Nil Venditti – “The orchestra is an example of a perfect democracy”
The only thing I knew about her was that she is a conductor, and I concluded she must be from Italy due to her name. But apart from that, she was comp…
Music
Ophir Trio – put some blood into that jazz!
Do you know that moment when it’s you and a list of artists that are going to perform in you-name-it what type of festival? I usually look carefully a…
Shen Tiemei and the Sichuan Opera, a love-story
Opera is a form of lyrical theatre. A play on music. Actors singing. Loudly, on strong notes, narrating their love stories with orchestra and elegant l…
Nitai Hershkovits: I have to unlearn in order to start seeing the world
He is light in providing deep emotions to listeners. He is half Moroccan, half Polish. His music is silk but dense and heavy. Sounds turn into shapes. …
Interview with the violinist Maxim Vengerov
‘Every time I play, I am transposed into another world. Music charms me completely’, says Maxim Vengerov. For him, music is like a planet. This pleasur…