Profile - interviews, profiles and tributes
Monday 22 March 2010

Ailyn Perez and Stephen Costello  Roy Budden (1913-2009)  Christine Brewer  Robert Davies  Helen Martens

 

Encouraging Others - Maria Nockin talks to Stephen Costello and Ailyn Perez, the young couple singing Gounod's 'Romeo and Juliet' this month at San Diego Opera

Charismatic and Inspiring - Lynn Norris talked to the late Roy Budden about his life with music

Highly Articulate - American dramatic soprano Christine Brewer talks to Robert Hugill

A Real Find - Robert Davies made a remarkable impact when he stood in as Papageno late in the run of English Touring Opera's 'The Magic Flute'; Roderic Dunnett profiles him and celebrates the progress of other ETO cast members

An Unexpected Treasure - Jeanette Hanscome talks to author Helen Martens about her new book 'Felix Mendelssohn: Out of the Depths of His Heart'

Rich Musical Experiences - American conductor Joel Revzen talks to Maria Nockin

Old and New Worlds - Ioana Osoianu talks to Keith Bramich about her life in the East and West

Beauty and Inspiration - Jennifer Paull pays tribute to Matthew Peaceman (1956-2008)

Composer Profiles - David Gompper, by Carson P Cooman

Alun Hoddinott (1929-2008) - John McCabe pays tribute to a friend and colleague

A Very Expressive Voice - Tess Crebbin talks to the tenor Zoran Todorovich

Hope Breaking Through - Alban Gerhardt plays Bach at Munich's 'Long Night of Music', and has a late night chat with Tess Crebbin

Chopin in the Boondocks - Stephen De Pledge returns to New Zealand, by Howard Smith

Wales loses its patriarch - Roderic Dunnett pays tribute to the Welsh composer Alun Hoddinott, who died in March 2008

All Purpose Pianist - Brazilian Eduardo Monteiro plays at Wigmore Hall and talks to Bill Newman about his varied musical life

Timings - Both Sides of the Global Fence - James Gardner, by Jennifer Paull

An Enviable Reputation - Mike Brewer and The National Youth Choirs celebrate their 25th anniversary, by Robert Hugill

Postlude - Jennifer Paull writes on the 25th Anniversary of the death of Cathy Berberian

Expressing the Universe - Gillian Wills talks to conductor Muhai Tang

A Passionate Commitment - Robert Hugill talks to Bach Choir conductor David Hill about Carl Rütti's new Requiem

Rui dos Reis - Jennifer Paull interviews and investigates the Portuguese composer-pianist

Jacques Barzun at 100 - Music and beyond, investigated by Gordon Rumson

Personal Charm - A tribute to Luciano Pavarotti, who died this week, from Tess Crebbin

Searing Intensity - Gillian Wills talks to conductor Sebastian Lang-Lessing in the context of the recent Mendelssohn Festival in Hobart, Tasmania

Hide and Seek - Finding Mozart in his image, by Thomas Larson

Three Questions before the First Night - Carson Cooman talks to Benjamin Lees about his Piano Concerto No 3

Three Questions before the First Night - Carson Cooman talks to Meira Warshauer about her new Symphony, 'Living, Breathing Earth'

A Changing Landscape - Down with the bow and up with the baton - Howard Smith talks to Evgeny Bushkov

In Festive Mood - René Koering, Artistic Director of the Festival de Radio France et Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon 2006, talks to Roderic Dunnett

High Jinx and Haute Couture - On the anniversary of Cathy Berberian's birth, Jennifer Paull investigates the legendary musician's extraordinary talents in humouristic performance, and her equally astounding wardrobe

Music for the People - Amanda von Goetz talks to young violinist and composer William Harvey

The Hungarian Nightingale - A meeting with Gisela Doráti, better known as 'Gizi', by Bill Newman

Life's Fulfilment - Bill Newman recalls the affection he felt for the great Hungarian conductor-composer Antal Doráti, who would have been 100 years old today

The Designer Touch - Tonina Doráti and opera production, as explained to Bill Newman

Three Questions before the First Night - Carson Cooman talks to Joan Tower about her new piece 'Chamber Dance'

Baton Magician? - David Stahl in conversation with Tess Crebbin about Bernstein, Mahler and German-language opera

Devotion to performance - Ted Kendall talks to young violinist Julia Sakharova

Tête-à-Tête - Bill Newman talks to British pianist Mark Bebbington

The Mighty Venetian - Tess Crebbin talks to Charles Beare about the master instrument maker Domenico Montagnana

Three Questions before the First Night - Carson Cooman talks to Judith Lang Zaimont about her Symphony for Wind Orchestra in Three Scenes

 
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