Thoughts about how classical music concerts can lack passion and how good it is when there is passionate performing.

I have worked as a chamber musician and duo partner for my entire career to date and therefore I have not needed to play from memory in...

The similarities between listening to people in every day conversation and listening in music. Can one impact the other?

It only takes a period drama on television to remind us of how far society has moved in a relatively short period of time. I watched the...

How does someone who wins a talent show survive out in the demanding professional world?

In my last two blogs on this topic, I wrote about some practical tips for managing stage fright and the deep shame that many performers...

This is the second in a series of blogs about stage fright. In my last blog, I wrote about how deeply ashamed many performers are about...

Imagine this scenario: one of the world’s finest symphony orchestras is preparing to go on stage, at, let’s say London’s Barbican Centre....

There is so much that is involved in practising a piece of music for a performance. At some stage, I will write about the nuts and bolts...

I heard somewhere that seven eighths of the world’s music is not written down. I suspect then that most of the remaining eighth is filled...

What are the good and bad sides of the child prodigy phenomenon?

How difficult it is when jobs disappear in the classical music sector and what can be done.

How to share chamber music with passion, vitality and colour with more people.

Last night, I found myself gripped by a really vibrant, moving performance of Beethoven’s Pastoral symphony at the BBC Proms. It was on...

How much is possible to teach a 14 year old in a 2 week period? With a positive mindset, quite a lot!

Why is it that some performances leave us cold and yet others can move us to the core?