Profile - interviews, profiles and tributes
Saturday 10 May 2008

Stephen De Pledge  Alun Hoddinott  Eduardo Monteiro  James Gardner  Members of the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain

 

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

Vivacious Energy - A meeting with Papa Nuzzo, by Ted Kendall

Three Questions before the First Night - Carson Cooman talks to John Harbison about his new Concerto for Bass Viol

A straight line career path - Conductor Kenneth Montgomery talks to Maria Nockin about his life, his music and upcoming events

Three Questions before the First Night - Carson Cooman talks to Joshua Feltman about his new work, 'The Ties that Bind'

Three Questions before the First Night - Carson Cooman talks to Jennifer Higdon about her new Trombone Concerto

Legendary generosity - Remembering Constance Keene (1921-2005): an appreciation, by John Bell Young

Three Questions before the First Night - Carson Cooman talks to Michael Woods about his new work 'Pieces of Light'

An uncanny emerging artist - by Anya Lomakova

Three Questions before the First Night - Carson Cooman talks to Tobias Picker about his new opera 'An American Tragedy'

New, adventurous and progressive - A profile of the Society for Chromatic Art, by Amanda von Goetz

The good kind of music - American composer Sean Hickey in conversation with Ted Kendall

Three Questions before the First Night - Carson Cooman talks to Peter Lieberson about the forthcoming performances of 'Neruda Songs'

 
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