"They thought it was for TV or something. But there was no TV. Only me and my violin"
The work that inspired a top violinist to play along in the pit with the Paris Opéra orchesta — twice.
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La mélancolie: a violist's love for the more intimate side of the French baroque
When we asked Nils Mönkemeyer to choose his top French baroque recordings, he spoke about the beauty of musical melancholy.
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"Every single note Heifetz played was better than any he’d ever play"
James Ehnes talks us through his favourite five recordings by the legendary virtuoso, and tells us what they mean to him and to violinists today
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IDAGIO Meets ... Viktor Orri Árnason
The Icelandic composer has released his first solo album, Eilífur. He discusses the big ideas behind it, his inspirations and the methods used to build up his sound world.
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IDAGIO Meets ... Daniel Hope
The violinist talks about tracking down composer Alfred Schnittke as a teenager and how the encounter changed his life.
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IDAGIO Meets ... Tine Thing Helseth
The trumpeter discusses her new album, "Magical Memories for Trumpet Organ".
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IDAGIO Meets ... Andrew von Oeyen
The American pianist on his new album, "Bach – Beethoven", born out of lockdown.
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IDAGIO Meets ... Bomsori Kim
The South Korean violinist discusses her newest album, "Violin On Stage", inspired by her love of ballet and opera.
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IDAGIO Meets ... Laurence Equilbey
The French conductor discusses her new album, exploring symphonies by Parisian composer Louise Farrenc
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IDAGIO Meets ... Giovanni Antonini
The Italian conductor talks to IDAGIO about one of the most ambitious recording projects of our time, Haydn2032.
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Ten Female Composers You Should Definitely Know
Feel you don’t listen to enough music composed by women? We’ve got a great place to start with this selection of ten of our favourite female composers.
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IDAGIO Meets ... Golda Schultz
The South-African soprano discusses her new album, This Be Her Verse, showcasing female composers across the last two centuries.
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IDAGIO Meets ... Nicholas Schwartz
The double bass player, one half of the Oyster Duo, discusses the duo's new album, "Stolen Pearls".
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IDAGIO Meets ... Rachel Podger
The multi-award-winning violinist discusses her new Mozart album, featuring completions of the composer's fragments.
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IDAGIO Meets ... Antoine Tamestit
The viola player discusses why he finally felt ready to record Brahms's two autumnal sonatas.
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IDAGIO Meets ... Jonathon Heyward
IDAGIO talks to conductor Jonathon Heyward ahead of his debut with the London Symphony Orchestra.
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IDAGIO Meets ... Christoph Koncz
The violinist and conductor on recording Mozart's five violin concertos on the composer's own instrument
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IDAGIO Meets ... Vasily Petrenko
The conductor discusses Prokofiev and Myaskovsky, and moving on from Oslo and Liverpool
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IDAGIO Meets ... Tigran Mansurian
To mark the release of "Con anima", the Armenian composer talks to IDAGIO about the album, working with tradition, and the inspirational figure of Komitas Vardipet.
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IDAGIO Meets ... Gil Shaham
Ahead of his latest appearance in IDAGIO's Global Concert Hall, the violinist discusses Beethoven, collaboration with The Knights, and how to connect with audiences during the pandemic.
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IDAGIO Meets ... Daniil Trifonov
The superstar pianist talks to IDAGIO about his new album, built around Bach's monumental The Art of Fugue.
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IDAGIO Meets ... Jean Rondeau
The French harpsichordist discusses his new album, Melancholy Grace, covering renaissance and early Baroque keyboard works from Italy to England.
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Move over Ludwig! Five Beethoven contemporaries to explore
At the start of the Beethoven anniversary, why not make space in your listening for the music of some overlooked composers of his time?
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