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ArticleWel­come

There was never any ques­tion that music would be the focus of Sol Gabetta’s life. Twenty years on from the release of her first album for Sony, the Argen­tinian cel­list is as inspired and involved in every aspect of per­form­ing, record­ing and...

ArticleColleen Whee­la­han

Broad­caster and per­cus­sion­ist ‘A hun­dred years ago, Amer­ican inventor and busi­ness­man Thomas Edison pre­dicted that music on the radio would be a passing fad. If there’s one genre that has proved him wrong, it’s clas­sical.’

ArticleThomas Bowes

Viol­in­ist and con­cert­mas­ter ‘Lon­don ses­sion musi­cians are para­mount in provid­ing movie soundtracks. We should cel­eb­rate what they bring to our lives – and the eco­nomy. Con­veni­ently anonym­ous, you might be sur­prised who they actu­ally...

ArticleAlex­an­dra Wilson

Musi­co­lo­gist and author ‘A new ver­sion of Puccini’s La rondine: what a treat! It was a priv­ilege to inter­view the tal­en­ted musi­co­lo­gist and per­formers who have worked incred­ibly hard to bring this fas­cin­at­ing project to fruition.’

ArticleSol Gabetta

ArticleMak­ing waves

Clas­sical music and radio have proved a per­fect match for over a cen­tury, says Colleen Whee­la­han In Septem­ber of 1926, The New York Times shared a com­par­ison of the radio and the phono­graph from the admit­tedly biased Thomas Edison. ‘The...