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"This painful juggling act has become a hallmark of modern life for anyone who is “lucky” enough to accompany their parents along this final path."

– Nicholas Phan

"This instrument came to me at the moment I was rethinking my sound. I wanted to be freer, exploring sounds that are not just beautiful but with more possibilities for ugliness..."

– Inmo Yang

"At a certain point in the symphony, during a rehearsal, a question comes from the first music stand of the second violins: ‘No ritenuto here? Nothing?’ I reply, with the arrogant confidence dictated by inexperience: ‘Of course not!’ I was wrong, of course.”

"What became increasingly important to us was to find ways to make the concert experience as thrilling and emotionally heightened for the audience as it is for the players."

– Nicholas Collon

"I thought about what the film was about. Resurrection. Dead parts coming together into a monster who, through Karloff’s great acting, has a soul."

– Michael Shapiro

"Taking place in a beautiful 11th-century abbey in Belgium, the festival will be a celebration of the highest-quality musicians from all different genres, classical to jazz to Eastern European – a true haven for all the arts."

– Abigél Králik

The Bonobo show acted as a kind of the catalyst for everything that has happened to me since, like exploring different ways of using the organ, and seeing how we can surprise audiences in person or online.

– Anna Lapwood