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Advice from peers: sharing the wisdom

2025-04-11T08:58:00

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Charlotte Gardner speaks to leading string players who have learnt valuable lessons from their colleagues and contemporaries, demonstrating that such insights are not only passed from teacher to pupil

Every day’s a school day, goes the adage. One of the most intriguing things about the world’s top string players is not only the degree to which they are all passionate eternal students, but how often they credit each other for practical insights into playing and the working practices by which they live their musical lives…

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