Fiona Maddocks is the founding editor of BBC Music Magazine as well as of Channel 4 and The Independent. Now, the celebrated music journalist is out with a new book on Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943); Goodbye Russia: Rachmaninoff in Exile (Faber, 2023).
Anna Fedorova is known as one of the greatest contemporary interpreters of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s (1873-1943) music.
He’s one of the leading contemporary mandolinists in the world today. For Avi Avital, it is not simply about returning the mandolin to its rightful place within the classical music repertoire, but he’s also passionate about strengthening musical collaborations across genres.
Fiona Maddocks is one of Britain’s foremost classical music critics. We discuss her new book; Goodbye Russia: Rachmaninoff in Exile (Faber, 2023).
He’s the scion of a classical music dynasty: But for Michael Barenboim, it wasn’t clear until he enrolled at the University of Sorbonne to study philosophy that he realized that pursuing a career in classical music – just as his parents and grandparents had done before him – is what he actually wanted to do.
The great Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff built Villa Senar on the outskirts of Lucerne between World War I and II. It has now been restored and is open to the public.
Avi Avital is on an ambitious mission: to restore the mandolin back into the classical music repertoire.
In the third part of our wide-ranging interview with Professor Raymond Holden AM, we discuss Richard Strauss’ (1864–1949) relationship with Nazi-Germany, his collaboration with the distinguished Austrian playwright and biographer, Stefan Zweig (1881–1942), and his Jewish family members.
Jens Stoltenberg’s strength – coupled with his competence and conviction to preserve Europe’s hard-earned freedoms – have enabled him to maintain an alliance that is becoming increasingly divided over culture.
For pianist Daniel-Ben Pienaar, Curzon Lecturer in Performance Studies at the Royal Academy of Music and Professor of the University of London, it’s all about keeping in mind that we are now all “tourists” when it comes to classical music.