Violinist Francesca Dego on Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s ‘Ballade’
By Francesca Dego
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s death. I first fell in love with this composer when I pe... Read More...
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Violinist Henryk Szeryng Was Both an Accomplished Violinist & Diplomat
By Brian Wise
In a century that produced its share of violin firebrands, the Polish-born Henryk Szeryng (1918–88) was the aristocrat of the instrument, favorin... Read More...
Review: Chicago Symphony Brings Light to a Bleak Bay Area
By Cristina Schreil
The San Francisco Bay Area, in desperate need of respite from the wind, received a gentle gust of relief from the Windy City.
It was a ten... Read More...
4 Keys to Picking the Right Tempo Through Logical Intuition
When there is no exact instruction for a tempo, how can you find one that is both respectful of the score and practicable for performance considerations?
The Seasons of Gidon Kremer: In the Case of This Formidable Violin Superstar, One Learns to Expect the Unexpected
By Inge Kjemtrup
Of all the world-renowned violinists born in the decade after World War II—an exclusive club that includes Pinchas Zukerman, Pierre Amoyal, an... Read More...
Review: Seattle Symphony’s Shostakovich Concerto Festival
Music for Troubled Times
By Thomas May
The Seattle Symphony just offered a rare chance to hear all six of Dmitri Shostakovich's solo instrumental concerto... Read More...
Rostropovich’s ‘Duport’ Strad Was the Beneficiary of New Ideas, Clients, and Materials
By Andrew Dipper
In 1711, the year that Antonio Stradivari built the “Duport” cello, Cremona had suffered 11 years of the effects of the War of the Spanish Suc... Read More...
Five Players on the Magical Voices of Their Guadagnini Instruments
Compiled by Stephanie Powell
Violinist Simone Porter
The Guad: 1745 G.B. Guadagnini violin, Parma. I have had the privilege to play it for about two and a... Read More...
10 Picks from the Piatigorsky Cello Festival
By Laurence Vittes
Walt Disney Concert Hall
If you want to understand what the great cellist Gregor Piatigorsky was like as a man and a cellist... Read More...
Five Composer-Performers Talk Artistic Vision and Grand Tradition
Cornelius Dufallo, Mark Dresser, Carolina Heredia, Atar Arad, and Mark Summer on the relationship between composing and performing