Interviews with classical musicians

[milk]

I had the idea to start a thread wherein people provide links to audio and video of interviews of classical musicians. This interview of Jeremy Denk is perhaps for my demographic: people who don't have deep musical backgrounds. I just thought it was really interesting to hear what Terry Gross could get out of him. I've always like her interview style. I thought it might be helpful if people put up links to good interviews.

Terry Gross interviewing Jeremy Denk on NPR's Fresh Air:

http://www.npr.org/2012/05/23/153366344/jeremy-denk-playing-ligeti-with-a-dash-of-humor

WNYC's Leonard Lopate interviews Denk and Denk plays as well:

http://www.wnyc.org/story/jeremy-denk-performs-bachs-goldberg-variations/

[JerryS]

San Antonio broadcaster and violinist John Clare has posted many interviews with classical musicians on his YouTube page:

http://www.youtube.com/user/JohnNasukalukClare/featured

John has recently published an ebook drawn from his interviews:

[asin]B00H1XDYVG[/asin]

[milk]

San Antonio broadcaster and violinist John Clare has posted many interviews with classical musicians on his YouTube page:

http://www.youtube.com/user/JohnNasukalukClare/featured

John has recently published an ebook drawn from his interviews:

[asin]B00H1XDYVG[/asin]

Looks good, thanks!

[SurprisedByBeauty]

«Excess, but not Excessive» Interview with Marin Alsop



https://www.youtube.com/v/38SYNVHefVE

[jlaurson]

Eight Questions for Daniil Trifonov



https://www.youtube.com/v/ZF7oJ9Q8S6c




Philippe Herreweghe on Haydn and why Making Records Makes Sense






The Profound Existentialism of Charles Ives: Kent Nagano in Conversation

[San Antone]

I have short interviews, with clips of a recent work, of composers on my blog.  They are divided into Profiles and New Voices.

[MishaK]

You guys should vist the WFMT page of the recently (and very prematurely) deceased Chicago music critic and radio host Andrew Patner. He had regular extended interviews with many musicians who came through Chicago. There is a long recent interview with Muti here:

http://blogs.wfmt.com/andrewpatner/

And if you go back a bit, you'll find interviews with Boulez (one page back) and many others.

[EigenUser]

Here are a few of Bartok (the second isn't really an interview, but some video footage):
https://www.youtube.com/v/Hb7M68FMokQ
https://www.youtube.com/v/2Es88Z--QfY

There was a BBC podcast I heard today (free on iTunes) where Ligeti was asked what his 'desert-island discs' were. Choices included Gesualdo, Monteverdi, Mozart, Brahms, Schubert, Hugo Wolf, and Bartok. A great interview (c.a. 30 minutes) mixed with personal questions as well as the desert island ones.

Then there is this, which is hilarious:
https://www.youtube.com/v/9QdgUJss9BU

Having some sort of audio/video primary source for 3/5 of my top 5 composers isn't bad! Ravel didn't quite make it (unless there is an interview I don't know about), and Haydn was only about 150 years too early.

[Walt Whitman]

Janos Starker interviews. Though they are not audio or video interviews, as requested by the OP, they provide excellent insight into the man, his cello playing and teaching "philosophy".


http://www.cello.org/Newsletter/Articles/starker2/starker2.htm

http://www.cello.org/Newsletter/Articles/starker.html


I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I did!

[jfdrex]

Eugene Ormandy in conversation with Roger Hall, 1969.

Ormandy shares his recollections of Fritz Kreisler, Kirsten Flagsted, and Marian Anderson, and talks about the process of recording Tchaikovsky's Pathetique Symphony in 1936 (his first Philadelphia recording for RCA) and again in 1968.

https://www.youtube.com/v/4W6-sACk8qI