CENTRAL ENGLAND: Mike Wheeler's concert reviews from Nottingham and Derbyshire feature high profile artists on the UK circuit - often quite early on their tours.
VIDEO PODCAST: John Dante Prevedini leads a discussion about Youth Involvement in Classical Music - this specially extended illustrated feature includes contributions from Christopher Morley, Gerald Fenech, Halida Dinova, Patricia Spencer and Roderic Dunnett.
American viola player David Aaron Carpenter was born at Great Neck, New York, in 1986. He studied violin from the age of six and began learning viola at eleven. He was first prize winner in the 2005 Philadelphia Orchestra Young Artists Competition and the 2006 Walter W Naumburg Viola Competition, and recipient of the 2010 Avery Fisher Career Grant.