Interviews with musicians, composers and conductors
I tend to judge venues as much by the pianos they offer as well as their acoustic. The Wigmore Hall ticks all boxes for me. While I love performing in its acoustic, it also has one of the best-maintained Steinways in the country.
Who or what inspired you to pursue a career in music? My father is a world-class piano improviser, and my mother is a lyricist and
Who or what inspired you to take up the piano and pursue a career in music? I didn’t really pick piano at first. I wanted
Who or what inspired you to take up the violin, and pursue a career in music? I was born into a musical family: my father’s
I’m interested in the longform possibilities of the concert experience: bold programming which reaches across individual movements to an essence which exceeds the sum of its parts. The great symphonic programmers for me right now are Rattle, Jurowski, Volkov.
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