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"I threw myself headlong into the music in a great emotional freefall: sadness mixing with joy, doubt with determination."

– Bertrand Chamayou

"Both were eccentric innovators who created their own musical language, masters of symmetry, refiners of structure and form."

– Jon Batiste

"I think of her as a composer, she brings such supreme musicianship that’s astonishing to me."

– Errollyn Wallen

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

– Mary Bevan

“No hyperbole: Liszt fully and rightfully stands among the very greatest masters in the pantheon of composers.”

– Alan Gilbert

“For me, I like that dissonance between what you expect and what you get, it’s so provocative."

– Jacquelyn Stucker

"There is something about The Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End that just gives me energy every time I hear it, which is daily. "

– Anna Lapwood

Swiss-French violist Mathis Rochat reflects on the genius of the French composer and organist, Gabriel Fauré, a century after his death