Interviews

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Interview with Masato Suzuki
Principal Conductor of Bach Collegium Japan
“Every day presents new and exciting challenges that I look forward to tackling” Bach: Concerto for 2 Keyboards in C Minor, BWV 1062 Your father, Masaaki Suzuki, must have had a major impact on your musical development as a child.
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Long Yu: Guardian of the Orchestral Galaxy
For any music journalist, to nail down an interview with Long Yu would be mission impossible. Not only because the man has an endless line-up of meetings, auditions to attend, rehearsals, concerts to lead who spends his day by minute,
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The Immersive Choir
An Interview with Paul Smith of VOCES8
For his first album as a composer and solo artist, Paul Smith, co-founder with his brother of the a capella group VOCES8, brought together VOCES8, his other group Apollo5, and 2,500 more singers. Simple. Not so simple. The 2,500 singers
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Maestro Vänskä’s Finnish Adventure
Here is an conversation with Osmo Vänskä prior to his 2019 performances with the Hong Kong Philharmonic.
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A Pianist of the Golden Era: Nelly Akopian-Tamarina
Born in Moscow, the Russian pianist Nelly Akopian-Tamarina carries on an illustrious line of Russian Romanticism going back to Anton Rubinstein and Franz Liszt. A connoisseurs’ artist, she excels in repertory for which she has received the highest international recognition.
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Jian Wang @ 50
“Music is only alive when you understand humanity, which is the real source of it.” Jian Wang – February 5th, 2019
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Interview with Pianist Yoonie Han
Who or what inspired you to pursue a career in music? My parents inspired and encouraged me. They are not musicians, but they love romantic piano music. I grew up listening to Chopin and Liszt on the radio at home.
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Why Solo Cellist Li-Wei Qin is Partial to Russian Music?
Cellist Li-Wei Qin has just released a recording on Naxos, of Russian Cello Concertos including Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations, and not well-known but lovely works—Rimsky-Korsakov’s Serenade, Glazunov’s Concerto Ballata, and other short pieces. Born in Shanghai, his early music training was
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