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    Life in Teaching: Diana Cummings
    Ariane Todes

    Life in Teaching: Diana Cummings

    Diana Cummings comes from a musical dynasty, and her career spans solo, chamber and orchestral playing. Since 1982 has been a professor...
    Life in Teaching: Stefan Popov
    Ariane Todes

    Life in Teaching: Stefan Popov

    Stefan Popov has been professor of cello at London’s Guildhall School of Music & Drama for 40 years, and before that taught at Boston...
    Life in Teaching: Thomas Martin
    Ariane Todes

    Life in Teaching: Thomas Martin

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

    Mad for it

    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...
    New Year, new mission
    Ariane Todes

    New Year, new mission

    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...
    Primary benefits
    Ariane Todes

    Primary benefits

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

    Inspired by Szigeti

    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...
    Getting to know Szigeti
    Ariane Todes

    Getting to know Szigeti

    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...
    Mission possible
    Ariane Todes

    Mission possible

    A summer festival in Silicon Valley initiates young players into the joys and challenges of chamber music and then sends them out into...
    My week with Simon Rattle
    Ariane Todes

    My week with Simon Rattle

    In June I had the privilege of being part of BE PHIL, an international amateur orchestra conducted by Simon Rattle in Berlin. Read about...
    How to write a great press release
    Ariane Todes

    How to write a great press release

    Musicians can generate their own publicity without spending a penny, by sending out their own press releases. Here are some of the things...
    Getting my fix at half past six
    Ariane Todes

    Getting my fix at half past six

    The London Symphony Orchestra’s early evening concert format is a welcome development in the city’s entertainment landscape, for music...
    17 reasons to love amateur musicians
    Ariane Todes

    17 reasons to love amateur musicians

    Amateur musicians are a vital part of the classical music world, but don’t always get the recognition or opportunities they deserve or...
    Can string quartets save the world?
    Ariane Todes

    Can string quartets save the world?

    The recent Amsterdam String Quartet Biennale explored various aspects of the string quartet format, including the many life lessons it...
    Good content is forever
    Ariane Todes

    Good content is forever

    The internet offers musicians fantastic opportunities to build their reputations and legacies, as well as selling their music. They...
    Pictures, please!
    Ariane Todes

    Pictures, please!

    Wigmore Hall’s new photography policy offers a sensible way forward in today’s visual culture and more venues should follow suit There...
    Happy Birthday, Ivry Gitlis!
    Ariane Todes

    Happy Birthday, Ivry Gitlis!

    The charismatic, idealistic, often contrarian and utterly unique violinist is 95 years young today. In celebration, here is an interview...
    The win–win of music education
    Ariane Todes

    The win–win of music education

    Why is music education and pedagogy not taken more seriously in the music world?
    Birth of a salesman
    Ariane Todes

    Birth of a salesman

    Car boot sales offer a brilliant lesson in salesmanship, and for this rookie also raised questions about buying and selling violins I’m...
    Itzhak Perlman on his violin heroes
    Ariane Todes

    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...
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