The Tetzlaff Quartet: the power of friendship
Tetzlaff Quartet For many international artists, playing chamber music is associated with the holidays. With the hectic city-hopping season left behind, the summer is a time to settle down for a...
View ArticleViolinist Julia Fischer talks total Schumann
Julia Fischer, photo by Julia Wesely Julia Fischer and Martin Helmchen previously recorded and toured the complete violin and piano works of Schubert. This time they’re tackling Schumann on a...
View Article'Please join us and help Japan': Sapporo Symphony Orchestra concert in aid of...
Sapporo Symphony Orchestra have announced that their Royal Festival Hall concert on Monday 23 May will be in aid of victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. The orchestra’s players and tour...
View ArticleAnneke Scott & Kathryn Cok come to Southbank Centre
Horn soloist Anneke Scott talks about the program of her forthcoming concert with Kathryn Cok at Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room. Anneke Scott & Kathryn Cok will perform at Southbank Centre’s...
View ArticleViolinist Pekka Kuusisto talks to Britten Sinfonia about his blowtorch skills...
Britten Sinfonia welcomes back the violinist Pekka Kuusisto as rehearsals begin for the Concentric Paths tour with composer, pianist and conductor Thomas Adès. Pekka has worked with Britten Sinfonia...
View ArticleInterview with Alda Dizdari, star of Movements & Expressions
In her forthcoming performance at Southbank Centre, Alda Dizdari will explore some of the most important works written for the violin at the beginning of the 20th century. We catch up with her in...
View ArticleMAYUKO KATSUMURA & NORIKO KAWAI PERFORM AT SOUTHBANK CENTRE
On 26th September, we welcome two extremely talented Japanese musicians, Mayuko Katsumura and Noriko Kawai, to Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room. Violinist Mayuko, a major prize winner in national music...
View ArticleINTERVIEW WITH MAYUKO KATSUMURA & SPECIAL TICKET OFFER
Japanese violin player Mayuko Katumura will perform later this month in the Purcell Room alongside Noriko Kawai on the piano. We caught up with Mayuko ahead of the concert: You grew up in Japan, but...
View ArticleArtist profile: Daniel Röhn, violin
Virtuoso violinist Daniel Röhn has been making waves in Europe and we are looking forward to welcoming him to Southbank Centre on Thursday 24 April. So here’s something to wet your appetite – a great...
View ArticleAriane Todes interviews renowned French violinist Renaud Capuçon
Ariane Todes interviews renowned French violinist Renaud Capuçon ahead of his three-concert journey through Beethoven’s violin sonatas on 6, 7 and 9 November at the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth...
View ArticleKyung Wha Chung: The Legend Returns
This December, celebrated Korean violinist Kyung Wha Chung returns to Royal Festival Hall for her first UK appearance in over a decade. Watch this video to see Korean violinist Kyung Wha Chung talk...
View ArticleDavid and Louise Kaye on their investment in musical instruments – and musicians
Philanthropists David and Louise Kaye donate money to support school-age musicians through the London Music Masters Bridge Project, but they take their commitment to music several steps further than...
View ArticleThe best tools for the job: putting old string instruments in new hands
Artist Louise Kaye and her husband David have an unusual relationship with the team of world-class musicians they have assembled for a charity concert at Queen Elizabeth Hall on 22 June. Louise...
View ArticleViolinist Alda Dizdari discusses Robin Holloway’s music and Donnagh McKenna’s...
Violinist Alda Dizdari and pianist Tom Blach perform Robin Holloway’s Violin Sonata alongside works by Schubert, Faure and Ravel at Southbank Centre on Thursday 2 July. The concert also features four...
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