15 Questions to Boris Giltburg
Most of Boris' friends are not musicians. "They come to a lot of my concerts, though, and they've started liking ...
Simone Dinnerstein: Goldberg Variations at Wigmore Hall
Pianist Simone Dinnerstein, who recently jumped to worldwide media attention after spending years in relative anonymity, is preparing for a ...
Helene Grimaud: Pianist plays in a Disco
French pianist Helene Grimaud will be performing at the next edition of „Yellow Lounge“, a regular event which presents classical ...
CD Feature/ Marc Hannaford: "The Garden of Forking Paths"
A nervous nocturnal vibration: An ensemble of four equitable partners.
Interview with Kenneth Kirschner
It's been almost exactly a year since we last spoke to Ken, his inspirations as a composer and his aspirations ...
CD Feature/ Catherine Gordeladze: "Hommage a Haydn"
Cycles of unusual brevity: The challenge of never deviating from the chosen path.
CD Feature/ Nino Rota: "Sinfonia sopra una Canzone d'Amore, Concerto-Soirée for Piano and Orchestra"
Every chance of attaining the status of Mahler's symphonies: Shows the ongoing validity of Rota's oeuvre.
15 Questions to Balmorhea
Happiness can sometimes be hard: Radios blaring out new hypes to disillusioned listeners and dogmatists claiming that salvation can only ...
15 Questions to Stephen Hough
During my school time, a software program sponsored by the Federal Employment Office determined that the job best suited to ...
CD Feature/ Simone Dinnerstein: "J.S. Bach - Goldberg Variations"
What lies between has left a mark: Dinnerstein's Goldberg is radical enough in its pure state.
15 Questions to Yuja Wang
It's simply unfair: Yuja Wang has performed with conductors like Daniel Barenboim, David Zinman, Lorin Maazel and Michael Tilson Thomas, ...
CD Feature/ Kenneth Kirschner: "Three Compositions"
There's no end to the piano's possibilities: Kirschner’s motives are syllables sliced from a long word.
15 Questions to Simone Dinnerstein
Right now, Simone can still enjoy a couple of days off from her busy schedule and relax at home in ...
CD Feature/ Balmorhea: "Balmorhea"
Part of the “New Gemütlichkeit”: The heart misses a beat and suddenly your world has changed.
CD Feature/ Zuill Bailey & Simone Dinnerstein: "Beethoven - Cello & Piano Sonatas Volume One"
Conservative and revolutionary: Bailey and Dinnerstein revel in the unfiltered directness these pieces require.