Who or what inspired you to take up the violin and pursue a career in music? The reason I started to play the violin was
Interviews with musicians, composers and conductors
Who or what inspired you to take up the violin and pursue a career in music? The reason I started to play the violin was
The greatest challenge, which will probably last all my life, is trying to understand how to be completely myself on stage, how to convey my own ideas without getting distracted by anything else and be 100% into the music
Spaces with lively acoustics are always the most rewarding to perform in, because you can time the space by ear. The space has a profound effect on the registration choices that I make and on the tempo I choose to present a piece
Who or what inspired you to take up the piano, and pursue a career in music? My wonderful mother was a passionate amateur pianist, and
Composers John Metcalfe (Factory Classical, Morrissey, The Pretenders, Catatonia, Blur, Peter Gabriel etc) and Simon Richmond (Virgin Records, REM, Pulp, David McAlmont etc) have taken inspiration from Dorset’s ancient stone circles to