

Thoughts on Historically Informed Performance
The whole idea of “performance practice” or “historically informed performance,” in my opinion, can be boiled down to a discussion of taste and style. The preference for the sound of gut strings has little to do with authenticity as such, but altogether more to do with a preference for a particular aesthetic, or sound, that includes the use of, or is facilitated by, certain equipment. The strings themselves are merely a more primitive technology, as are many of the convention