Artist Interviews

James Naughtie interviewed the distinguished maestro in June 2011. We reprint the article here

On 20 years of the Verbier Festival

Winner of this year's BBC Music Magazine Instrumental Award, the Canadian pianist was hailed by Arthur Rubinstein as a 'born Chopin interpreter'. In this 2010 interview she talks about her acclaimed Chopin recordings and her return to performing after a battle with cancer.

The Ukrainian pianist on her complete Rachmaninov Concertos

Laurence Cummings picks out the highlights of this year’s London Handel Festival

The American conductor on tackling the music of Moeran

On music of nostalgia

On Shakespeare and music

On the pros and cons of writing in the shadow of Bach

On telling the story of Anne Frank in music