The title of the crime novel Quartet refers not only to the fourth Commissario Di Bernardo volume. Among the countless works of chamber music — from trios and quintets to octets — that I have had in my repertoire during my career as a violinist, there are, surprisingly, hardly any string quartets. So why not […]

The environmental problems of the Amazon rainforest have been close to my heart for a long time. Even from a great distance, it is painful to know that huge areas of the “green lung of the world” are disappearing at an alarming rate.

When I was a child, my parents – themselves both wonderful musicians – could not initially decide which instrument I should play. Funnily enough my father, who was a solo violinist, wanted me to become a pianist, while my mother– a pianist – tended towards the violin. I enjoyed playing both, until my mother finally […]

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I have loved writing for as long as I can remember. During my schooldays in Moscow, however, I didn’t get much encouragement from my teacher.

Antonio Stradivari, alongside Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù, is the most important violin maker of all time. He was born in Cremona, Italy in 1644, and lived to the age of 93.