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"For me there was this fire inside, which wasn’t to do with personal ambition, but something to do with music; the fascination of it."

– Errollyn Wallen

"Frédéric Chopin, Gabriel Fauré, and I – none of us were born in Paris, but we all found our way to the City of Light."

– Saehyun Kim

"The nature of the programme, the design of the repertoire, the flow of the music has to have a different kind of rationale than it did in the past."

– Simone Dinnerstein

"I don't believe music changes the world because it provides answers. I believe it changes the world because it reminds us that before we are anything else, we are human."

– Etienne Gara

"It’s such a joy to be able to make music with a friend you also admire as a musician. I feel like we push each other in different directions."

– Inon Barnatan

"It wasn’t a story to be sung. It was a story to be spoken, carried by a narrator with a beautiful voice."

– Christopher Cerrone

"It was, and still is, my second home. A place that really serves as a coherent throughline in my professional and personal life."

– Alisa Weilerstein

"That the music written hundreds of years ago would be considered “fresh and new” underscores Bach’s Shakespearian presence in our current lives."

– James Roe