My interview with Vilde Frang for the cover of the November issue of BBC Music Magazine has just come out, as she releases her...

Two weeks of music, sun, wine and good company in France? Yes, please! Summer festivals are one of the perks of being a classical...

ARCHIVE On what would have been the 100th birthday of the legendary cellist János Starker, I revisit the interviews he gave me – and some...

Edward Dusinberre describes the benefits of ageing, offers advice to students about how to find their own sound and explains why talking...

A week in the magical musical bubble of St Endellion’s Easter Festival offered a hopeful vision of grass-roots classical music in the UK...

FROM THE ARCHIVE Steve Reich’s quartet Different Trains has the power to reduce an audience to tears, but how does it feel to perform and...

A plea to end the wispy-bulgy school of violin playing Is there a particular sound that makes you reach for the radio off button? For me,...

In this article, first published at ChamberStudio in 2015, the late and much-missed first violinist of the Lindsays pulled no punches...

Shmuel Ashkenasi led the legendary Vermeer Quartet for nearly 30 years. In this interview, first published by ChamberStudio, he offers...

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

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...

I have a theory that musicians write in exactly the same style that they play their instruments. I’m pleased to see it proven, somewhat...

Bartók’s quartets are often played ‘brutal, fast and loud’, but they should be approached as Classical masterpieces, says Jerusalem...

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...

Great stage actors have an aura of positive energy and openness that musicians can access, too. Acting coach Patsy Rodenburg tells Ariane...

The great violinist, former leader of the Lindsay Quartet, and one of the unique and most charismatic voices in chamber music, died on...

The former Vermeer Quartet leader and Curtis Institute professor discusses the negative sides of Ilona Fehér's 'tough love' school of...

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...

I recently interviewed Eugene Drucker about his Southbank Centre concert with the Emerson Quartet on Sunday, 16 November, which you can...