The budding conductor Aliisa Neige Barriere, daughter of the late composer Kaija Saariaho, gets the biggest opportuinity of her career this weekend. Designated Young Artist of the Year at the Mikkeli Festival in Finland, Aliisa […]
From my introduction to tomorrow’s Lebrecht Interview on BBC Radio 3, directly after the Proms: Mahan Esfahani is a breaker of moulds. An Iranian who never went to music school, he flew in the face […]
Dear Alma, I am a male conductor in my mid-30’s. My career seems to have stalled. I started with several high-level assistant posts, then moving to a regional orchestra as director and some prestigious guest […]