Archive for Interview
Fanfare Interviews Bach Aria Soloists
The following is an excerpt from an interview with Fanfare Magazine‘s James Altena and members of the Bach Aria Soloists. The full interview is available for subscribers online and will be in the May/June 2023 Issue of the Magazine:
Cecilia Duarte Takes Listeners through Reencuentros on WGTE Radio
WGTE Public Media in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan hosted Cecilia Duarte to discuss her new Reencuentros album in a fantastic interview with host Brad Cresswell:
Must Read Interview with Jonathan Leshnoff
MusicWeb International critic Lee Denham has published a must-read interview with composer Jonathan Leshnoff titled “An Interview and Portrait of America’s next great composer”: Twenty-first century classical composers are a rare breed – and even rarer are those who have enjoyed as much popular acclaim as Jonathan Leshnoff, a comparative youngster, born in 1973, whose works have already been taken up by many orchestras in his native USA with much success – the New York…
Jonathan Leshnoff, Michael Stern and Joyce Yang Discuss Leshnoff’s Piano Concerto
As we prepare for The Kansas City Symphony and Joyce Yang’s World Premiere recording of Jonathan Leshnoff’s Piano Concerto, watch a nine-part interview series between Joyce, Jonathan, and conductor Michael Stern about the genesis of the work, the recording, and more: Leshnoff: Symphony No. 3; Piano Concerto Reference Recordings® proudly presents two new works from leading American composer Jonathan Leshnoff. Distinguished by The New York Times as “a leader of contemporary American lyricism,” Leshnoff is renowned for his…
Eric Holtan Talks Christmas With True Concord on KVOI Tucson
Eric Holton joined the Bill Buckmaster Show on 1030 KVOI AM Radio in Tucson, Arizona this week to talk about Christmas With True Concord: Carols in the American Voice. Listen to the interview below and see the full episode from the Buckmaster Podcast at buckmastershow.com.
The New York Times Profiles Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Live Series
The Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck perform at Lincoln Center on May 19, and the New York Times is previewing the performance with an in-depth look at their Pittsburgh Live! recording series! “Good barely covers it. All eight of the releases that the Pittsburgh forces have brought out on Reference Recordings, with the aid of microphone whizzes from Soundmirror, come with the highest of recommendations.… Four have received nominations for the Grammy for best orchestral performance. One,…
Fiona Boyes Joins Music on the Couch
Fiona Boyes joined the “Music on the Couch” program to talk about her Voodoo In The Shadows release – listen here (she joins at 1:31:00): Voodoo In The Shadows Fiona Boyes is Australia’s most successful and celebrated international Blues artist. Her previous Reference Recordings release, Professin’ The Blues, received the 2017 Acoustic Album of the Year award from Blues Blast Magazine. The Blues Foundation in Memphis has honored her with 6 Blues Music Award nominations,…
Manfred Honeck Joins New Classical Tracks to Talk Strauss and Beethoven
Manfred Honeck joined YourClassical‘s New Classical Tracks® program to talk about his new recording of Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 and Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 with the Pittsburgh Symphony. The recording is the featured CD of the week on New Classical Tracks, which means you have a chance to win the recording! “Because I was a member of the Vienna Philharmonic as a viola player, I could watch all of the best conductors in the…
Nadia Shpachenko On KING FM’s Second Inversion
Nadia Shpachenko joins Classical KING FM’s Dacia Clay on “Second Inversion” to talk about her new Quotations and Homages recording: Shpachenko’s love of playing—both with toys and on her piano, and sometimes, with her toy piano—is part of what makes her new album, “Quotations and Homages,” so much fun to listen to. She’s got this wide-open sense of adventure that comes across not only in her playing, but in the pieces she commissions and the…
Introducing Violinist Jeremy Cohen
This September (2018), Quartet San Francisco will make their RR Debut with “A QSF Journey”. The ensemble was founded in 2001 by violinist and composer Jeremy Cohen. Get to know Jeremy in the below interview:
The Instrumentalist Interviews Jerry Junkin and John Mackey
The Instrumentalist Magazine published a wonderful interview with composer John Mackey and conductor Jerry Junkin about their upcoming release, Asphalt Cocktail. We’ve got a couple of quotes below, but the full interview is available online at TheInstrumentalist.com Jerry Junkin: I have wanted to record an all-John Mackey CD for a long time. Everybody loves John’s music, but some people have a narrow view of his work, and his palette is wider and more diverse than…
Blues Blast Magazine Features Doug MacLeod
Blues Blast Magazine‘s May 31 issue features Doug MacLeod on the cover along with an extensive new interview by Don Wilcock! The first time Doug MacLeod performed “Break The Chain,” the title song from his latest album, was in Denmark. “I was doing a festival. I was in this room. There must have been about 300 people there, and they all stand up there in Denmark. And I mentioned the story of “Break The Chain.”…
Spotlight on Nadia Shpachenko
Nadia Shpachenko was recently presented with the Provost Award for Excellence in Scholarly and Creative activities by her university, Cal Poly Pomona, which also produced this wonderful new interview video with her about her recording projects: Nadia Shpachenko World Premieres Nadia Shpachenko’s latest Reference Recordings release Quotations & Homages features World Premiere recordings of works for solo piano, for piano and electronics, for speaking pianist, for piano with extended techniques, and collaborative works for 6…
Thierry Fischer joins WCLV Ideastream
WCLV Classical hosts Utah Symphony’s Thierry Fischer to talk about Mahler Symphony No. 8. Listen on-demand at wclv.ideastream.org. https://ideastream-production.s3.amazonaws.com/audio/2018/01/180107%20Thierry%20Fischer.mp3 Order Now Mahler Symphony No. 8 The Utah Symphony is one of America’s major symphony orchestras and a leading cultural organization in the Intermountain West. It is recognized internationally for its distinctive performances, commitment to music education programs, history and recording legacy. Here they join with the internationally-renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir to present a thrilling…
Thierry Fischer Talks Mahler Symphony 8 on WQED
Thierry Fischer talks about his new Mahler Symphony No. 8 recording with the Utah Symphony and a potential visit to Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh on WQED’s Voice of the Arts: https://www.wqed.org/podcasts/voice_of_the_arts/2017/thiery_fisher_171212_podcast.mp3 Order Now Mahler Symphony No. 8 The Utah Symphony is one of America’s major symphony orchestras and a leading cultural organization in the Intermountain West. It is recognized internationally for its distinctive performances, commitment to music education programs, history and recording legacy. Here…