By Laurence Vittes Midori Gotō, whom the world knows as simply Midori, holds magna cum laude bachelor’s and master’s degrees in psychology from New York University and the Jascha Heifetz Chair at the Thornton School of Music at the University…
By Laurence Vittes “Kelly is the Fiddler on Broadway!” read an email Kelly Hall-Tompkins sent to friends recently after landing the gig as the Broadway Orchestra’s concertmaster in Fiddler on the Roof. Like other concert violinists performing Fiddler music—the 1971…
By Inge Kjemtrup Start with a look at the car: a rosso corsa Ferrari in the background of the cover photo. Next, observe the clothes of the figure in the foreground: smart tuxedo, bow tie, a neatly folded handkerchief in…
By Victor Romanul The story of my musical life in Boston begins with my first teacher, Alfred Krips, the former associate concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. I marched into his home on a June day, at the age of…
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By Gwen Krosnick There I was: sitting in the driver’s seat of my minivan, 20 minutes after my trio’s sound check should have begun. Head resting on the steering wheel, tears pouring down my face, my fingers and toes completely…
By Cristina Schreil A new recording of three of Hindemith’s sonatas for viola and piano, by violist Geraldine Walther and pianist David Korevaar, presents an engaging survey of the German composer’s contributions to chamber music focused on viola. Hindemith—known by…
By Cristina Schreil Stuart Canin whips open the door to his Berkeley home and shakes my hand with the kind of solid clasp you’d expect from any lifelong violinist. While many in the Bay Area music scene know him…
Cellist Louise Dubin unearths works by Auguste Franchomme By Cristina Schreil Wrapping up her studies at Indiana University, cellist Louise Dubin delved into research on all things Auguste Franchomme, exploring the most complete assemblage of works by the French cellist…
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By Cristina Schreil Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg, his tall frame lending full command at a pre-concert talk in New York’s David Geffen Hall one morning, suddenly seemed humbled. “It’s not fair for a composer to be programmed in the same…
By Inge Kjemtrup Last March, Jessy McCabe, a 17-year-old British music student preparing for an exam, suddenly realized that the syllabus included 63 male composers—and not a single female composer. Her outraged email to the exam board about this state…
By Stephanie Powell Maya Beiser and composer Mohammed Fairouz had a story to tell. The Israeli-born cellist and Arab-American composer met in New York through mutual friends, and were immediately taken with one another’s music, Beiser says. The duo first…
By Stephanie Powell “We went backwards in time with Beethoven,” says Jennifer Kloetzel, cellist of the Cypress Quartet. Performing the entire Beethoven cycle was a goal for the quartet from day one and now, 20 years later, the foursome can…
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By Greg Olwell In a move that refines the brand, online auctioneer Tarisio recently launched T2, a new division that will specialize in auctions for the strings trade. The new division will take over the company’s popular auctions of restorable,…