Interviews

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In Touch With Amadeus Templeton
Co-founder of TONALi, Hamburg
TONALi in Hamburg is a great example of how German institutions are not only active in conserving and maintaining the traditional aspect of classical music, but they are also keenly innovative. The lines between the ‘underground stream’ and ‘the institutional’
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Interview with Meaghan Williams
Double Bass Soloist of Mark Haney’s Placentia Bay: Summer of 1941
Meaghan Williams, an accomplished double bass musician based in Vancouver, is the soloist on the recent LP release Placentia Bay: Summer of 1941. The LP is named after the double-bass concerto written by Canadian composer and bassist Mark Haney. This
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A Classical Sound Bath Experience with Transposed Pianist Elena Toponogova and Soprano Eleanor Penfold (Ellie)
Have you ever attended a concert featuring classical music and sound therapy? An ensemble group called Transposed, founded by pianist Elena Toponogova and soprano Eleanor Penfold (Ellie), is offering a classical and meditative sound bath experience. During the conversation, they
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“Do Music for Love and Pleasure First”
An Interview With Composer and Musician Michael Howell
Described by superstar pianist Lang Lang as ‘A genius…The new Bach’ during his performance on Channel 4’s popular and inspiring programme The Piano (UK tv), Michael Howell is a young self-taught composer, singer and pianist from a working-class Caribbean-Jamaican background
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The Atypical Artist Spotlight Series
Evan Shinners – WTF Bach
Evan Shinners is the founder of ‘The Bach Store’, and perhaps the most adequate heir apparent to Glenn Gould and Wendy Carlos when it comes to reinventors, re-imaginers, and first-amongst-worshipers of J.S. Bach. With quotes like ‘Thank Bach for God’,
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An Interview With Pianist Annie Yim
“I love working in a multifaceted way because everything is connected” Annie Yim is a Hong Kong-born Canadian concert pianist, creative collaborator, and founder of MusicArt based in London. We caught up with her to talk about her latest project
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Quatuor Danel: A Quartet of Archaeologists Interpret Weinberg’s Ingenious Style
The Belgian string quartet, Quatuor Danel has released many recordings of standard string quartets, but they are celebrated for their performances and recordings of the Fifteen Shostakovich String Quartets—their second set recently released on the Accentus Music label. They are
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The Contradictions of Bach – An Interview with Alexander Polzin
German artist Alexander Polzin (b. 1973) first encountered Bach in his final work: The Art of the Fugue. The introduction to the ultimate Bach composition set Polzin up for a life confronting Bach and an evolution in his approach to
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