Tag: interview
LYNN NOTTAGE TELLS A GHOST STORY IN “THIS HOUSE”
"I think that moving into opera is sort of reconciling my love for musical storytelling and my desire to stretch and grow as an artist and to continue to challenge myself in new ways."
TOP 12 of 2024: FRED HERSCH
To close out the year I’m posting videos from the top 12 interviews from 2024. These were a mix of my personal favorites, some...
TOP 12 of 2024: MELISSA ERRICO
Our shared passion for Stephen Sondheim fueled this lively conversation
TOP 12 of 2024: MARC ANDRÉ HAMELIN
The world-renowned pianist released an album of his own compositions to great acclaim in 2024.
LUCIE ARNAZ IS SINGING HER SONGS
"I always loved performing: a little theater, my backyard. I picked my high school because it had a theater arts department that was great."
Maestra Elim Chan and Her Big July
"My dream is to find an orchestra, a place where we can do some crazy things and grow together, fly together."
Michael R. Jackson Is Not Usher in “A Strange Loop”
"As much as you want to make it be about me, there's just too many ways in which it isn't."
Fred Hersch: The Power of Being Silent and Listening
"I don't want to hear people regurgitate what they know. That's not interesting to me. I want to hear people play what they don't know. That's when it gets good."
Matt Johnson Swings Disney with The New Jet Set
Everyone from Tom Waits to Barbra Streisand to Ne-Yo to Panic! At the Disco has recorded songs from Disney films. Whether they were written...
Composer/Pianist Timo Andres Is Having a Week
"I've always felt myself to be specifically an American composer."