Don’t be afraid to explore other things……All our life experience feeds into what we do and how we can create and convey music with true feeling
Author: The Cross-Eyed Pianist
Frances Wilson is a pianist, writer, music and arts reviewer, music PR, and blogger on classical music and pianism under the pen name 'The Cross-Eyed Pianist'
Daniel Pioro, violinist
A joyful introduction to the violin at the age of 4 left me utterly obsessed. It was, and still is, my toy.
Paul Burnell, composer
The pieces in which the spirit, notation, concept, sound, come together to make something distinctive.
Jamie W Hall, bass baritone
It’s not hugely fashionable to specialize in English repertoire but it’s where my heart is and I think that might well be the most important thing in the end
Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano
My musical heart is definitely in baroque music – anything from Purcell to Handel to Bach makes me feel entirely at home. I’ve always been completely at one with the style and harmonies of the baroque period, and there’s nothing from that age that I wouldn’t love singing.
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