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Ahead of his performance with the Philharmonia Orchestra, we caught up with the pianist to talk Korea and the Grieg Piano Concerto. 

There’s more to the Sound of the Dolomites than simply music. Here the Artistic Director tells us about a festival in which performers and punters trek through the mountains together.

The Italian clarinettist talks about his life in Rome and shares his memories of Claudio Abbado.

The German clarinettist, or rather his father, had a very pragmatic approach when it came to choosing the right instrument.

As he awaits the swan to pull him into another new production, Klaus Florian Vogt reflects on Lohengrin and his other Wagner roles.

The German clarinettist shares her experience as an orchestral musician and soloist and her love for Mozart.

In the wake of her receiving the Birgit Nilsson Prize, the Swedish soprano discusses the development of her lauded career and what the future might hold. 

A classical music talent show supported by Plácido Domingo has become a blockbuster in Hungary. Plans have now been announced for UK and US versions. We ask: can the show bring classical music to a mass audience?

The American clarinettist shares his love for Rachmaninov's Second Symphony and his thoughts on a Mozart-Copland hybrid concerto.

The German clarinettist talks about his love for Weber and his attempt to see the music from all angles.

Before his debut in Carnegie’s Zankel Hall, pianist and composer Thomas Nickell shares his opinions on an interpreter’s mandate and artistic freedom.

Robert Plane talks about his time with the BBC NOW and how he was inspired by Jack Brymer playing the Mozart Concerto.

Welsh composer Huw Watkins reflects on the thinking that led to his opera In the Locked Room, created in partnership with librettist David Harsent.

Antony Pay has been with the OAE since the beginning, or rather, since they included clarinets in the concerts.

Parisians with an appetite for contemporary dance have been lucky this Spring, with two opportunities to see the work of Hofesh Shechter. In between rehearsals, Bachtrack writer Laurine Mortha caught up with him

The leading British clarinettist of his generation reminisces about his early BBC Young Musician success, on combining solo and orchestral careers and his thoughts on Mozart's great concerto.

Ahead of this year’s Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition, we talk to past winners Niklas Hoffmann, Elim Chan and François-Xavier Roth about their experiences.

Both Matthias Schorn and Daniel Ottensamer have been principal clarinets of the Vienna Philharmonic for a decade and have helped to shape the famous sound of this world class orchestra.

Part of a great Viennese dynasty, Andreas Ottensamer reflects on the style of clarinet playing in Austria and his work as a leading soloist. 

We meet the Canadian soprano as she prepares for the world première of George Benjamin's new opera, Lessons in Love and Violence at the Royal Opera House.