Aliisa Neige Barriere: the reality of connecting with people through music is very powerful
03.09.2021Aliisa Neige Barrière (b. 1995) grew up in a French-Finnish family in Paris where her music studies have included violin,… Continue reading
Category: Interviews in English
Magnus Lindberg: surviving from crisis to crisis on the path to joy of music creation
30.04.2021On 11-31 October 2019 the Festival dedicated to of one of the most important figures on modern composition scene —… Continue reading
Sebastian Fagerlund: Borderland between the Real and Unreal
30.04.2021Sebastian Fagerlund is a Finnish composer who has written chamber, orchestral and operatic work during the last two decades. He came… Continue reading
Xander Parish: Englishman in St-Pete
01.03.2021Xander Parish born in 1987 in Yorkshire, England. He began dancing at the age of 8, at the Skelton-Hooper School… Continue reading
Interview with conductor Nikita Sorokine: “Perception of thoughts expressed through music is an essential part of human nature”
19.02.2021Nikita Sorokin was born in Leningrad in 1990. In 2008, he Graduated from the Glinka Choral School as a choir… Continue reading
Kaija Saariaho: ‘Composing requires patience, but it is a magical thing and a great privilege’
08.02.2021Kaija Saariaho is one of the world’s most prominent and renowned composers who has made herself known both in opera… Continue reading
Thomas Ospital: When I play or improvise, I travel into a parallel world
05.02.2021Thomas Ospital is a French organist who has won many international competitions, has been an Organist-In-Residence in Maison de la… Continue reading
André dе Ridder on curating Musica Nova-2021: challenges, collaborations, and Polytopes
04.02.2021It is the third Musica Nova Festival for its Artistic Director André de Ridder, a specialist in contemporary music who… Continue reading
Interview with Sturdivant Adams
26.01.2021Sturdivant Adams is a young American composer who has studied at Columbia University (BA in Music) and University of Oxford… Continue reading
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