Rachel Barton Pine  has one of the most eclectic, unconventional and interesting careers of all violinists – whether playing thrash-metal...

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

Timothy Ridout's new CD celebrates the musical influences of Lionel Tertis, prompting me to find out more about the man who transformed...

Newark School of Violin Making has an alumni list that reads like a Who’s Who of the violin world. As it celebrates its 50th anniversary,...

There are many good reasons for music colleges to include adult learners, so why do they seem reluctant? ‘I love the idea of building...

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,...

Very sad news has come through that the great violin pedagogue Sheila Nelson died on 16 November, at the age of 84. By rights, Sheila...

In this article, originally commissioned by the Royal Academy of Music, violinist and pedagogue György Pauk explains some of the most...

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

In this article, originally commissioned by the Royal Academy of Music, viola professor and Maggini Quartet member Martin Outram offers...

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

In this article, originally commissioned by the Royal Academy of Music, the double bass professor and Principal Bass of the Royal...

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New generations of star players are committing to music education at the grass roots level with a focus that might create lasting change...

Diana Cummings comes from a musical dynasty, and her career spans solo, chamber and orchestral playing. Since 1982 has been a professor...

Stefan Popov has been professor of cello at London’s Guildhall School of Music & Drama for 40 years, and before that taught at Boston...

Double bassist Thomas Martin studied with Roger Scott in Philadelphia and can trace a teaching pedigree that goes back to Bottesini. In a...

The charismatic, idealistic, often contrarian and utterly unique violinist is 95 years young today. In celebration, here is an interview...

In this interview I did with Itzhak Perlman for The Strad’s Violin Heroes supplement in 2009, he remembered and analysed the violinists...

The Swiss cellist Thomas Demenga discusses the fierce competition in today’s music world, how students should spend less time online and...