Category: Interviews

As one explores the transcendent compositions on WILD SWANS, composer Nancy Bachmann’s (NB) brilliance and versatility shine through on every track, illuminated by the extraordinary artistry of clarinetist Diane [...]

THE DISTANT SHEPHERD from award-winning classical guitarist & composer Santiago Kodela explores the full timbral and emotive range of the instrument in a solo setting. His performance deftly employs [...]

Viewed by composer David Colson as both a GPS and a scrapbook of memories, CONVERSING WITH SPIRITS presents innovative stories and sounds, including bari sax and marimba, trumpet duo, [...]

It doesn’t matter whether he sings Purcell or Copland, Schubert or Saint Saens, Tchaikovsky or Barber, Wagner or Szymanowski – the energetic grip Brian Smith Walters has on every [...]

Violinist Thomas Bowes’ breathtaking virtuosity is on full display throughout WALTON & BARBER. His playing, which has been characterized by Gramophone Magazine as “deeply human” and “unusually communicative,” teases [...]

Leveraging musical passion and orchestral ferocity, DIMENSIONS VOL. 5 offers listeners a broad example of some of the most exciting orchestral music from today’s contemporary composers. These orchestral pieces [...]

GRAMMY-nominated conductor Eugene Rogers brings to life Jocelyn Hagen’s setting of the Roman Catholic Mass in AMASS. Incorporating the writings of various spiritual thinkers, the music is less about [...]

Good pianists are a dime a dozen, great pianists are one in a million. American virtuoso Bryan Wallick proves that he firmly belongs to the latter category on VIRTUOSIC [...]

Hong-Kong-born pianist and musicologist Po Sim Head presents two Latin American composers, the Peruvian Francisco Pulgar-Vidal as well as Ecuadorian Blanca Layana Gómez, and performs their rich works with [...]

Non-standard setups in classical music may be interesting, but they are commonly faced with the problem of limited repertoire. The ARK Trio, formed by soprano Allison Charney, cellist Kajsa [...]