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A musical tonic for the soul
A trip to the Musical Instrument Museum in Arizona offered profound and uplifting insights into the human condition, and interesting...
Jan 28, 2016


When Guarneri met Stradivari
I'm currently reading this charming book about Guarneri 'del Gesù', written in 1974 by Leonard Wibberley. I found it on a bookshelf and...
Sep 12, 2014


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...
Jun 26, 2014
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