Diana Cummings comes from a musical dynasty, and her career spans solo, chamber and orchestral playing. Since 1982 has been a professor...

Stefan Popov has been professor of cello at London’s Guildhall School of Music & Drama for 40 years, and before that taught at Boston...

Double bassist Thomas Martin studied with Roger Scott in Philadelphia and can trace a teaching pedigree that goes back to Bottesini. In a...

As research shows that young people are coming to classical music through film and club music, here‘s an article I wrote in 2018 for ISM...

I’ve long since given up New Year resolutions, in the sad certainty of their failure, and I’ve certainly never shared any publicly. But I...

A school in one of England’s most deprived boroughs offers proof that putting music at the heart of education offers positive outcomes...

Research on Joseph Szigeti for BBC Radio 3’s Record Review took me back to some old interviews I did when I was at The Strad, where he...

I had the very great pleasure of being on Radio 3’s Record Review this morning with Andrew McGregor (thankfully pre-recorded, as I hadn’t...

A summer festival in Silicon Valley initiates young players into the joys and challenges of chamber music and then sends them out into...

In June I had the privilege of being part of BE PHIL, an international amateur orchestra conducted by Simon Rattle in Berlin. Read about...

Musicians can generate their own publicity without spending a penny, by sending out their own press releases. Here are some of the things...

The London Symphony Orchestra’s early evening concert format is a welcome development in the city’s entertainment landscape, for music...

Amateur musicians are a vital part of the classical music world, but don’t always get the recognition or opportunities they deserve or...

The recent Amsterdam String Quartet Biennale explored various aspects of the string quartet format, including the many life lessons it...

The internet offers musicians fantastic opportunities to build their reputations and legacies, as well as selling their music. They...

Wigmore Hall’s new photography policy offers a sensible way forward in today’s visual culture and more venues should follow suit There...

The charismatic, idealistic, often contrarian and utterly unique violinist is 95 years young today. In celebration, here is an interview...

Why is music education and pedagogy not taken more seriously in the music world?

Car boot sales offer a brilliant lesson in salesmanship, and for this rookie also raised questions about buying and selling violins I’m...

In this interview I did with Itzhak Perlman for The Strad’s Violin Heroes supplement in 2009, he remembered and analysed the violinists...