Viola entry: Geraldine Walther (Takács Quartet)

Used to make string instrument bows for more than 200 years, Brazilian authorities wish to tighten trade on the critically endangered brazilwood tree, due to repeated illegal exploitation.

The Schumann Quartett make an emotional return to Tokyo to perform their first complete Beethoven string quartet cycle at Suntory Hall.

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.

Winning the Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2022, the young string quartet has forged ahead with an innovative programme – centered on a highly personal work by Billy Childs.

The celebrated Elias String Quartet’s violinist Donald Grant and new violist Simone van der Giessen talk about performing Beethoven’s string quartet cycle in Japan for the first time.

The Austrian conductor reflects on his seven year tenure with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, work and life, returning to old scores, and why a musical ensemble is like a giant human body.