LIBRARY NOTES On the 150th birthday of the legendary violinist Fritz Kreisler, I delve into the archives for some first-person memories...

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

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...

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

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...

Behind Heifetz’s crooked smile; Gould’s Last Resort practice technique; Auer on truth and beauty; Leopold Mozart pits orchestral players...

OPINION: Far from its reputation as exclusive, classical music is often itself excluded from mainstream culture. As more young people...

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...

The world’s busiest violinist offers his thoughts on a life in music, including how to play naturally, getting on with conductors,...

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

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...

I’m back from a visit to Stockholm for a BBC Music Magazine Musical Destination piece focused on the opening of the Royal Stockholm...

Have you ever wondered about the origins of your stringed instrument? I visited the Bavarian town of Mittenwald to explore the roots of...

Two Australian orchestral violinists have found millions of fans for classical music with their hilarious and geeky videos. I went to the...

The legendary German violinist discusses her approach to performance and shares her hopes and fears for the future of classical music I...

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,...

On the next stop of my Interrail trip, I head to Baden-Baden to hear Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic play Strauss From Bach...

Hearing Bach’s St John Passion in the composer’s own church was a concert of a lifetime I didn’t think Bach would stick a knife in my...