Oct 8, 2015George Eliot on violin-making obsession and the genius of StradivariusTo mark the UK's National Poetry Day, 8th October, here's George Eliot's great poem about violin making and the obsession with which...
Sep 4, 2015Thomas 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...
Jun 11, 2015Let’s show modern instruments some #loveThe Elbow Music social media campaign puts modern instruments in the spotlight My recent article about Frank Peter Zimmermann’s dilemma...
May 25, 2015Brave new violin worldA new collection of specially commissioned unantiqued instruments offers hope of a new Zeitgeist around modern violins. Will top soloists...