Charlotte Gardner investigates the causes
Up-and-coming French violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte
There hasn’t been much hanging around and chatting with colleagues of late. However, when there
is, and when the topic of conversation is the French strings scene, one question tends to pop up every so often: ‘Where are all the high-profile younger and middle generation French solo violinists?’ So, when a French colleague raised the issue again as we bounced ideas around for this month’s France-focused issue of
The Strad, I thought I might have a go at grappling with it – through my British eyes.