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Inspired Minds: One to One with writer & filmmaker Scott Millwood Scott Millwood recently completed a feature documentary called “Whatever Happened to Brenda Hean?”. The film tells the story of one of the first leaders of an environmental political party in the world, whose fight to save Tasmania’s Lake Pedder, led to her mysterious disappearance in 1972.
The Australian filmmaker Scott Millwood has been living in Germany for more than five years. He was born in Tasmania in 1973 and initially studied law at the University of Melbourne, specialisi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One–to–One with author Charlie HustonAuthor Stephen King described Huston’s writing as "one of the most exciting voices this century."
Charlie Huston initially made a name for himself writing thrillers, before turning his hand to the supernatural with his series of vampire novels featuring “undead”(to use Huston’s own special terms) investigator Joe Pitt . Huston’s first two books – “ Caught Stealing” and “Six Bad Things,” along with his fourth, “ A Dangerous Man,“ follow the loveable anti-hero, Hank ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One–to–One with opera director David Pountney Part 2"Classical music, opera, theatre - people turn to these in times of crisis, and to some extent, times of easy prosperity are often when the arts are ignored"
Born in Oxford in 1947, David Pountney and was educated at Cambridge. It was a production of Janacek’s opera Katya Kabanova for the 1972 Wexford Festival that first brought his work as an opera director to world attention. From 1975 to 1980 he was Director of Production for Scottish Opera where, in collaboration with Welsh National ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One–to–One with opera director David Pountney Part 1Pountney has directed over ten world premieres, including two by renowned composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, for which he also wrote the libretto.Born in Oxford in 1947, David Pountney and was educated at Cambridge. It was a production of Janacek’s opera Katya Kabanova for the 1972 Wexford Festival that first brought his work as an opera director to world attention. From 1975 to 1980 he was Director of Production for Scottish Opera where, in collaboration with Welsh National Opera, his pr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One-to-One with Australian Poet Robert Gray"I think I like to write because I discover what I think about things that way. I wouldn’t understand my own experience if I didn’t write about it."
Robert Gray began writing poems while working as a journalist and, later worked in various jobs which included teaching and as a reviewer for the ABC and the Sydney Morning Herald. The recipient of numerous grants and Gray taught at various universities in Australia and at Tokyo’s Meiji University. He is regarded as an outstanding landsc ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One to One with the pianist András Schiff – Part 2In 1999 Schiff founded his own chamber orchestra, "The Cappella Andrea Barca," which consists of international soloists and chamber musicians.
Hungarian born András Schiff started piano lessons at the age of five. Subsequently he continued his musical studies at the Liszt Academy with György Kurtág and in London with George Malcolm. Recitals and special cycles, i.e. the major keyboard works of J.S. Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann and Bartók form an important p ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One–to–One with Anne Sofie von Otter - Part 2The mezzo-soprano is considered one of the finest singers of her generation and is thus sought after by many of the world's major conductors, orchestras, opera and recording companies.Born in Stockholm Anne Sofie von Otter studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with Vera Rosza. She also attended classes in lied interpretation with Geoffrey Parsons in London and Erik Werba in Vienna.
Von Otter is a regular performer at Covent Garden, The Metropolitan Opera and in the op ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One–to–One with author Michael ConnellyConnelly’s book "Blood Work" was adapted for a movie that was directed by Clint Eastwood
The American writer Michael Connelly initially worked as a crime reporter for the Los Angeles Times, one of the US’s largest newspapers. After three years on the crime beat in L.A., he began writing his first novel that featured Detective Harry Bosch. The novel, The Black Echo - based in part on a true crime that had occurred in Los Angeles - was published in 1992 and won the Edgar Award for Best F ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One–to–One with poet and actress Lebogang MashileLebogang Mashile is much more than South Africa’s most popular poet. Indeed, former South African President Thabo Mbeki, invited her to address the nation at his inauguration. The thirty year-old actress and community organizer studied law before she became a spoken word performer.
Now, as South Africa prepares for its forthcoming election, Leboghang Mashile leaves all comfort zones behind to take stock of her country’s progress -- 15 years after Nelson Mandela was voted president of t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One–to–One with poet and actress Lebogang MashileLebogang Mashile is much more than South Africa’s most popular poet. Indeed, former South African President Thabo Mbeki, invited her to address the nation at his inauguration. The thirty year-old actress and community organizer studied law before she became a spoken word performer.
Now, as South Africa prepares for it’s forthcoming election, Lebogang Mashile leaves all comfort zones behind to take stock of her country’s progress -- 15 years after Nelson Mandela was voted president of ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One–to–One with crime writer Asa LarrsonÅsa Larsson made her writing debut in 2003 with the novel "Sun Storm." The book was awarded the Swedish Crime Writers’ Association Prize for best debut novel and rights have now been sold to ten further countries.
Swedish-born author Åsa Larsson is a fully qualified lawyer but stopped practicing that profession after her writing debut thriller in 2003. Her second book - " The Spilt" - was chosen as Best Swedish Crime Novel of 2004 and also enjoyed an immediate success. Born in an iso ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One-to-One with Conductor Osmo Vänskä"I had two dreams in my life – one was to become a clarinettist and the latter, to become a conductor… today, I’m pretty happy about my life " (Osmo Vänskä)
Osmo Vänskä started his musical career as an orchestral clarinettist with the Turku Philharmonic and went on to become the principal clarinet of the Helsinki Philharmonic. Prior to winning France’s Besancon Young Conductor's Competition in 1982 he had studied conducting at the renowned Sibelius Academy. Particularly renowne ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One–to–One with Crime Writer Val McDermidThis week one of Europe's biggest literature festivals, the LitCologne, gets underway. One of the star attractions at this year's event is renowned Scottish crime writer Val McDermid.
Val McDermid grew up in Scotland and studied English at Oxford University. She trained as a journalist and worked on various national newspapers before becoming a writer. McDermid has written a large number of crime novels including The Lindsay Gordon Mystery series and The Kate Branningan Mystery series and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One-to-One with violinist Joshua BellJoshua Bell is internationally renowned as a great performer of contemporary and classical repertoire. He is currently on a European tour with the Minnesota Orchestra performing the Samuel Barber Violin Concerto.
Joshua Bell started playing the violin at an early age and by 14 he had made his professional debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra. After this performance he went on to study with the legendary Josef Gingold and from there his career took flight. Equally at home as a soloist, ch ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One-to-one with Berlinale Director Dieter KosslickGermany’s biggest film festival – the Berlin International Film festival - came to a close a few days ago. In total 383 films were shown and approximately 270.000 tickets were sold – an audience record. Today we meet the event’s Director - Dieter Kosslick.
It was back in 2001 that Dieter Kosslick took over the creative direction and management of the Berlin ale. Kosslick - who was born in 1948 - studied communication, politics and education. He worked as a research assistant, an ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One–to-One With Academy Award-Winning Director Adam ElliotAdam Elliot is one of the world's most celebrated animators. His films "Uncle," "Cousin," "Brother" and "Harvie Krumpet" have been viewed by millions of people around the world. This week he presented his latest film "Mary and Max" at the Berlinale in Berlin. Elliot grew up in outback Australia. After his father's business went bankrupt, the family moved to Melbourne. As a child he spent hours drawing and creating characters out of pipe cleaners and egg cartons. Elliot went on the study at ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One-to-One with Beki Probst, Director of the European Film MarketThis week the Berlin Film Festival, the Berlinale, gets underway and will run until Feb. 15. Alongside this mammoth film event is the European Film Market, which has been directed by Beki Probst since 1988. Born in Istanbul Beki Probst initially studied law and journalism. From 1981 to 1988 she was the Berlin International Film Festival's delegate for Turkey and Greece and also served on the selection board of the Locarno film festival until the mid-nineties.
Under her management the Euro ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One-to-One with Trumpeter and Composer Markus Stockhausen (Part 2)As a trumpet soloist, improviser and composer of jazz, Markus Stockhausen feels as much at home in contemporary, as he does in classical music. But being the son of one of the world's most-renowned composers, wasn't always easy.
Markus Stockhausen studied piano and trumpet at the Cologne Music Academy and was the winner of the German Music Competition in 1981. Since that time, he has appeared regularly as a soloist with orchestras around the world and is regular guest at international mus ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One to One with the Trumpeter and Composer Markus Stockhausen Part 1As a trumpet soloist, improviser and composer of jazz, Markus Stockhausen feels as much at home in contemporary, as he does in classical music.
Markus Stockhausen studied piano and trumpet at the Cologne Music Academy and was the winner of the German Music Competition in 1981. Since that time he has appeared regularly as a soloist with orchestras around the world and is regular guest at international music festivals. Markus is the son of the renowned composer, Karlheinz Stockhausen who die ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One to One with Dancer/Choreographer Gregor SeyffertGregor Seyffert is one of Germany’s most renowned dancer/chorographers. His productions are renowned for combining dance with acrobatics, theatre and music in some of the most unlikely performance venues. Already in 1986, while still a student at the Berlin State Ballet School, Gregor Seyffert won the Prix de Lausanne d'Or, one of the most coveted prizes for young dance students.After graduation, he proceeded directly to a solo engagement at the Comic Opera in Berlin—a great exception ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One to one with mystery writer Simon Beckett„Whispers of the Dead“, Simon Beckett’s third novel appears this month – much to the relief of his fans around the world.
After an MA in English, Simon Beckett spent several years as a property repairer and played percussion in several bands. Since 1992 he has been a freelance journalist, and more recently a renowned crime writer, who was has managed to thrill readers all over the world with his series of books that feature a forensic anthropologist Dr. David Hunter as their main ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: The Best of Inspired Minds 2008 Part 1 with Ken Follett and Giora FeidmannThis is the first of two special editions of Inspired Minds where we look back at some of the 2008 programme highlights. We also remember one of the most influential composers of the 20th century, Mauricio Kagel who died in 2008.The composer Mauricio Kagel died on September 18th 2008. His compositions - from the noisiest to the rigorous and often beautiful solo piano works - universally demonstrated his deep awareness of musical history, the same considered engagement with music’s many me ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One to one with the jazz musician Klaus DoldingerKlaus Doldinger is one of Germany’s most renowned jazz musicians and composers. He is best-known for leading the fusion band Passport for over three decades, and for his countless compositions for film and television. Doldinger’s musical career started back in 1947 and by 1961, he had become a modern tenor saxophonist, working with such top visiting and expatriate Americans as Don Ellis, Benny Bailey and Kenny Clarke and recording as a leader for Philips, World Pacific, and Liberty. In ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One to one with Dianne ReevesThe American jazz singer Dianne Reeves is a four-time Grammy award winner. Reeves has toured with Harry Belafonte and sang in Billy Childs' jazz band "Night Flight." More recently, Reeves starred in George Clooneys film "Good Night and Good Luck" and won the Grammy for best jazz vocal for the film's soundtrack. In this weeks Inspired Minds, Dianne Reeves talks to Breandin OShea about her latest album, why she chose the songs she has and her feelings about where jazz is heading in the 21 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One to One with countertenor and conductor Ren JacobsYou can not really understand any opera Mozart even Wagner - without knowing the music of Claudio Monteverdi - Ren Jacobs
Ren Jacobs began singing as a choirboy at the cathedral of his native city of Ghent in Belgium. While studying Classics at the University of Ghent, he continued his musical training in Brussels, then at The Hague. There he met the great counter tenor Alfred Deller who encouraged him to become a counter tenor. In the space of a few years he became one of the mos ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One to One with mystery writer Kate MosseKate Mosses Labyrinth was a New York Times best-seller and in 2006 the UK's biggest selling title.
The British author Kate Mosse, not to be confused with the model, is making a name for herself around the world with her historical mystery novels. Mosses first novel, Eskimo Kissing, was published to great acclaim in 1996, followed in 1998 a time-travel thriller, called Crucifix Lane. Her short stories and articles have appeared in a range of magazines, newspapers and anthologies.Kate ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One to One with Author Gail JonesMy first identifications and interest in otherness, if you like, was with Asian and Aboriginal culture, and only later with European culture through reading. So there is a sort of layering effect there that I think many Australians feel, in terms of interest and dialogue and who we are in dialogue with
Gail Jones
Gail Jones recently took up a position as professor within the Writing and Society Research Group at the University of Western Sydney. She is the author of two short-story co ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One to one with composer/conductor Matthias PintscherPintscher is one of Germanys most exciting young composers, whose awards include first prize in the Hitzacker Composition Competition, the Salzburg Easter Festival Composition Prize and the Hindemith Prize from the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival .
Matthias Pintscher gained his early experience playing the violin in local youth orchestras and conducting them. He studied composition with Giselher Klebe and Manfred Trojahn and formative influences included encounters with the composers ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One to One with the pianist Andrs Schiff Part Two"When I was a young man I rebelled against the music of Beethoven. I needed to reach the age of 50 to really appreciate it and now I really got the message. "Hungarian born Andrs Schiff started piano lessons at the age of five . Subsequently he continued his musical studies at the Liszt Academy with Gyrgy Kurtg and in London with George Malcolm. Recitals and special cycles, i.e. the major keyboard works of J.S. Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann and Bartk form an ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One to One with the pianist Andrs Schiff Part OneAmong the highlights at Bonns Beethoven festival this year were two concerts featuring Andrs Schiff and his own chamber orchestra, the Cappella Andrea Barca. The ensemble, which consists of international soloists and chamber musicians, was founded by Schiff in 1999.Hungarian born Andrs Schiff started piano lessons at the age of five . Subsequently he continued his musical studies at the Liszt Academy with Gyrgy Kurtg and in London with George Malcolm. Recitals and special cycles, i.e. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: Frankfurt Book Fair Special One to One with Author Moris FarhiThis week the annual Frankfurt Book Fair is underway where the theme country Turkey. Moris Farhi was born in Turkey, and although he has been living in Britain for much of his life, his Turkish heritage is evident throughout his many novels, plays and poems. Alongside all this Moris Farhi has written extensively for film and television. His many poems have appeared in British, US and International publications and in the anthology of 20th Century Jewish Poets, Voices Within the Ark. Moris ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One to One with Author Ken FollettAround 100 million copies of Ken Follets books have been sold world-wide. His latest book "World Without End" is the long-awaited sequel to "The Pillars of the Earth."
Ken Follett was born in Cardiff, Wales in 1949 and graduated from University College, London, with a degree in philosophy. Follet first worked as a journalist and then went to work for a small London publishing house, Everest Books, eventually becoming Deputy Managing Director, but he continued to write novels in his spar ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One to One with Crime Writer Minette WaltersMinette Walters latest thriller, The Chameleons Shadow has shot to the top of bestseller charts all over the worldCrime writer Minette Walters first book The Ice House became a worldwide best-seller just months after its publication. It won the Crime Writers' Association John Creasey Award in the UK for best first novel and was translated into several languages within six months of initial publication. Her second novel, The Sculptress won the Edgar Allen Poe Award and a further seve ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: Remembering the late Mauricio Kagel, one of the 20th centurys most influential composersIn this special programme we remember the late composer Mauricio Kagel, who died on September 18th. His compositions universally demonstrate his deep awareness of musical history, the same considered engagement with musics many meanings and its place in human life.Although born and educated in Argentina, Mauricio Kagel had been a long-time resident of Germany, and was for more than half a century one of the most inventive and wide-ranging figures in contemporary music.
Kagels work defied ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One to one with peace worker Alfons SchabarumThe International Day of Peace provides an opportunity for individuals, organisations and nations to create practical acts of peace on a shared date. It was established by the United Nations in 1981 and since 2002 has been observed on September 21st.
The tragic events of September the 11th, seven years ago shocked people around the world. While the American President waged a war on terror as a consequence, war seemed not to be the right answer for Alfons Schabarum. The management consultant ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One to one with conductor Daniel HardingAt just 33 Daniel Harding is already a well established name on the concert circuit. This week he appeared at Bonns Beethoven Festival at the helm of the London Symphony Orchestra, in a programme of Beethoven and Bruckner. Born in Britain in 1975 Daniel Harding initially attended the University of Cambridge, but after his first year there, Claudio Abbado named him his assistant with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
Hardings career had begun earlier when he assisted Sir Simon Rattle at ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One to One with Grete Pedersen conductor of the Norwegian Soloist's ChoirThe Norwegian Soloist's Choir occupies a unique position in the musical life of Norway. The ensemble has given over two hundred premier performances of which over seventy have been of works by Norwegian composers.Grete Pedersen studied at the Norwegian State Academy of Music in Oslo where she took her exam in choir conducting and since 1995 has also taught the same subject. She is the conductor of the Oslo Chamber Choir which she founded in 1984. In 1990, she succeeded Knut Nystedt as artis ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One to one with Ilona Schmiel, Director of Bonns Beethoven FestivalBonns annual Beethoven Festival got underway a few days ago. The event which features 60 concerts, plus an extensive accompanying programme, has grown to become a musical highlight in the region.Ilona Schmiel initially studied music before completing further studies in arts and media management in Berlin and Oslo. Her career in arts management began as an assistant to the director of the Donaueschinger Musiktager. She has also worked in this field in Scandinavia, as a concert agent in Germ ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One to One with Singer Robert Dean SmithThe critically acclaimed Heldentenor is currently performing the title role in the Bayreuth Wagner Festival production of Tristan and IsoldeHeldentenor Robert Dean Smith studied singing at Pittsburgh State University and at New Yorks Juilliard School of Music. Not unlike many other heldentenors, he began his career as a baritone. His first professional engagements were in Germany. In 1995 he joined the Wiesbaden National Theatre and since then has sung all the major heldentenor parts. 19 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One to One with the King of Klezmer Giora Feidman, Part TwoKlezmer, Jazz, Classic - all these labels for music dont mean a thing to me its all music!This week we continue our conversation with the remarkable musician Giora Feidman.It is over fifty years since the clarinettist he started his legendary musical career. Born in Argentina in 1936, his parents were Bessarabian Jews. Feidman comes from a family of Klezmer musicians - his father, grandfather and great-grandfather performed for weddings, bar mitzvahs, and holiday celebrations in the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One to One with the King of Klezmer Giora Feidman, Part OneLong live Giora, his clarinet and his music! He builds bridges between generations, cultures and classes and he does it with perfect artistry conductor Leonard BersteinIt is over fifty years since the clarinettist Giora Feidman started his legendary musical career. Born in Argentina in 1936, his parents were Bessarabian Jews. Feidman comes from a family of Klezmer musicians - his father, grandfather and great-grandfather performed for weddings, bar mitzvahs, and holiday celebrations in th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One to One with Turid Birkeland, Director of the Risr Festival of Chamber MusicThe Risr Festival of Chamber Music was established in 1991 and is today one of the Norways most popular summer music events. For one week each summer, the sleepy seaside Norwegian village, becomes the stage for an international festival of chamber Music. Some of the biggest names in classical music make their way to Norway for the event. At the helm of the event are three directors the musicians violist Lars Anders Tomter and the internationally acclaimed pianist Leif Ove Andsnes who ar ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One to one with the pianist and composer Marc-Andr HamelinHamelin is renowned for his exploration of unfamiliar piano repertoire and has performed all over the world. The Canadian Marc-Andr Hamelin began his piano studies at the age of five and was just nine years old when he won the top prize in a Canadian music competition.
His father, a pharmacist by trade who was also a pianist, introduced him to the works of Alkan, Godowsky and Sorabji when he was still young.
Hamelin studied at the in Montral and then at Temple University in Philadelphi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One to One with Cory Doctorow - Author and BloggerCory Doctorow is a Canadian blogger, journalist and science fiction author. Among his numerous occupations, he is a co-editor of the popular blog Boing Boing and an activist in favour of liberalising copyright laws and a advocate of the Creative Commons organisation, using some of their licenses for his books. Doctorow was the former Director of European Affairs for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a non-profit civil liberties group that defends freedom in technology law, policy, standa ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One to One with Violinist Christian TetzlaffMusical America named him Instrumentalist of the Year in 2005 and he is in demand as a soloist the world over. Christian Tetzlaff is renowned for his interpretations of the violin concertos of Beethoven, Brahms and Tchaikovsky as well as Berg, Ligeti and Shostakovich.
Among his musical partners are the pianists Leif Ove Andsnes and Lars Vogt. He often performs at major festivals such as BBC Proms, Edinburgh and Lucerne Festival and all major US summer festivals.
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Inspired Minds: One to One with singer Thomas QuasthoffGerman bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff is recognised as one of the most remarkable
singers of his generation.Quasthoff began his vocal studies with Professors Charlotte Lehmann and Huber-Contwig in Hannover, Germany and has to date been the recipient of numerous international awards. He appears regularly with the worlds leading orchestras under such renowned conductors as Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim and Sir Simon Rattle, to name but a few, and is also a vocal professor at the Hanns Eis ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One to One with Ludwig Baumann Baritone and Festival DirectorBaumann established the Gut Immling Opera Festival 12 years ago. Today this event presents three major opera productions each summer.
Ludwig Baumann grew up on a farm, surrounded by many animals. Indeed this early aspect of his life has continued to be an import part of his life today. After studying singing at Richard Strauss's Conservatoire in Munich, Baumann enjoyed a long career where he was engaged by many of the worlds most prestigious opera houses, including Los Angeles Rome, Pari ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One to One with author Margriet de MoorMargriet de Moor's many acclaimed books include First Gray, Then White, Then Blue, The Virtuoso, The Kreuzer Sonata and The Duke of Egypt.The acclaimed Dutch writer Margriet de Moor initially trained as a singer and pianist. She achieved early recognition in the Netherlands with the publication of her first work of fiction, the 1988 short-story collection titled Seen at the Back. This was followed by Three Novellas for which she was awarded the Van der Hoogt Prize.
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Inspired Minds: One to one with composer/conductor Matthias PintscherPintscher is one of Germanys most exciting young composers, whose awards include first prize in the Hitzacker Composition Competition, the Salzburg Easter Festival Composition Prize and the Hindemith Prize from the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival .Matthias Pintscher gained his early experience playing the violin in local youth orchestras and conducting them. He studied composition with Giselher Klebe and Manfred Trojahn and formative influences included encounters with the composers Han ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | |
