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With a major new violin festival - Genius of the Violin - about to begin in London, Tom Service looks at the past, present and future of the instrument. With contributions from Gil Shaham, Maxim Vengerov, Nigel Kennedy, Anne-Sophie Mutter and Ida Haendel.

(Coverage of the Genius of the Violin festival begins in Performance on 3 on Thursday at 7.30pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Service
Interviewee:
Gil Shaham
Interviewee:
Maxim Vengerov
Interviewee:
Nigel Kennedy
Interviewee:
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Interviewee:
Ida Haendel
Producer:
Paul Frankl
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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