portraits

Portraits

Music is made by people: composers write it, musicians play it, and we all listen to it. Here, we explore the people whose lives are shaped and driven by music: established stars, up-and-coming artists, passionate amateurs, and many more.

CHOIRvoices – No. 3: Voice training with the Vienna Boys' Choir

CHOIRvoices – No. 3: Voice training with the Vienna Boys' Choir

The Vienna Boys' Choir celebrates 525 years. Alice Rath-Stépán explains how she puts her heart and soul into nurturing young voices in the choirboys and choirgirls.

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Michele Galvagno – Artistic Score Engraving

Michele Galvagno – Artistic Score Engraving

Michele Galvagno, cellist and music engraver, explains in an interview how he supports Dotzauer & Piatti and how scores change over time.

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Practicing oboe with Tic Tacs: Interview with Ralf-Joern Koester

Practicing oboe with Tic Tacs: Interview with Ralf-Joern Koester

Ralf-Jörn Köster, solo oboist and author, talks to Stretta Journal about his life as a musician and shares a clever exercise for all wind musicians.

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Florian Hatzelmann: A Tubist Embracing Classical, Brass Music, and Hip Hop

Florian Hatzelmann: A Tubist Embracing Classical, Brass Music, and Hip Hop

Florian Hatzelmann plays the tuba from opera to hip-hop. In this interview, @_tubaflo reveals how he juggles styles and is successful on social media.

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World Pianist Jean Kleeb

World Pianist Jean Kleeb

Jean Kleeb combines classical, jazz and indigenous music. In this interview, he talks about world music, jazz influences and his environmental cantata ‘Protecting Earth’.

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CHOIRvoices – No. 1 Melanie Schlerf: Choir Conductor, Singer & Professional Choral Singer

CHOIRvoices – No. 1 Melanie Schlerf: Choir Conductor, Singer & Professional Choral Singer

Our interview series starts with Melanie Schlerf. She talks about choral conducting, programme selection, digitalisation and current challenges in choral singing.

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A 150th anniversary retrospective on Sergei Rachmaninoff

A 150th anniversary retrospective on Sergei Rachmaninoff

On the 150th anniversary of Rachmaninoff's birth, Eleonora Paolin remembers the ‘last Romantic’ and illuminates fascinating facets of his life and work.

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Antonio Oyarzábal – Unveiling the Hidden Gems of Female Composers

Antonio Oyarzábal – Unveiling the Hidden Gems of Female Composers

Basque pianist Antonio Oyarzábal on his album ‘El Fin del Silencio’ and the search for works by Latin American female composers.

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Learn Guitar with Tatiana Stachak

Learn Guitar with Tatiana Stachak

Tatiana Stachak's ‘First Class Guitar’ method inspires enthusiasm worldwide - early duet playing promotes joy and motivation when learning. An interview.

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Violeta Gil – The importance of a positive mindset for a professional musician

Violeta Gil – The importance of a positive mindset for a professional musician

Violeta Gil talks about how she learnt to play the flute, overcame setbacks and why social media is so important for musicians today. Plus her favourite pieces!

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Portrait of the renowned organist and textbook author

Portrait of the renowned organist and textbook author

Ulrike Theresia Wegele talks about her path to becoming an organist, the exciting entrance exam and the notes that are particularly important to her.

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Marc le Gars in Focus – From Award Winning Guitarist to Celebrated Composer

Marc le Gars in Focus – From Award Winning Guitarist to Celebrated Composer

Marc Le Gars, known for his guitar compositions, talks in a video interview about his path and his favourite works for exams and competitions.

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Vocation: Composer - An Interview with Sophie Lacaze

Vocation: Composer - An Interview with Sophie Lacaze

How do you become a composer? Sophie Lacaze talks about her composition process and how the world around us inspires music.

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The Life and Work of a Classical Composer Today – An Interview with Zdeněk Král

The Life and Work of a Classical Composer Today – An Interview with Zdeněk Král

Over 1000 works and inexhaustible creativity: Zdeněk Král gives an insight into his life as a composer - from the idea to the performance.

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“The World Needs More Artists” – In Memoriam Chick Corea

“The World Needs More Artists” – In Memoriam Chick Corea

Chick Corea has died at the age of 79. In Stretta Journal, composer Jan Reinelt pays tribute to the jazz pianist - and his influence on his own musical life.

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