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Music Matters Interviews

A collection of interviews from Music Matters on Radio 3

"I conducted my first Brahms Four the other day, at the age of 79!"

Elgar Howarth has led a multifaceted career as a conductor, composer, and instrumentalist
"...the whole introduction acquires more of a lyrical & flexible quality than we what we normally associate with this concerto"

Kirill Gerstein talks about a new critical edition of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1
Oliver Knussen

Tom Service in conversation with the composer and conductor Oliver Knussen.

Release date:
17 Jan 2015
"I have ten-times more pleasure to sing as a countertenor, than for example as a baritone...I have no instinct in this voice."

Philippe Jaroussky is one of the most admired countertenors of his generation.
"The idea was to subsidise the capital cost of the arts through running the office space."

Tom Service speaks to Peter Millican, the CEO and creator of King's Place
Peter Sellars

Tom Service meets opera, theatre and festival director Peter Sellars.

Release date:
13 Dec 2014
"For being the interpretors, we have to bring our emotions, our imagination, our commitment, our reflection, our culture"

Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard is widely acclaimed as a key figure in the music of our time
"Analysing and then understanding Boulez or Chopin, there鈥檚 not too much difference"

Tom Service talks to the Turkish pianist Idil Biret about her recording legacy.
Riccardo Chailly

Conductor Riccardo Chailly talks to Tom Service about his life and career in music.

Release date:
15 Nov 2014
"Brazil, it's in there. It's in my blood and in my life."

Petroc Trelawny meets pianist Nelson Freire who talks about music in his homeland.
"I am a musician who uses the voice like an instrument. That always was my dream and my vision of how to make music."

Celebrated contralto Nathalie Stutzmann is now forging a parallel career as a conductor.
"Albeniz is, for me, maybe one of four composers who completely changed the history of piano music."

Tom talks to Nikolai Lugansky, ahead of the Russian pianist's tour of the United Kingdom.
"The paper and notes are my enemies, actually. They're in my way between the composer, myself, the orchestra and the public."

Tom Service talks to the Moldovan violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja.
Sir Antonio Pappano

Tom Service interviews Sir Antonio Pappano, music director of the Royal Opera House.

Release date:
11 Oct 2014
"To have such a draconian cut, in comparison to other opera institutions, is bizarre."

The 2014-15 Season is Edward Gardner鈥檚 last as Music Director of English National Opera.
"We have to bring what we can bring as artists and say 'This is what we do, this a normal functioning mechanism of the voice'."

Countertenor Lawrence Zazzo is regarded as one of the finest singers of his generation.
"We're the only opera house that has a true global constituency. We're in every continent except Antarctica."

Tom speaks to Peter Gelb, General Manager of the New York Metropolitan Opera, in June 2014
Jonas Kaufmann Interview

Tom Service presents an extended interview with tenor Jonas Kaufmann.

Release date:
31 May 2014
"That鈥檚 the problem with recordings, they鈥檙e there forever, as some kind of statement of what you believe about a piece."

Daniel Harding on his next 50 years 鈥� a conductor鈥檚 equivalent of a difficult 2nd album
鈥淚鈥檓 always trying to think 鈥榃hat really represents me?鈥� and 鈥榳hat do I want to hear?鈥� and 鈥榳hat do I want to dive into?鈥欌€�

Hilary Hahn joined Petroc Trelawny to talk about reviving the encore and artistic freedom
鈥淵ou go on to the stage and you think, before you go on, "Ok, this is a gift. And I have to do my best."

Sir James Galway talks about his life - from Belfast, to Berlin, to Bach Sonatas.
"Tonality is like gravity 鈥� we cannot pretend that it doesn鈥檛 exist"

Petroc Trelawny caught up with composer, pianist and conductor Olli Mustonen.
"It's great to use your imagination with something that hasn't ever been played before."

Conductor David Zinman's career is distinguished by extraordinarily broad repertoire.
"I am very shy of naming myself 'composer'...but I say I write some compositions, and this is good for me."

Miklos Perenyi is recognized as one of the great cellists of his generation.