Notes from the podium

Issue 14: Contrasts in the 1930s

An essential element in every conductor’s education is learning to understand music in its historical context. Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 3 […]

10th July 2020 Embodying music with an unparalleled dramatic sensibility, soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan is an artist at the...

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22nd July 2020 Sir Andrew Davis is the Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Maestro...

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(photo: Thomas Schrott) 7th September 2020 Leo McFall is currently starting his tenure as Chief Conductor of the Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg....

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17th March 2020 Benjamin Zander is the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. He […]

Welcome to Issue 13: Lockdown Lucky Dip Hello there. I hope you’re all keeping well, and sane… It seems appropriate […]

14th May 2020 Paul Bateman studied piano, organ, singing and cello at the Guildhall School of Music in London, and...

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29th May 2020 Karina Canellakis is the newly appointed Chief Conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Principal Guest...

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Photo: Priti Shikotra 14th April 2020 London-based Australian conductor Scott Wilson held the positions of Zander Fellow with the Boston...

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In what feels like a different world to the last time I wrote one of these introductions, I’m really delighted […]