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,...

The death of violin expert Norman Rosenberg marks the end of an era and raises questions for the violin world There are some people who...

Car boot sales offer a brilliant lesson in salesmanship, and for this rookie also raised questions about buying and selling violins I’m...

A trip to the Musical Instrument Museum in Arizona offered profound and uplifting insights into the human condition, and interesting...

To mark the UK's National Poetry Day, 8th October, here's George Eliot's great poem about violin making and the obsession with which...

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

As some of the world's finest violin makers gather in the small university town of Oberlin, Ohio, to share their knowledge at the annual...

The Elbow Music social media campaign puts modern instruments in the spotlight My recent article about Frank Peter Zimmermann’s dilemma...

A new collection of specially commissioned unantiqued instruments offers hope of a new Zeitgeist around modern violins. Will top soloists...

I have an article in today's Financial Times about music philanthropy, for which I spoke to some of the legion of generous souls who help...

As two top violinists are forced to give back the classic instruments they've been borrowing, should more performers consider modern...

A weekend in Madrid provided the perfect opportunity to view some unusual Stradivarius instruments There is a lot to do in Madrid –...

I'm currently reading this charming book about Guarneri 'del Gesù', written in 1974 by Leonard Wibberley. I found it on a bookshelf and...

Whether you're a maker or a player, or just worried about getting old, you should see the Matisse cut-outs exhibition The Matisse...

There are many different tribes of violin makers, in my experience. Conservatives, Futurists, Archivists, Geometrists, Philosophers,...

I had a lovely morning yesterday talking to cellist Natalie Clein for two forthcoming articles – about her new Saint-Saëns disc, for...

My latest interview for Cozio, with violinist James Ehnes, has just gone live, so please go and visit. He had so much to say about his...

At first I thought this New Yorker article about the Carpenter family by Rebecca Mead was going to be a puff piece, but it turns out to...

A really interesting article about wine in the New Yorker suggests striking parallels between how we choose wine and our attitudes to...

A couple of weeks ago I interviewed Arnold Steinhardt, leader of the Guarneri Quartet for 40 years, for the Cozio website. Steinhardt is...