Aug 29, 2014Everything you need to know about violin playing (but were never taught)Musical timing and closure, hearing and thinking for ourselves – just some of the things that teaching often fails to help us with,...
Aug 27, 2014Brahms as I’ve never heard himLast night's Proms concert with the Budapest Festival Orchestra was ravishing, but raised an uncomfortable question I have a friend who...
Aug 26, 2014A plea on behalf of amateur violinistsTwo weeks at a violin practice retreat were life-changing for me, but left me wondering why there aren't enough places for amateur...
Aug 21, 2014Leopold Auer weighs in on the vibrato debateResponses to my post about Menuhin's vibrato drew a mixture of responses. I’d remarked on it being ‘perfectly shaped’ and ‘fluid’ and...