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 with his views about mu...
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 his advice to young qu...
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 at the Royal Academy ...
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 University and New Engl...
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 career that has com...
Ariane TodesHappy Birthday, Ivry Gitlis!The charismatic, idealistic, often contrarian and utterly unique violinist is 95 years young today. In celebration, here is an interview I did with him to ma...
Ariane TodesItzhak Perlman on his violin heroesIn this interview I did with Itzhak Perlman for The Strad’s Violin Heroes supplement in 2009, he remembered and analysed the violinists who had influenced hi...
Ariane TodesGilles Apap: ‘Don’t listen to nobody’Violinist Gilles Apap has one of the most original voices today, crossing easily between classical and folk styles, often in the same piece. But he found thi...
Ariane Todes11 important musical insightsI’ve interviewed many wonderful musicians over the year, have learnt much and had my thinking challenged many times. Here are just a few of the highlights, w...
Ariane TodesJacqueline du Pré – a terrible premonitionOn what would have been the 71th birthday of Jacqueline du Pré, the words of János Starker sound a provocative warning Jacqueline du Pré was born 26th Januar...
Ariane Todes‘You have to treat Bartók as you do Mozart or Haydn’Bartók’s quartets are often played ‘brutal, fast and loud’, but they should be approached as Classical masterpieces, says Jerusalem Quartet first violinist A...
Ariane TodesPinchas Zukerman on how to change the worldThe Royal Philharmonic Orchestra celebrates its 70th birthday in 2016 and for its commemorative anniversary booklet, I had the opportunity to interview Pinch...
Ariane TodesJoshua Bell on Josef GingoldJosef Gingold was born on 28 October, 1909. In celebration of the birth of a universally beloved and respected pedagogue, here is an interview I did with Jos...
Ariane TodesThe Freewheelin’ Yo-Yo MaYo-Yo Ma turns 60 on 7 October, 2015, and to celebrate one of the world's best-loved classical music heroes, here is an interview I did with him for the Nove...
Ariane TodesView from the viola front deskPaul Silverthorne has led the viola section of the London Symphony Orchestra for 25 years, working with the finest conductors and musicians in the world. So w...
Ariane TodesThomas Demenga: ‘Sometimes I think we’re producing too many musicians at conservatoires’The Swiss cellist Thomas Demenga discusses the fierce competition in today’s music world, how students should spend less time online and more practising, and...
Ariane TodesHow to be presentGreat stage actors have an aura of positive energy and openness that musicians can access, too. Acting coach Patsy Rodenburg tells Ariane Todes how This arti...
Ariane TodesJohn Woolrich: ‘Contemporary music is no different from Brahms’The British composer John Woolrich discusses the challenges contemporary music faces and the vital role of amateur musicians My interview with John Woolrich ...
Ariane TodesThe curse of perfectionPerfectionism in music is a modern scourge, and Peter Cropper, who died in May, demonstrated that it is a distracting priority for musicians The word ‘unique...
Ariane TodesBarry Douglas on the pressures and benefits of competitionsAs the Tchaikovsky Competition kicks off, we revisit a 2014 interview with the great Irish pianist Barry Douglas, who won the contest in 1986, and who is on ...
