Ysaÿe Barnwell
JD: I want to use music as a way to help the world come together. In your work with Sweet Honey in the Rock, to
June 21, 2021
András Schiff
JD: I want to start by thanking you for speaking out against Orbán and the Hungarian government. It was a very courageous act, and puts
February 16, 2019
Mason Bates Interview
Mason Bates, Musical America’s 2018 Composer-of-the-Year, is a breath of fresh air in a room that is often accused of lacking ventilation! Mason is, at
February 1, 2018
Charles Dutoit
Between the time I conducted this interview and it was written and published, Maestro Dutoit’s career has altered due to revelations from the #MeToo Movement.
November 30, 2017
Alice Parker
Alice Parker, the First Lady of American choral music, invited me to her farm-home in New England, on a crisp Autumn day, to spend time
November 10, 2017
Kurt Masur
Less than a year before he died, I flew into a New York blizzard for the express purpose of interviewing one of the great living
October 11, 2017
Beethoven at the Congress of Vienna, 1814
For seven months, beginning on November 1, 1814, the Congress of Vienna brought together heads of European states, with the objective of settling the many
June 16, 2017
The Christmas Truce of 1914
The now-famous Christmas truce of 1914 took place at Flanders field on Christmas Eve. British, German, and French troops were in their respective trenches when
June 16, 2017