Hard work and reliability. They’ve stood me in very good stead always. Also try to be a friendly and pleasant colleague, but don’t be afraid to stand up for things you think to be essential. Nicely. Don’t EVER be a diva.
Category: Interview
Kate Semmens, soprano
When work and performance opportunities are clear and flowing, there is the challenge of meeting the needs of the music, but this is exciting and stimulating and often finds its own solutions.
James Lisney, pianist
Pianistically, everything remains impossibly difficult and, ultimately, relatively easy.
Matthijs van Dijk, composer
Who or what inspired you to take up composing, and pursue a career in music? I come from a musical family so I think it
Martin Gaughan, composer
the thing perhaps that links my compositional language is a sense of expressiveness, I feel a great need to express how I feel and think, as I am sure do all composers. I can’t, for example, work solely with serial techniques
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