Interviews

The international cast of soloists performing Rameau’s Castor et Pollux in concert version in Budapest is composed of singers who are enthusiastically received by Baroque music-loving audiences all over the world. We had Judith van Wanroij for an interview. 

The winner of ICMA’s 2023 Discovery Award is 16-year-old Austrian violinist Leonhard Baumgartner, a scholar of the International Music Academy Liechtenstein.

Iranian-American harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani (Tehran, 1984) won an ICMA 2023 in the Category Baroque Instrumental. Eduardo Torrico, member of the ICMA Jury, made the following interview with the artist.

German violinist Tassilo Probst and American pianist Maxim Lando won in the ICMA Chamber Music category with their CD ‘Into Madness’.

The viola virtuoso, Sào Soulez Larivière, born in 1998, loves to arrange works for his instrument and experiment with the contemporary.

Through the auspices of the local organization Coopera, Vargas began vocal masterclasses during the 2022 Debrecen Festival, and continued this year in February in Budapest.

Brescia-born conductor Riccardo Frizza was appointed as Chief Conductor of the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in March 2022. We asked him about his plans, the upcoming concerts and the legacy of former Italian conductors of the orchestra. 

Gabriel Schwabe, born in Berlin in 1988, has maintained his flying height and consolidated his excellent reputation.

“There is no art without technique, and technical advances are an art in themselves: Both are creative acts”, explains pianist Ádám Péterváry, who has been fascinated by computers and technology since childhood. 

The online platform Classeek keeps on growing. 5 years after its launch, it proudly undertook a whole series of developments.