Meet Mahan Esfahani
As Mahan Esfahani prepares for his CMF recital on 20 October, he took the time to answer our questions about musical influences, favourite repertoire and childhood instruments. What’s your first musical memory? My father playing on our old Petrof piano in Tehran and playing his records of...
A spring festival first
Cambridge Music Festival will mark its 30th year with a special series of events, beginning March 2021. Featured artists through the year include the sibling cello/piano duo Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason, the wonderful pianist Stephen Hough playing Chopin, Schumann and more, and the Choir of King’s College. We have also...
Meet James Burke & Harvey de Souza from ASMF
As we approach the opening concert of the autumn - The Academy of St Martin in the Fields (30 Sept) - we took aside James Burke (soloist in Mozart's Clarinet Concerto and Principal Clarinet of ASMF) and Harvey De Souza (Leader) to quiz them about...
Meet pianist Stephen Hough
Ahead of his recital on 7 October, we asked pianist Stephen Hough some searching questions about his musical influences, his writing projects, and...
Autumn 2021 concerts on sale
The first four of seven autumn live events have gone on sale this week. The events, at West Road Concert Hall between 30 September and 10 November, include performances by pianist Stephen Hough, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, 12 Ensemble and the...