Notes from the podium

Issue 27: Behind the Colourful Scenes

Published on 2nd January 20242nd January 2024 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Public Continue reading

Happy New Year! This new issue of Notes focuses on the preparatory aspects of the conductor’s work, as well […]

Tiffany Chang on Rehearsals

Published on 2nd January 20242nd January 2024 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Notes from the Podium Members Only Continue reading

Image: Tanya Rosen-Jones 13th September 2023 Taiwanese-American conductor Tiffany Chang helps musicians feel valued, seen, and fulfilled, while guiding...

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Chris Hopkins on Bliss’ A Colour Symphony

Published on 2nd January 20242nd January 2024 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Notes from the Podium Members Only Continue reading

19th October 2023 Equally at home on the concert stage as in the pit, conductor and pianist Chris Hopkins...

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Vasily Petrenko on Mental and Physical Preparation for Concerts

Published on 2nd January 20242nd January 2024 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Notes from the Podium Members Only Continue reading

Image: Svetlana Tarlova 29th November 2023 Vasily Petrenko is Music Director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, a position he...

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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)

Published on 4th October 20234th October 2023 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Notes from the Podium Members Only Continue reading

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)

Published on 4th October 20234th October 2023 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Notes from the Podium Members Only Continue reading

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 202330th March 2024 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Notes from the Podium Members Only Continue reading

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

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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

Published on 8th July 20238th July 2023 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Notes from the Podium Members Only Continue reading

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

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