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    Thomas Demenga: ‘Sometimes I think we’re producing too many musicians at conservatoires’
    Ariane Todes

    Thomas 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...
    How to be present
    Ariane Todes

    How to be present

    Great stage actors have an aura of positive energy and openness that musicians can access, too. Acting coach Patsy Rodenburg tells Ariane...
    John Woolrich: ‘Contemporary music is no different from Brahms’
    Ariane Todes

    John 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...
    The curse of perfection
    Ariane Todes

    The curse of perfection

    Perfectionism in music is a modern scourge, and Peter Cropper, who died in May, demonstrated that it is a distracting priority for...
    Barry Douglas on the pressures and benefits of competitions
    Ariane Todes

    Barry Douglas on the pressures and benefits of competitions

    As the Tchaikovsky Competition kicks off, we revisit a 2014 interview with the great Irish pianist Barry Douglas, who won the contest in...
    Peter Cropper and the art of story telling
    Ariane Todes

    Peter Cropper and the art of story telling

    The great violinist, former leader of the Lindsay Quartet, and one of the unique and most charismatic voices in chamber music, died on...
    Interview with Shmuel Ashkenasi
    Ariane Todes

    Interview with Shmuel Ashkenasi

    The former Vermeer Quartet leader and Curtis Institute professor discusses the negative sides of Ilona Fehér's 'tough love' school of...
    Pinchas Zukerman: violin geek
    Ariane Todes

    Pinchas Zukerman: violin geek

    In honour of Pinchas Zukerman's performance tonight of the Elgar Violin Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at London's...
    Violin competitions: participant’s view
    Ariane Todes

    Violin competitions: participant’s view

    Violinist Benjamin Baker has just been selected for the final rounds of the Queen Elisabeth Violin Competition. Such contests are...
    Viktoria Mullova on inspiration, rules and coughing
    Ariane Todes

    Viktoria Mullova on inspiration, rules and coughing

    The Russian violinist is forthright about Baroque rules, the narrow-mindedness of only listening to classical music, and allowing...
    How to learn jazz violin
    Ariane Todes

    How to learn jazz violin

    Jazz violinist Regina Carter, interviewed here, offers some advice on exploring the genre Transcribing ‘If it’s not your language you...
    The unbearable lightness of being Gary Hoffman
    Ariane Todes

    The unbearable lightness of being Gary Hoffman

    Gary Hoffman is one of the music world’s best-kept secrets, a fine and uncompromising cellist whose rare appearances mesmerise. For him,...
    Eugene Drucker on Beethoven
    Ariane Todes

    Eugene Drucker on Beethoven

    I recently interviewed Eugene Drucker about his Southbank Centre concert with the Emerson Quartet on Sunday, 16 November, which you can...
    The return of Kyung Wha Chung
    Ariane Todes

    The return of Kyung Wha Chung

    The legendary violinist Kyung Wha Chung makes her much-awaited London comeback this December, after more than a decade away. On a recent...
    The real secret of Stradivarius?
    Ariane Todes

    The real secret of Stradivarius?

    I had a lovely morning yesterday talking to cellist Natalie Clein for two forthcoming articles – about her new Saint-Saëns disc, for...
    James Ehnes on violin obsession and existential crisis
    Ariane Todes

    James Ehnes on violin obsession and existential crisis

    My latest interview for Cozio, with violinist James Ehnes, has just gone live, so please go and visit. He had so much to say about his...
    Arnold Steinhardt: ‘Don’t put your parents in hock to buy a violin’
    Ariane Todes

    Arnold Steinhardt: ‘Don’t put your parents in hock to buy a violin’

    A couple of weeks ago I interviewed Arnold Steinhardt, leader of the Guarneri Quartet for 40 years, for the Cozio website. Steinhardt is...
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