It was once again time to catch up with the deliciously busy Ermonela Jaho, described in The Economist as “the world’s most acclaimed soprano.” But was it more than that, Jaho is surely one of the most eloquent and outspoken

We had a talk the other day with pianist and composer Beatrice Nicholas. She’s a virtuoso pianist and at the same time is so active in imagining all the places the music can go that you really need to follow

Singaporean pianist Rae Pung has already established an international profile as a performer and teacher and is now the Artistic Director and Co-Founder of the upcoming 2026 Virtù d’Arte International Piano Competition & Festival. Her musical journey, which began at

The past is a different country, and sometimes this becomes clearest in the most unexpected places. We spoke recently with Lani Spahr, who did the audio restoration on the recent SOMM Recording Siegfried Wagner Conducts Richard Wagner, taking recordings made

In her fourth album, English trumpeter Matilda Lloyd finally matched with an instrument that could keep up with the powerful sound of her horn. With organist Richard Gowers, she has been working on Fantasia: Works for trumpet and organ (Chandos),

In 2009, the young Benjamin Appl was going to a masterclass with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Nerves everywhere, but not when he got up to perform the Schubert songs that Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau had requested. By the end of the masterclass, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

English soprano Penelope Appleyard is bringing out the music of Jane Austen’s time, but in a new way. Discovering that her neighbour, pianist Jonathan Delbridge, had a 1814 Broadwood square piano, she began to investigate the music that had been

Although their name, Barokksolistene, seems to ring of sombre concert settings with players in suits and seated on chairs, the reality couldn’t be more different. Violinist Bjarte Eike set up the ensemble in 2005 and launched a free-flowing ensemble that