Interviews
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‘Soaring star in new skies’: Interview with Fatma Said
Jon Tolansky speaks to talented young soprano Fatma Said, who recently made her Proms debut
In the short time that the prodigiously gifted young Egyptian...
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Celebrating the minuet: Q&A with Alessandro Stella
Alessandro Stella’s album Minuetto: The Art of the Regal Dance, a programme of minuets by 20 composers inspired by Guy de Maupassant’s 1882 short...
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Stephen Wallack releases his debut album Chapters
Stephen Wallack’s Chapters features new age pieces inspired by important moments in the pianist’s life. From ‘Weddings’,
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Q&A: Angela Dixon
As Saffron Hall celebrates its fifth anniversary, Lucy Thraves caught up with chief executive Angela Dixon to find out more about the venue and...
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Artist of the Month: Denise Ham
‘People’s personalities are very different in front of orchestras but the worst thing a conductor can be on the rostrum is defensive because an...
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Interview: Francesco Cilluffo
An Italian who, he reveals, does not drink espresso coffee and is not an enthusiast for Italian food, Francesco Cilluffo does at least have...
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Q&A: Sébastien Chonion
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Premieres: April’s new music
A chance encounter with Katia and Marielle Labèque in Los Angeles was the beginning of ‘a really important friendship and collaboration’ for Bryce Dessner.
Meet the Maestro: Ben Palmer
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Read MoreQ&A: Nathaniel Anderson-Frank
Read MorePremieres: March’s new music
Alison Willis was approached in late 2016 by London Concert Choir conductor Mark Forkgen with a very specific brief. A member of the choir,
Q&A: Roger Argente
Read MoreMeet the Maestro: Alexander Shelley
Read MoreQ&A: Damian Iorio
Read MoreMeet the Maestro: Natalie Murray Beale
Read MorePremieres: January’s new music
Exploring the idea of artifice, Pierce Gradone’s new work was inspired by a passage from Denis Diderot’s The Paradox of the Actor (Paradoxe sur...
Meet the Maestro: James Weeks
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Read MorePremieres: December’s new music
Tasked with creating a piece to accompany Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms and Vaughan Williams’ Dona nobis pacem,
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