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Lugano will be hosting the first major post-Covid concert with a full audience. Artistic Director Etienne Reymond tells us about the concert environment in Switzerland.

One of the most influential figures in chamber music talks about Wigmore Hall's efforts to survive the pandemic and the post-pandemic future.

As the curtain is raised again on live performances in parts of the world, the American soprano reveals what it's like to sing in a "new normal" staging at Madrid's Teatro Real. 

With smaller instrumental and vocal events tentatively creeping back into the sunshine, we speak to the PERFORM study principal to look at what happens next to the science of enabling a broader return to performance.

Eric Whitacre, Tori Longdon and Jennifer Sterling, choral directors of virtual choirs during the pandemic, tell us what they have learned and the limitations of the virtual world.

The artistic director of the Royal Ballet of Flanders talks about the travails and inspirations of lockdown and the need to continually ask questions about culture.

Has lockdown made Hofesh Shechter more reflective? More political? A better teacher? Has he taken the time to compose? Read our interview to find out...

One of our greatest operatic basses tells us about his projects during lockdown, including the revelation of hidden non-musical talents...

The ENT consultant and professional tenor tells us about the research he is conducting for Public Health England, which will inform singers, musicians and their ensembles and venues about the safety of a return to performing on stage.

The founder of La Veronal has been busy during lockdown and he's now back in the studio. He tells us what's coming up.

The associate artist of KVS (Flemish Royal Theatre) and co-founder of Belgian dance-theatre compagnie Peeping Tom tells us about the upset caused by the pandemic and its consequences for future productions

Co-director of CCN2 (the National Choreographic Centre in Grenoble) since 2016, Rachid Ouramdane tells us how the pandemic has affected the way he creates and produces his work.

At least on the surface, Sweden's response to the Covid-19 pandemic has been very different from other countries. The CEO of Stockholm Concert Hall and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra tells us how things are progressing there.

The head of one of the world's leading Artist Management companies is optimistic about the post-pandemic world, but worried by the apparent lack of understanding in governments in the UK and elsewhere.

Conductor Dirk Kaftan believes that only cautious, careful planning will brings audiences back to the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn once the lockdown is lifted

We spoke to multi-genre composer and producer Keiichiro Shibuya about his new opera, due to premiere at the New National Theatre Tokyo in August, that will see a robot in a starring role.

The CEO of a major international touring orchestra reflects on its conductors, discusses how to deal with orchestral life in the pandemic and looks forward to the coming season.

The composer and librettist of one of the most successful contemporary operas tell us about its creation.

How to produce music for the BBC's latest thriller when you have 48 hours and your musicians have gone into lockdown? The composer tells us how it was done...

The British viola player on why there's so much more to Brahms than just his great Romantic voice.

The Australian conductor compares the two grandees of the Romantic era  – both their music and their personalities.

The New Generation Festival will take place in Florence in August: I discussed hope, beauty and conviviality with co-founder Frankie Parham.

The most prolific librettist in the burgeoning contemporary opera scene in the United States talks about his working life and his craft.

People who tune in to “Music Never Sleeps NYC” are going to be astonished by the variety.

We spoke to the acclaimed choral conductor about his upcoming tour of the East Coast with The Bach Choir, London and the Yale Schola Cantorum.

The most acclaimed French pianist of his generation talks about the early years of his career and of his unusual projects for the future.

Ahead of his birthday concert with the Bamberg Symphony, the conductor talks about his special relationship with the Bavarian orchestra.

We spoke to Ville Matvejeff, the new artistic director of the Savonlinna Opera Festival, to find out more about this year's programme. 

As part of keyboard month, we sat down with piano tuners around the world. First stop: Philharmonie Berlin.

We spoke to the Argentine composer about his work and inspiration ahead of his residence at Finland's largest chamber music festival.

Ahead of returning to the role of Tatiana in John Cranko's Onegin, Marianela Núñez talks about her love for the ballet, her inspirations and how she copes with pressure. 

We spoke to the British pianist about instruments, his love for Chopin and his passion for music education.

We spoke to harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani about the vibrant musical life he leads in the Czech Republic's capital.

We speak to three directors – Amélie Niermeyer, Tobias Kratzer and Frederic Wake-Walker – about the challenges of staging Beethoven's only opera. 

Deutsche Oper Berlin is staging three Meyerbeer operas in three days. We talk to Enrique Mazzola, the conductor of two of them, about the composer, his work and these performances.

The Italian maestro reflects on his relationship with Beethoven's epic symphonic cycle, from performances with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig to his Milanese Filarmonica della Scala. 

We spoke to Japanese composer Dai Fujikura about his new opera, based on a short story by H.G. Wells, and the concerto he wrote inspired by the piano of a young girl who perished in Hiroshima.

We spoke to pianist and composer Nicolas Namoradze about what happened after his victory at the 2018 Honens International Piano Competition.

We spoke to the Japanese cellist about his success in Munich and his future plans.

We spoke to the young cellist who just won the latest edition of the OSM Competition about his successful experience in Montréal.

Headed by Sylvie Brély, the Centre for romantic pianos is staging a series of concerts on early instruments. We meet Edoardo Torbianelli, one of the performers.

We spoke to Paavo Järvi, Chief Conductor of the NHK Symphony, ahead of their 2020 European tour.

We spoke to Japanese pianist Ryoma Takagi on how he found a second home in Bergen, Norway, and what came after his win.

We spoke to countertenor Max Emanuel Cenčić ahead of his performance of Handel’s opera Orlando at the Barokkfest Trondheim.

Ahead of a programme celebrating the Philharmonia's "horn sound", former principal Richard Watkins talks about the orchestra's debt to Dennis Brain, Britten's Serenade and a new concerto composed for him by Mark-Anthony Turnage. 

The Canadian bass-baritone marks his 30th anniversary at The Royal Opera with not just one new role, but seven, in a new production of Britten's Death in Venice.

Wagner in Singapore: we find out more from the conductor of the Orchestra of the Music Makers, who are set to perform Die Walküre for the first time in January 2020.

Since winning the Silver Medal at the 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Beatrice Rana has exceeded expectations through her consistently soulful, honest performances and probing musical intelligence. 

We spoke to the Chief Conductor of Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal about their upcoming US tour, giving back, Bruckner and more.

We spoke to Nicholas Kitchen, first violinist of the Borromeo String Quartet, about what he found hidden in Beethoven's scores.