Notes from the podium

Issue 26: Our Collaborators

Published on 4th October 20234th October 2023 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Public Continue reading

Welcome to Issue 26. I am delighted that Notes from the Podium has, once more, been given the opportunity […]

Jonathan Kent CBE on Directing Opera (Britten, Puccini, Mozart, Purcell)

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13th July 2023 Jonathan Kent’s opera productions include Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Britten’s The Turn of the Screw (Glyndebourne Festival...

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Robyn Bollinger on the Role of the Concertmaster (Tchaikovsky)

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6th September 2023 Daring, versatile, and charismatic, American violinist Robyn Bollinger was appointed Concertmaster of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra...

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Václav Luks on Zelenka

Published on 4th October 202316th October 2023 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Public Continue reading

Photo: Petra Hajská, 2018 4th September 2023 Václav Luks studied at the Pilsen Conservatoire and the Academy of Performing […]

Issue 25: Broadening the Scope

Published on 8th July 20238th July 2023 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Public Continue reading

Welcome. In this issue we’re broadening the scope of Notes from the Podium. Alongside a fascinating in-depth interview with […]

Sir David Bintley on the Matthew Hindson Ballets

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May 1st 2023 David Bintley joined Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet after graduating from The Royal Ballet School in 1976....

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John Andrews on Dame Ethel Smyth’s Der Wald

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(Photo: Katharine Andrews) 31st May 2023 John Andrews is Principal Guest Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra and...

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TÁR Review: It’s a Masterpiece

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(updated 9th August 2023) Introduction The TÁR zeitgeist may have come and gone, but an in-depth review of this...

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Issue 24: Turn of the Century Women

Published on 4th April 20234th April 2023 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Public Continue reading

Leokadiya Kashperova Image: courtesy of the Russian National Museum of Music with thanks to Mikhail Bryzgalov and Olga Kuzina […]

Odaline de la Martínez on Dame Ethel Smyth

Published on 4th April 20234th April 2023 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Public Continue reading

Image: Malcolm Crowther 26th January 2023 Since the 1990s, Odaline de la Martínez has enjoyed a demanding conducting schedule, […]