The Brodsky Quartet has been a feature of the chamber music scene for more than forty years, and it was a heady blend of dynamism and experience which they brought to their Music Nairn concert on Saturday evening. They have made two complete…

Saturday evening's concert by Scottish pianist Christina Lawrie was a very special event in several respects. Co-promoted by Music Nairn and the Nairn Book and Arts Festival, it was conceived as a memorial concert for Gordon Macintyre, founder of…

I have a soft spot for Beethoven's opus 16 Piano Quartet as I have frequently enjoyed playing it – not that I am revealing an unsuspected past as a string player or a pianist. No, this Quartet started out life as a Quintet for wind instruments…

Music Nairn's 2016-7 Season got off to a flying start with a thoroughly enjoyable Sunday afternoon recital given by Maximiliano Martin and Julian Milford. As the principal clarinettist with the SCO Max Martin is naturally a highly accomplished…

The sad demise of the Moray International Piano Competition had an unexpectedly positive spin off, providing funding to allow Music Nairn to promote a special concert featuring one of the most exciting young stars of the piano world, Benjamin…