Klaus Tennstedt at 100: Edward Seckerson recalls a great conductor
The conductor Klaus Tennstedt was born on June 6, 1926. After his arrival from East Germany to the West, he held chief conductor posts with the NDR Symphony Orchestra in Hamburg (1979-81), and with th...
5 Jun 33min
Colin Matthews on his new album, 'Sea Scapes'
In this week's episode of the Gramophone podcast, the composer Colin Matthews joins Editor Martin Cullingford to talk about his new album of works for voice and ensemble, Sea Scapes, release on the On...
29 Mai 31min
Violinist Hugo Ticciati on O/Modernt's 'Milestones'
In this week's Gramophone Podcast, Hugo Ticciati talks to Editor Martin Cullingford about the fascinating new album from his ensemble O/Modernt, released on the Signum label. Called Milestones, it mar...
22 Mai 26min
Celebrating Wigmore Hall at 125 with Director John Gilhooly and author Julia Boyd
On May 31, 1901 London's Wigmore Hall (originally Bechstein Hall) opened its doors, and hosted its first concert. Among the performers were the great Belgian violinist and composer Eugène Ysaÿe and th...
15 Mai 45min
Helen Charlston on 'A Poet's Love'
In this episode of the Gramophone Podcast, mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston speaks to Hattie Butterworht in Amsterdam during the run of Michel van der Aa's new opera Theory of Flames to discuss her lates...
8 Mai 20min
The Gramophone Listening Room, with Plínio Fernandes and Anastasia Kobekina
Today we launch a new edition to the Gramophone Podcasts, The Gramophone Listening Room, in which Charlotte Gardner invites two of today's finest young artists into the studio to explore some of the t...
1 Mai 44min
Barnabás Kelemen on celebrating the legacy of the Hungarian Violin School
Jack Pepper meets Festival Academy Budapest co-founder and Artistic Director Barnabás Kelemen to explore his upcoming concerto marathon, the gypsy violin tradition and a packed 2026 Summerfest This po...
28 Apr 32min
Conductor Kirill Karabits on Thomas de Hartmann's opera Esther
Kirill Karabits and the orchestra whose Principal Conductor he was for 15 years, the Bournemouth Symphony, have recorded the opera Esther by Thomas de Hartmann (1885-1956). Written in Paris during the...
24 Apr 26min
