Peter Katona is the Director of Casting at the Royal Opera (London, United Kingdom) and spends much of his time travelling around the world sourcing talent. I asked him what it was like growing up in a musical environment, and

We were talking about tempo and how composers sought to transfer the sound in their ear to their performers’ brain. Starting in the Baroque, Italian words such as Allegro and Andante were used to show relative speed. But composers wanted

Talking with Wolfgang Rathert, professor of musicology at the University of Munich, introduced me to the life and work of the pianist Géza Anda, after whom these events are named. Described by journalist Lynda Greene as a pianist whose ‘refined

The commercial and defensive confederation of merchants and their market towns along the coast of Northern Europe — commonly known as the Hanseatic League — assured that the free city-state of Hamburg was completely under the control of commercial enterprises.

Having already outlined the benefits of the more developmental type of music education known as Dalcroze Eurhythmics in an earlier article, I wanted to discover more details about this approach. Chui Tan Lee, a dedicated violin teacher based in Hong

Sonata D959 in A major Scherzo, Allegro Vivace From Irina LANKOVA, piano / Franz Schubert – Works for piano Released by Indésens Records Schubert: Sonata D959 in A major – Scherzo, Allegro Vivace“Schubert’s music has always fascinated me. The long

Martin Luther famously praised Josquin de Prez (1450-1521) as “the master of notes. They have to do as he bids them; other composers have to do as the notes will.” During his service at several courts — notably the one

Interlude’s Artist of the Month is baritone Thomas Oliemans, who was recently in Hong Kong where we caught up with him and asked him a few questions about his life, the Schumann program he was presenting, and plans for the