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"As I wrote this piece, I realized that one of its purposes was to bring together different facets of my own life experience. As a classical musician, the vast majority of my colleagues have little knowledge or understanding of Black culture, nor of how it influences my music-making."

– Steven Banks

15.05.2026 {Stories}

Stories: Steven Banks

Listening Room: Edward Gardner

22.04.2026 {Listening Room}

Listening Room: Edward Gardner

“He did it in an admirable way. Not one word about the piece, not one comment. All simple, yes, but only through the music.”

– Pierre-Laurent Aimard

18.05.2026 {Stories}

Stories: Pierre-Laurent Aimard and George Benjamin, Part II

"I love that with Antara, finally, you feel that you are a musician, an executor, a performer, not a pianist, you know. So that's much more interesting to learn."

– Pierre-Laurent Aimard

22.04.2026 {Stories}

Stories: Pierre-Laurent Aimard and George Benjamin, Part I

Listening Room: Leif Ove Andsnes

31.03.2026 {Listening Room}

Listening Room: Leif Ove Andsnes

"Listening to his symphony today, you hear ideas that later became associated with Mahler: the gestures, the orchestral language, the sense of a new symphonic world."

– Paavo Järvi

25.03.2026 {Stories}

Stories: Paavo Järvi

If you actually get past the fear of emotion, you can use it in your singing.

– Mary Bevan

05.03.2026 {Favorites}

Favorites: Mary Bevan

“I realize now that it's just like playing the instrument; you learn and you hone your craft, and there is a craft, not just an art, and the craft requires a lot of work.”

– Inbal Segev

07.04.2026 {Stories}

Stories: Inbal Segev

"These pieces that are born out of an intensity of experience, or a lack of stability and all that entails. I think it's not necessarily bad for art, right? It's bad for us. But that's it."

– Sean Shepherd

23.02.2026 {Origins}

Origins: Sean Shepherd

"I do not want to be alone in exploring this genre. I want to see a world where there is music for art everywhere, like how every film has a score."

– Niles Luther

10.03.2026 {Stories}

Stories: Niles Luther

Listening Room: Anthony Roth Costanzo

02.01.2026 {Listening Room}

M u s i c i a n s ' J o u r n a l

"As I wrote this piece, I realized that one of its purposes was to bring together different facets of my own life experience. As a classical musician, the vast majority of my colleagues have little knowledge or understanding of Black culture, nor of how it influences my music-making."

– Steven Banks

Stories: Steven Banks

Listening Room: Edward Gardner

Listening Room: Edward Gardner

“He did it in an admirable way. Not one word about the piece, not one comment. All simple, yes, but only through the music.”

– Pierre-Laurent Aimard

Stories: Pierre-Laurent Aimard and George Benjamin, Part II

"I love that with Antara, finally, you feel that you are a musician, an executor, a performer, not a pianist, you know. So that's much more interesting to learn."

– Pierre-Laurent Aimard

Stories: Pierre-Laurent Aimard and George Benjamin, Part I

Listening Room: Leif Ove Andsnes

Listening Room: Leif Ove Andsnes

"Listening to his symphony today, you hear ideas that later became associated with Mahler: the gestures, the orchestral language, the sense of a new symphonic world."

– Paavo Järvi

Stories: Paavo Järvi

If you actually get past the fear of emotion, you can use it in your singing.

– Mary Bevan

Favorites: Mary Bevan

“I realize now that it's just like playing the instrument; you learn and you hone your craft, and there is a craft, not just an art, and the craft requires a lot of work.”

– Inbal Segev

Stories: Inbal Segev

"These pieces that are born out of an intensity of experience, or a lack of stability and all that entails. I think it's not necessarily bad for art, right? It's bad for us. But that's it."

– Sean Shepherd

Origins: Sean Shepherd

"I do not want to be alone in exploring this genre. I want to see a world where there is music for art everywhere, like how every film has a score."

– Niles Luther

Stories: Niles Luther

Listening Room: Anthony Roth Costanzo

Listening Room: Anthony Roth Costanzo

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M u s i c i a n s ' J o u r n a l

"As I wrote this piece, I realized that one of its purposes was to bring together different facets of my own life experience. As a classical musician, the vast majority of my colleagues have little knowledge or understanding of Black culture, nor of how it influences my music-making."

– Steven Banks

Stories: Steven Banks

Listening Room: Edward Gardner

Listening Room: Edward Gardner

“He did it in an admirable way. Not one word about the piece, not one comment. All simple, yes, but only through the music.”

– Pierre-Laurent Aimard

Stories: Pierre-Laurent Aimard and George Benjamin, Part II

"I love that with Antara, finally, you feel that you are a musician, an executor, a performer, not a pianist, you know. So that's much more interesting to learn."

– Pierre-Laurent Aimard

Stories: Pierre-Laurent Aimard and George Benjamin, Part I

Listening Room: Leif Ove Andsnes

Listening Room: Leif Ove Andsnes

"Listening to his symphony today, you hear ideas that later became associated with Mahler: the gestures, the orchestral language, the sense of a new symphonic world."

– Paavo Järvi

Stories: Paavo Järvi

If you actually get past the fear of emotion, you can use it in your singing.

– Mary Bevan

Favorites: Mary Bevan

“I realize now that it's just like playing the instrument; you learn and you hone your craft, and there is a craft, not just an art, and the craft requires a lot of work.”

– Inbal Segev

Stories: Inbal Segev

"These pieces that are born out of an intensity of experience, or a lack of stability and all that entails. I think it's not necessarily bad for art, right? It's bad for us. But that's it."

– Sean Shepherd

Origins: Sean Shepherd

"I do not want to be alone in exploring this genre. I want to see a world where there is music for art everywhere, like how every film has a score."

– Niles Luther

Stories: Niles Luther

Listening Room: Anthony Roth Costanzo

Listening Room: Anthony Roth Costanzo

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