Welcome to Issue 10 – we are now in double figures! For this issue we have travelled along the Mediterranean […]
Matthew Kofi Waldren on Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera
Telephone Interview August 2019 Anglo-Ghanian conductor Matthew Kofi Waldren held the ENO Mackerras Fellowship 2016 -2018; his final production as...
John Andrews on Wolf-Ferrari’s Il Segreto di Susanna
Skype Interview 7th July 2019 With a special affinity for Italian bel canto and English baroque, John Andrews has conducted over 40...
Friedrich Haider on Wolf-Ferrari’s I gioielli della Madonna
Skype Interview 9th August 2019 Friedrich Haider has held the position of Principal Guest Conductor of the Theater und Philharmonie...
Issue 9: The French Connection
Welcome to Issue 9. This is the first time the French repertoire has been explored in Notes from the Podium, […]
Michael Stern on Saint-Saëns Symphony No.3 ‘Organ’
Skype Interview 8th March 2019 Conductor Michael Stern will be beginning his 15th season as Music Director of the Kansas...
Thierry Fischer on Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique
Telephone Interview May 8th 2019 Thierry Fischer has been Music Director of the Utah Symphony since 2009. He has led...
Scott Wilson on Audience Engagement (Debussy/Ravel)
Telephone Interview 28th March 2019 London-based Australian conductor Scott Wilson held the positions of Fellow in Conducting and Artist in...
Issue 8: Visual and Alternative Communication
Welcome to Issue 8 – this one has taken a slightly different direction, approaching the conductor’s work in ways that […]
Andrew Gourlay on Rachmaninov’s The Isle of the Dead
Telephone Interview 21st November 2018 Born in Jamaica, with Russian ancestry, Andrew Gourlay grew up in the Bahamas, Philippines, Japan...