Meet the Artist is delighted to feature a series of interviews with composers from around the world who have been commissioned by the Birmingham Contemporary
Category: Interview
Costantino Catena, pianist
Each concert is a different time with different emotions
Carl Topilow, conductor
Each orchestral musician needs to be aware of his or her role within each phrase – are you playing the melody, countermelody, harmony, rhythmic pulse – and the relative importance of each. Note lengths, articulation, phrase direction – listening to your fellow orchestra members and fitting your part appropriately.
Matthew Whiteside, composer
Be interested and interesting. Don’t sit back and wait for commissions to come to you, make your own opportunities.
Dominique Merlet, pianist
Who or what inspired you to take up the piano and pursue a career in music? My three great professors : Roger-Ducasse, Nadia Boulanger, Louis
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