Interviews

237 Posts
archive-post-image
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
Read more
archive-post-image
“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
Read more
archive-post-image
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
Read more
archive-post-image
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
Read more
archive-post-image
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.
Read more
archive-post-image
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
Read more
archive-post-image
In Touch with Anne Denholm
Anne Denholm is one of today’s outstanding young harpists. A recent graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, she’s making waves in the UK and abroad as a soloist, chamber musician and collaborator. There’s demand from high places, too –
Read more
archive-post-image
The Door to the Future: An Interview with Louis Langrée
We spoke recently with Louis Langrée, Music Director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, about the CSO’s new recording, Concertos for Orchestra, modern and period orchestras, and the orchestra’s upcoming Asian tour.
Read more