Interviews

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It’s All About the Character: An Interview with Riccardo Massi
Tenor Riccardo Massi takes the world’s stages in the most heroic of roles: Radamès in Aida, Don José in Carmen, Calaf in Turandot, but for the years while he was studying voice, he took to the cinema screen in other
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Paintings in Sound: An Interview with Thomas Lennartz
We first heard Thomas Lennartz at the helm of his old organ – the magnificent Silbermann organ (built ca 1750-51) in the Dresden Cathedral (Katholische Hofkirche). Old organ in two ways -one is its age, remembering that Silbermann had been
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Balancing Technique and Freedom
In Touch with Rachel Cheung
Rachel Cheung, a young pianist who started her training at the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts (HKAPA) and continued at the Yale School of Music, put Hong Kong on the performing stage this year with her position as a
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“Do that which can only be done by you” Johnnie Douglas-Pennant, Paul K Joyce, and Celestial
The sky it carries wonderful things Like the stars and the sun. It makes a place for the birds to fly free. And a place for us to gaze up at. I don’t know what we would have Done without
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The Independent Journey of Joel Prieto
Puerto Rican / Spanish tenor Joel Prieto began his professional career 11 years ago and has moved from triumph to triumph. Early videos show his 2013 recital at Wigmore Hall in London, his performance in Vienna for Christmas that same
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True Multiculturalism
In touch with Param Vir
We spoke the other day with Indian composer Param Vir, whose recent work, Cave of Luminous Mind, takes the writings of the 11th century Tibetan saint and poet and has created a work about the state of enlightenment. Milarepa’s thoughts
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Meet the Artist…… Kajeng Wong, pianist
“I design my programmes according to what I want to say as a person” Ahead of the Hong Kong Music Series in London this July, Frances Wilson interviews maverick pianist and director of Music Lab, Kajeng Wong.
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The Limitless Harp: Anaïs Gaudemard
French harpist Anaïs Gaudemard started to play at age 8. Actually, she started on the piano but shortly after starting on keyboards, she met a harp teacher and started to study both instruments. By age 21, she had been awarded
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