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"I think probably of all the piano concertos that I play – and we're talking about 40 or so different ones over the years – Brahms' First is the work that I couldn't live without"

– Stephen Hough

09.06.2025 {Favorites}

Favorites: Stephen Hough

"I always want to keep the creative process fresh, so I will look for external inspiration to push me in new directions – be it electronics, dance, visual art, or literature."

– Anna Clyne

06.10.2025 {Origins}

Origins: Anna Clyne

"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

09.09.2025 {Stories}

Stories: Abigél Králik

My favorite symphony will always be Mahler's Fifth, a desert island disc for me. It’s about emotions and what it can make you feel.

– Matilda Lloyd

23.04.2025 {Favorites}

Favorites: Matilda Lloyd

“The thought of giving up music never crossed my mind. At one point, I thought I would like to be an archeologist… I eventually realized there were elements of those other pursuits that I could enact in my music. I have become sort of a musical archeologist, a digger and scholar in my music-making.”

02.04.2025 {Origins}

Origins: Lara Downes

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

19.02.2025 {Stories}

Stories: When Trip Hop Meets Classical Organ

Listening Room: Mathis Rochat

15.02.2025 {Listening Room}

Listening Room: Mathis Rochat

One of my biggest takeaways was seeing their excitement about the instruments, the joy of playing together and how strong and important that community aspect is when it comes to music.

– Matilda Lloyd

12.02.2025 {Stories}

Stories: Matilda Lloyd – Brass for Africa

My mother just looked in the Yellow Pages under ‘piano teachers’ and found the one that lived closest to us – rather like you might look for a plumber.

– STEPHEN HOUGH

14.03.2025 {Origins}

Origins: Stephen Hough

[Bach’s Goldberg Variations] marries the intellectual and the varied and the aesthetically beautiful. It’s just perfect.

– Nicholas Collon

24.02.2025 {Favorites}

Favorites: Nicholas Collon

Stories: Verdi’s influence on my Dream Requiem

In many ways Verdi’s Requiem was the perfect introduction both compositionally and spiritually to the vast new territory that was to become the rest of my life.

– Rufus Wainwright

15.02.2025 {Stories}

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

"I think probably of all the piano concertos that I play – and we're talking about 40 or so different ones over the years – Brahms' First is the work that I couldn't live without"

– Stephen Hough

Favorites: Stephen Hough

"I always want to keep the creative process fresh, so I will look for external inspiration to push me in new directions – be it electronics, dance, visual art, or literature."

– Anna Clyne

Origins: Anna Clyne

"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

Stories: Abigél Králik

My favorite symphony will always be Mahler's Fifth, a desert island disc for me. It’s about emotions and what it can make you feel.

– Matilda Lloyd

Favorites: Matilda Lloyd

Origins: Lara Downes

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

Stories: When Trip Hop Meets Classical Organ

Listening Room: Mathis Rochat

Listening Room: Mathis Rochat

One of my biggest takeaways was seeing their excitement about the instruments, the joy of playing together and how strong and important that community aspect is when it comes to music.

– Matilda Lloyd

Stories: Matilda Lloyd – Brass for Africa

My mother just looked in the Yellow Pages under ‘piano teachers’ and found the one that lived closest to us – rather like you might look for a plumber.

– STEPHEN HOUGH

Origins: Stephen Hough

[Bach’s Goldberg Variations] marries the intellectual and the varied and the aesthetically beautiful. It’s just perfect.

– Nicholas Collon

Favorites: Nicholas Collon

In many ways Verdi’s Requiem was the perfect introduction both compositionally and spiritually to the vast new territory that was to become the rest of my life.

– Rufus Wainwright

Stories: Verdi’s influence on my Dream Requiem

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

"I think probably of all the piano concertos that I play – and we're talking about 40 or so different ones over the years – Brahms' First is the work that I couldn't live without"

– Stephen Hough

Favorites: Stephen Hough

"I always want to keep the creative process fresh, so I will look for external inspiration to push me in new directions – be it electronics, dance, visual art, or literature."

– Anna Clyne

Origins: Anna Clyne

"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

Stories: Abigél Králik

My favorite symphony will always be Mahler's Fifth, a desert island disc for me. It’s about emotions and what it can make you feel.

– Matilda Lloyd

Favorites: Matilda Lloyd

Origins: Lara Downes

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

Stories: When Trip Hop Meets Classical Organ

Listening Room: Mathis Rochat

Listening Room: Mathis Rochat

One of my biggest takeaways was seeing their excitement about the instruments, the joy of playing together and how strong and important that community aspect is when it comes to music.

– Matilda Lloyd

Stories: Matilda Lloyd – Brass for Africa

My mother just looked in the Yellow Pages under ‘piano teachers’ and found the one that lived closest to us – rather like you might look for a plumber.

– STEPHEN HOUGH

Origins: Stephen Hough

[Bach’s Goldberg Variations] marries the intellectual and the varied and the aesthetically beautiful. It’s just perfect.

– Nicholas Collon

Favorites: Nicholas Collon

In many ways Verdi’s Requiem was the perfect introduction both compositionally and spiritually to the vast new territory that was to become the rest of my life.

– Rufus Wainwright

Stories: Verdi’s influence on my Dream Requiem

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