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The article features violinist Inés Issel and her reflections on her academic experience at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid, Spain. Topics discussed include her reasons for claiming that the school was the best option for her, the opportunities being offered by the school to its students, and a description of the school's environment, including peers and faculty.

The article offers information on the use of unconventional methods at the Reina Sofía School of Music to reinvigorate string playing in Madrid, Spain in 2010. The institution has the freedom of setting its own programme and employment rules and circumvent government education. According to cello professor Natalia Shakhovskaya, there is not so much tension in the institution because students make music for the public and it is a good union between the artistic life and the academic style. INSET: HOW TO MAKE SPONSORSHIP WORK.

Presents information on the Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia, a music school in Madrid, Spain which focuses on string education. Operations of the school; Admission of students; Musicians who serve as faculty in the school.

Presents information on the International Institute of Chamber Music in Madrid, Spain. Heads of the string department at the institute; Remarks from Paloma O'Shea, director of the chamber music institute, regarding the importance of chamber music; Decision of the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofia to provide the institute's academic management.