Interview
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An Interview with Lani Spahr
LANI SPAHR – audio restoration engineer, producer and annotator – has garnered critical praise from Gramophone (“There are historic releases that make the grade because they are just that – ‘historic’ – and there are releases that make history because they are musically overwhelming. This set is both.”), BBC Radio 3, BBC Music Magazine, Fanfare,…
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An Interview with Norma Fisher
As performer, teacher and artistic director, Norma Fisher has been a leading light of the London musical scene for over 60 years. Born in London of Russian-Polish parents, she was recognised as ‘a rare musical talent’, and at age 11 was awarded a Junior Exhibition to study with Sidney Harrison at the Guildhall School of…
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An Interview with H. Ward Marston
Q: Despite his amazing success, director and writer Quentin Tarantino once described himself as a frustrated theater owner, referring to the simpler joy of being able to share his favorite films and enthusiasms with a wider audience. Do you ever miss your DJ’ing days from Williams College? WM: I look back on those college radio…
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Conductor John Mauceri in Coversation with Roger Pines
For five decades, John Mauceri has had an extraordinary impact on musical life internationally. One of America’s most celebrated conductors, he is also a writer, lecturer, teacher, and producer. Mauceri is responsible for introducing countless important yet unjustly neglected works to the public, especially in twentieth-century repertoire. He has earned many prestigious honors, among them…
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An Interview with Cleveland Orchestra Principal Oboist Frank Rosenwein
Frank Rosenwein joined The Cleveland Orchestra as principal oboe at the beginning of the 2005–06 season. He made his solo debut with the Orchestra in February 2007, in Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2. Since then he has performed many times as soloist, including playing the Richard Strauss Oboe Concerto in 2012 and the first Cleveland…
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On Casals and the Cello – An Interview with Julian Lloyd Webber
Professor Julian Lloyd Webber is the Principal of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Widely regarded as one of the finest musicians of his generation and described by Strad magazine as ‘the doyen of British cellists’, he has enjoyed one of the most creative and successful careers in music today. As founder of the British Government’s In Harmony…