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    ‘When you play Bach you should speak about us all’
    Ariane Todes

    ‘When you play Bach you should speak about us all’

    Anner Bylsma has some advice for players who want to express their own feelings through music While I was at the Amsterdam Cello Biënnale...
    Casals: ‘I am a simple man’
    Ariane Todes

    Casals: ‘I am a simple man’

    I just came across this lovely BBC documentary about Casals. I could do without seeing the researcher, Robert Baldock, playing Bach and m...
    Songs in the key of life
    Ariane Todes

    Songs in the key of life

    An understanding of the characteristics of the different keys can help you develop a palette of sounds. So do you know your innocent C ma...
    The unbearable lightness of being Gary Hoffman
    Ariane Todes

    The unbearable lightness of being Gary Hoffman

    Gary Hoffman is one of the music world’s best-kept secrets, a fine and uncompromising cellist whose rare appearances mesmerise. For him, ...
    Eugene Drucker on Beethoven
    Ariane Todes

    Eugene Drucker on Beethoven

    I recently interviewed Eugene Drucker about his Southbank Centre concert with the Emerson Quartet on Sunday, 16 November, which you can r...
    Do instruments have an objective value?
    Ariane Todes

    Do instruments have an objective value?

    Donna Tartt's brilliant novel The Goldfinch contains insights into the antiques business that might apply to the violin business too I’ve...
    Who are the most popular string players in the US?
    Ariane Todes

    Who are the most popular string players in the US?

    The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has handily published this wonderfully detailed data about the concerts played in the 2014–2015 season b...
    Written by Mrs Bach?
    Ariane Todes

    Written by Mrs Bach?

    A new documentary suggests that Mrs Bach was behind the greatest works by her husband Johann Sebastian. But does it ring true? You know t...
    Cello master issues manifesto
    Ariane Todes

    Cello master issues manifesto

    Bach’s slurs are are a means of expression and not mere technical tricks and we have lost the art of Rhetoric, says Anner Bylsma Yesterda...
    Why togetherness is over-rated
    Ariane Todes

    Why togetherness is over-rated

    At his masterclass on Monday, Jean-Guihen Queyras challenged the notion that playing chamber music is all about playing exactly together ...
    Mischa Maisky: ‘Bach is turning in his grave’
    Ariane Todes

    Mischa Maisky: ‘Bach is turning in his grave’

    Mischa Maisky challenged the traditional notion of authenticity in his masterclass at the Amsterdam Cello Biënnale If any classical music...
    The return of Kyung Wha Chung
    Ariane Todes

    The return of Kyung Wha Chung

    The legendary violinist Kyung Wha Chung makes her much-awaited London comeback this December, after more than a decade away. On a recent ...
    When Guarneri met Stradivari
    Ariane Todes

    When Guarneri met Stradivari

    I'm currently reading this charming book about Guarneri 'del Gesù', written in 1974 by Leonard Wibberley. I found it on a bookshelf and d...
    Should classical players cross over?
    Ariane Todes

    Should classical players cross over?

    While I’ve been researching my article on violinists who’ve crossed musical borderlines, for Sinfini Music, I found myself debating with ...
    The art of ageing
    Ariane Todes

    The art of ageing

    Whether you're a maker or a player, or just worried about getting old, you should see the Matisse cut-outs exhibition The Matisse cut-out...
    The science of violin making
    Ariane Todes

    The science of violin making

    There are many different tribes of violin makers, in my experience. Conservatives, Futurists, Archivists, Geometrists, Philosophers, Ludd...
    Everything you need to know about violin playing (but were never taught)
    Ariane Todes

    Everything 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, accor...
    Brahms as I’ve never heard him
    Ariane Todes

    Brahms as I’ve never heard him

    Last night's Proms concert with the Budapest Festival Orchestra was ravishing, but raised an uncomfortable question I have a friend who t...
    A plea on behalf of amateur violinists
    Ariane Todes

    A plea on behalf of amateur violinists

    Two weeks at a violin practice retreat were life-changing for me, but left me wondering why there aren't enough places for amateur player...
    The real secret of Stradivarius?
    Ariane Todes

    The real secret of Stradivarius?

    I had a lovely morning yesterday talking to cellist Natalie Clein for two forthcoming articles – about her new Saint-Saëns disc, for Sinf...
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