For five decades, Irvine Arditti has been at the forefront of new music for string quartet. Ahead of concerts at Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Arditti talks about his many collaborations with composers – including a long friendship with Toshio Hosokawa.
We catch up with Zimbabwean-American conductor Vimbayi Kaziboni as he visits Manchester to conduct the BBC Philharmonic – in a project exploring interactions between the orchestra and artificial intelligence.
Famous violist, composer and lover of the viola d'amore Garth Knox shares his passion for this mysterious instrument, able to play Marin Marais and Olga Neuwirth, Janáček's Second Quartet and Irish folk music.