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Aug 31, 2016
Itzhak Perlman on his violin heroes
In this interview I did with Itzhak Perlman for The Strad’s Violin Heroes supplement in 2009, he remembered and analysed the violinists...


Oct 28, 2015
Joshua Bell on Josef Gingold
Josef Gingold was born on 28 October, 1909. In celebration of the birth of a universally beloved and respected pedagogue, here is an...
Aug 21, 2014
A Gershwin tribute to Leopold Auer
While we're on the subject of Leopold Auer, it's not possible to mention his roll-call of students without referencing this wonderful...


Jul 11, 2014
Tough decisions about violinists
Research has begun on my list of top 20 violinists for Sinfini Music. Now I’m not a big fan of definitive lists of anything, as I once...
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