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We talk to our artists about their current projects, what drives them in their pursuit of excellence, and their hopes for the future

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  • Introducing Aliisa Neige Barrière

    As the Finnish-French conductor Aliisa Neige Barrière joins the Maestro Arts roster, she talks to us about her musical journey, from early signs of…
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  • Realising the impossible

    Marc-André Hamelin’s new recording of Beethoven’s fearsomely challenging ‘Hammerklavier’ Sonata comes out on 4 October. He tells us about coming to terms with the work and some of the tricks he's learnt along the way to make it more playable
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  • A point of view

    As he breathes new life into the Meyerbeer’s forgotten opera Le prophète for Bard SummerScape, Christian Räth explains how he goes about connecting today’s audiences with historic works.
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  • In search of the real Bach

    Alexander Polzin’s third sculpture of J.S. Bach will be installed in the foyer of London’s Royal Academy of Music on 13 June. He tells us about the…
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  • Local heroes

    Dudok Quartet Amsterdam’s new music festival, Dudok Muziekdagen, in the small Netherlands town of Kampen, offers events and concerts for locals and…
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  • Brave new world

    As DOMNIQ prepares to give the world premiere of Daniel Wohl’s Uncanny Valley with Philzuid in Eindhoven on 18 April, he explains how he collaborated…
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  • All that jazz

    As Steven Osborne prepares for a Wigmore Hall recital on 12th March that includes his own improvisations and jazz transcriptions alongside Debussy,…
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  • Playful and complex

    As Ersan Mondtag makes his Italian opera debut with the double bill of Gianni Schicchi and L’heure espagnole at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, he…
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  • Introducing Mihhail Gerts

    As we welcome conductor Mihhail Gerts to the Maestro Arts roster, he explains the importance of choral singing and how useful it was to work in opera…
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  • Wise words from 2023

    As we approach the end of 2023, we look back at some of the conversations we’ve had with our artists over the year and what we learnt from them ‘I’d…
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  • What matters most

    As the Doric String Quartet releases the first installment of its Beethoven String Quartet cycle for Chandos, we talk to its viola player Hélène…
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