResponsible adultsNew generations of star players are committing to music education at the grass roots level with a focus that might create lasting change ...
Ariane TodesRevolution in the airCoronavirus has threatened the classical music world’s very existence while simultaneously showing us how much we all need it. Can the bu...
Ariane TodesWords and meaningIn my previous article I described why and how this strange time might be a chance for musicians to start writing. This isn’t just an exe...
Ariane TodesTime to write At a time of crisis for public musical life, performers can remain positive by practising a different way of communicating – with words. Elb
Ariane TodesHow to write musicians’ biographiesMusicians' biographies are an essential and powerful part of their careers, but they are often not effective. Here are some tips from one wh
Ariane TodesPeter Cropper’s A–Z of chamber musicIn this article, first published at ChamberStudio in 2015, the late and much-missed first violinist of the Lindsays pulled no punches wit...
Ariane TodesShmuel Ashkenasi on the art of chamber music Shmuel Ashkenasi led the legendary Vermeer Quartet for nearly 30 years. In this interview, first published by ChamberStudio, he offers hi...
Ariane TodesSongs of Innocence and ExperienceThe classical music world tends to focus on its young stars, but as the recent BBC documentary on Janet Baker demonstrated, our venerable...
Ariane TodesCelebrating ChaplinThe great film maker's under-appreciated musical talents are the focus of this year's 130th anniversary celebrations I'm chuffed that I h...
Ariane TodesLife in Teaching: Diana CummingsDiana Cummings comes from a musical dynasty, and her career spans solo, chamber and orchestral playing. Since 1982 has been a professor a...
Ariane TodesLife in Teaching: Stefan PopovStefan Popov has been professor of cello at London’s Guildhall School of Music & Drama for 40 years, and before that taught at Boston Uni...
Ariane TodesLife in Teaching: Thomas MartinDouble bassist Thomas Martin studied with Roger Scott in Philadelphia and can trace a teaching pedigree that goes back to Bottesini. In a...
Ariane TodesMad for itAs research shows that young people are coming to classical music through film and club music, here‘s an article I wrote in 2018 for ISM ...
Ariane TodesNew Year, new missionI’ve long since given up New Year resolutions, in the sad certainty of their failure, and I’ve certainly never shared any publicly. But I...
Ariane TodesPrimary benefitsA school in one of England’s most deprived boroughs offers proof that putting music at the heart of education offers positive outcomes fo...
Ariane TodesInspired by SzigetiResearch on Joseph Szigeti for BBC Radio 3’s Record Review took me back to some old interviews I did when I was at The Strad, where he re...
Ariane TodesGetting to know SzigetiI had the very great pleasure of being on Radio 3’s Record Review this morning with Andrew McGregor (thankfully pre-recorded, as I hadn’t...
Ariane TodesMission possibleA summer festival in Silicon Valley initiates young players into the joys and challenges of chamber music and then sends them out into th...
