In May 2015, Isabelle Faust made her LSO debut as part of the LSO International Violin Festival. At the time, we were delighted to catch up with her to hear more about her life – and her instrument. Read on to find out more and learn how you can bring Faust's playing into your living room…

As part of our Ones to Watch series of concerts we’re putting the spotlight on seven of the brightest emerging conducting talents in the world in a series of interviews. We’ll be finding out what makes our up-and-coming conductors tick, what they think makes a great conductor great, what a baton is for and what can go wrong when you’re on the podium! 

As the LSO International Violin Festival continues into May with a performance by Nicola Benedetti, we find out more about this violin star and the concerto that is a centrepiece of her career.

At the first The Strad Sunday of the LSO International Violin Festival on Sunday 12 April, The Strad held a fun, informal test at the Barbican of six demonstrationed by the LSO's very own Leader Roman Simovic. Out of the six violins, can you tell which one is the Strad? Have a go by listening to this recording.