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

INTERVIEW Making mistakes, giving everything and leaving ego at the door: concertmaster Andrej Power offers his insights into the skills...

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...

In this article, originally commissioned by the Royal Academy of Music, violinist and professor Giovanni Guzzo describes his teaching...

In this interview, originally commissioned by the Royal Academy of Music, Josephine Knight, Alfredo Piatti Chair and Professor of Cello...

Coronavirus has threatened the classical music world’s very existence while simultaneously showing us how much we all need it. Can the...

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...

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

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 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra celebrates its 70th birthday in 2016 and for its commemorative anniversary booklet, I had the...

Paul Silverthorne has led the viola section of the London Symphony Orchestra for 25 years, working with the finest conductors and...