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Postcards from Stockholm
Highlights of my trip to Sweden’s capital for the opening of the season included a tour backstage at the magically authentic Drottningholm Palace…
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Songs of Innocence and Experience
On Janet Baker’s 90th birthday, here’s an article I originally published on my website in 2020, responding to the broadcast of the fabulous John Bridcut…
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Who do you think your violin is?
Have you ever wondered about the origins of your stringed instrument? I visited the Bavarian town of Mittenwald to explore the roots of my own Sebastian…
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Anne-Sophie Mutter: ‘I grew up in the wilderness and I’m a little bit wild’
The legendary German violinist discusses her approach to performance and shares her hopes and fears for the future of classical music
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A very British tradition
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, could this…
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So good they named it twice
On the next stop of my Interrail trip, I head to Baden-Baden to hear Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic play Strauss
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At home with Bach
Hearing Bach’s St John Passion in the composer’s own church was a concert of a lifetime
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Off-beat takes on classical music and interviews with remarkable musicians by classical music journalist and former Editor of The Strad, Ariane Todes.

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