Oct 8, 2015George Eliot on violin-making obsession and the genius of StradivariusTo mark the UK's National Poetry Day, 8th October, here's George Eliot's great poem about violin making and the obsession with which...
Apr 14, 2015Pinchas Zukerman: violin geekIn honour of Pinchas Zukerman's performance tonight of the Elgar Violin Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at London's...
Feb 4, 2015Spain’s Stradivarius quartetA weekend in Madrid provided the perfect opportunity to view some unusual Stradivarius instruments There is a lot to do in Madrid –...
Sep 12, 2014When Guarneri met StradivariI'm currently reading this charming book about Guarneri 'del Gesù', written in 1974 by Leonard Wibberley. I found it on a bookshelf and...