Ariane Todes got carried away at last night's Prom
It always happens. In June, I mark the many BBC Proms concerts I want to go to, and then before I know it, it’s Septembe...
Posted at 11:21 on 29/08/2008
Ariane Todes tries a Baroque bow and the wobble board at the ESTA conference
Last week I popped into the summer conference of the European String Teachers’ Association, at Dean Close School in Chel...
Posted at 10:46 on 21/08/2008
In her second blog entry, Clio Tilton is reminded how tiring orchestral tours are
The last two days have been busy – lots of travelling for our first two concerts. The first was in Berlin at the Konzert...
Posted at 15:14 on 14/08/2008
The editor, Ariane Todes, tries to make friends with the portaloos at the Big Chill Festival, and searches in vain for the classical music
At the ripe old age of [ahem] I’ve just been to my first non-classical music festival, The Big Chill, in Eastnor, Herefo...
Posted at 13:21 on 05/08/2008
In Clio Tilton's first blog from the Moritzburg Festival Academy, she and her fellow musicians decide on a common language
The Moritzburg Festival Academy kicked off with a friendly welcome from the director, cellist Jan Vogler. Crowding into ...
Posted at 13:14 on 05/08/2008
A night of folk music at the Proms
Ariane Todes: The BBC Proms are well underway and on Sunday I went to my first this year, to see Bellowhead, one of my f...
Posted at 13:51 on 22/07/2008
Ariane Todes, editor of The Strad, is inspired by some nifty mandolin playing
As I’m currently trying to teach myself the mandolin I seized the opportunity last night to see Chris Thile (fastest man...
Posted at 12:13 on 15/07/2008
In her final blog entry, young violinist Kitty Cheung embarks on the Mahler performance under Valery Gergiev
Here came the big evening. Backstage, members of the orchestra were practising the difficult passages. It seemed everyon...
Posted at 15:13 on 06/06/2008
At her second rehearsal with the LSO, violinist Kitty Cheung is inspired by Valery Gergiev's interpretation of Mahler
We had a fantastic rehearsal at the Barbican Hall this morning. The four-hour rehearsal began at 9am and after the late ...
Posted at 11:46 on 05/06/2008
In our new blog, a young violinist describes her experience of working with Valery Gergiev
Kitty Cheung is a postgraduate violinist studying at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London. She is on the Lond...
Posted at 11:36 on 04/06/2008
Violinist Ruth Rogers' blog from the Thai-Burmese border - Part Four
Ruth Rogers, Victoria Sayles, Rose Redgrave and Katherine Jenkinson are playing string quartets to Burmese refugees o...
Posted at 16:00 on 07/02/2008
Violinist Ruth Rogers' blog from the Thai-Burmese border - Part Three
Ruth Rogers, Victoria Sayles, Rose Redgrave and Katherine Jenkinson are playing string quartets to Burmese refugees o...
Posted at 16:20 on 16/04/2008
Violinist Ruth Rogers' blog from the Thai-Burmese border - Part Two
Ruth Rogers, Victoria Sayles, Rose Redgrave and Katherine Jenkinson are playing string quartets to Burmese refugees o...
Posted at 16:52 on 05/02/2008
Flamenco drove me to Dounis
In the lazed aftermath of Christmas I saw a five-day beginners’ flamenco course advertised in Time Out, and I thought ...
Posted at 12:00 on 05/02/2008
Violinist Ruth Rogers' blog from the Thai-Burmese border - Part One
Ruth Rogers, Victoria Sayles, Rose Redgrave and Katherine Jenkinson are playing string quartets to Burmese refugees o...
Posted at 14:39 on 04/02/2008
Satan and the violinist
What a week I''ve just had. Three of my top-ten violinists in London within days of each other, and I had tickets to see...
Posted at 18:48 on 28/01/2008
What a week I've just had!
What a week I''ve just had. Three of my top-ten violinists in London within days of each other, and I had tickets to see...
Posted at 18:48 on 28/01/2008
