Working on Wagner: experiences of Das Rheingold
15.12.2020Lilli Paasikivi, who sang Fricka in FNO’s production of Das Rheingold (September 2019), shared some thoughts at the time on… Continue reading
Author: Yulia Savikovskaya
Musical feasts by modern Russian composers
15.12.2020Musical feasts of emotions that bind people together: new works by Rodion Shchedrin and Sofia Gubaidulina are performed at the… Continue reading
Anders Hillborg: you cannot understand music – you can only experience it
15.12.2020One of Sweden’s leading composers, Anders Hillborg is that rare artist whose music strikes a chord across many different countries… Continue reading
Lilli Paasikivi on functioning of the modern opera house
15.12.2020Lilli Paasikivi is a Finnish mezzo-soprano who since 2013 has been the Artistic Director of Finnish National Opera and Ballet.… Continue reading
Lydia Kavina: theremin is leading us to a unique synthesis of sense, sound, light and music
15.12.2020Russian-born and based in the UK for the last 13 years, Lydia Kavina is currently one of the leading performing… Continue reading
Forbidden longings: two opera premieres at Mariinsky Theatre
15.12.2020Two productions, both under musical direction of Valery Gergiev, could be seen at Mariinsky Theatre on consecutive days in February… Continue reading
Anjelika Akbar: music is reflecting hidden things beyond reality
15.12.2020Anjelika Akbar is a Soviet-born Turkish composer, pedagogue, TV presenter and pianist. She has graduated from the Uspensky School in… Continue reading
Sarah Oates: the orchestra feels really safe if they can trust the concertmaster
15.12.2020Sarah Oates is an associate concertmaster with the Philharmonia Orchestra (London, UK), holding this position since 2013. Sarah’s education began… Continue reading
Vasily Petrenko: to understand music you don’t need to know any languages
15.12.2020irkanov. Following considerable success in a number of international conducting competitions, he was appointed Chief Conductor of the St Petersburg… Continue reading
George Benjamin: It is so difficult to write music, almost impossible to write it well
15.12.2020Photo credit: Matthew Lloyd Born in 1960, British composer George Benjamin began composing at the age of seven. In 1976… Continue reading