Shifting the focus at Kissinger Sommer festival
Simon Mundy explores the Northern Bavarian festival's offering and chats to new intendant Alexander...
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Passion project to powerhouse: 25 years of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
Jon Tolansky talks to founder and music director Marios Papadopoulos plus musicians Tristan Fry,...
Monét X Change: An infusion of classical music and pop culture
Ahead of her upcoming stand-up show at the Edinburgh Fringe the bass-baritone and RuPaul’s Drag Race...
Classical Music's Byrd 400 round-up
With an abundance of events set to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the death of William Byrd,...
Alan Lane: ‘the act of performance is made more by the introduction of the citizen’
The artistic director of Leeds-based community-focused theatre company Slung Low offers his thoughts...
Oliver Zeffman: ‘Classical music is part of LGBTQ+ culture’
The conductor and creative mind behind Europe’s first ever classical Pride concert lifts the curtain...
Madeleine Mitchell on forming musical conversations
Ahead of the release of her latest album, Violin Conversations, the violinist talks about her...
Goddesses of the stage: Dissecting the Diva
Jon Tolansky talks to Kate Bailey, the curator of the V&A’s new DIVA exhibition, about how she used...
Nikita Lukinov on the importance of smaller venues
Following the release of his debut album, Kaleidoscope, the pianist lays out the advantages of...
Touring the United Arab Emirates: Have passport, will travel
Boasting shiny new venues and a burgeoning audience for classical music, the UAE is a desert oasis...