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Let’s go outside

With classical music forced out of the concert hall, one of the few positives of this year has been rediscovering it in the wild This...

A plea for the arts

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7 ways to support musicians

If music has helped you through this crisis, there are many ways to show your gratitude What has listening to classical meant to you...

Words and meaning

In my previous article I described why and how this strange time might be a chance for musicians to start writing. This isn’t just an...

Time to write

At a time of crisis for public musical life, performers can remain positive by practising a different way of communicating – with words. Elb

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...

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...

Interview with violinist Regina Carter

Regina Carter started with Dont and Galamian but she only truly found her voice when she discovered jazz. She tells Ariane Todes about...

The Freewheelin’ Yo-Yo Ma

Yo-Yo Ma turns 60 on 7 October, 2015, and to celebrate one of the world's best-loved classical music heroes, here is an interview I did...

Happy Birthday, David Byrne!

David Byrne turns 63 today, and yet he still has one of the most energetic and interesting careers of any musician anywhere in the world....

The future of music competitions

Competitions are a vital part of the classical music world, whether you like it or not. They offer many benefits to players and to the...

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,...