The UK-based Doric String Quartet has big plans for the 2027 Beethoven Year. They will bring Beethoven’s string quartets across Europe, including the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn. The third volume of their Beethoven album is out this September. In the past,

“For years, Dostoevsky’s quote has inspired me every day: beauty will save the world.” Camille Thomas, the vivacious Franco-Belgian star cellist, affirmed this belief in our interview. Admittedly, I often feel ashamed as a journalist for asking far too many

We spoke the other day with Brad Zimmerman of Kansas City, who had a long and distinguished career leading the Chestnut Theatre in Kansas City, when he told us about a company he’d just signed over to a new owner.

Since 2022, the incredibly creative artist Alisa Weilerstein has travelled with her six-part Fragments cycle, featuring unique stage designs and 27 newly commissioned works. I use the title “artist” deliberately because, beyond her role as a cellist, Alisa acts as

Evoking German Romanticism, the Trio Wanderer was founded in 1987 by three French musicians: pianist Vincent Coq, cellist Raphaël Pidoux, and violinist Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjabédian. Nearly four decades of collaboration have produced a substantial Harmonia Mundi discography and outstanding concerts, earning

Paavo Järvi’s musical roots spring from Estonia. His fruitful collaborations span across Nordic, Germanic, Russian, and transatlantic spheres. Ahead of his 2026 Asian tour, I asked him about the Estonian Festival Orchestra and its repertoire. Paavo spoke warmly about Estonian

Inteligencja, a loaded noble Polish title, seems to describe the pianist who defies definition. Well-versed in avant-garde literature, Japanese films, and Budapest’s best food market, Piotr Anderszewski lives and breathes Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms: “I do believe in a superior

Hungarian violinist Kristóf Baráti grew up in Venezuela before enrolling at the Liszt Academy of Music. He also trained under Eduard Wulfson, a student of Nathan Milstein and Yehudi Menuhin. Early on, Baráti won acclaim at major competitions, including the