Artist Insights
16 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago -Our debut Artists Insight podcast is about the remarkable and life-enhancing journeys that music can take us on, and not just the exceptional and talented musicians featured here. Their stories will resonate with anyone who’s ever picked up an instrument and, we hope, inspire you to continue your musical journey and tell your own stories. This first season we've caught up with brass, woodwind and strings artists.
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ARTIST INSIGHTS - Nils Landgren
August 30, 2023 23:01 - 29 minutes - 40.8 MBNils Landgren has demonstrated how versatile a brass instrument the trombone can be since the 1980s, playing with legends as diverse as ABBA, Wyclef Jean, Joe Sample & the Crusaders and Herbie Hancock. Trying out his father’s trombone at 13, Nils was inspired by The Beatles to pursue diverse musical ventures. Initially classically trained, Nils toured with pop legend Bjorn Skifs (“Hooked on a Feeling”) and rediscovered jazz through Miles Davis. Nils describes bluffing his way into ...
ARTIST INSIGHTS - Sergio Carolino
August 23, 2023 23:01 - 45 minutes - 62.6 MBOne of the world’s most sought-after brass players, Sergio Carolino has expanded the repertoire and popularity of the tuba, across a range of musical genres. Although wind bands were popular in his native Portugal, Sergio admits arrived at music as a secondary passion, behind his love of tennis and caricature. Largely an autodidact, Sergio began playing Dixieland jazz and progressed to fusion and funk. He found inspiration in records he analysed with his friends and discusses music as a...
ARTIST INSIGHTS - Stephen Clark
August 16, 2023 23:01 - 50 minutes - 70 MBScottish flutist Stephen Clark has come a long way from his Glasgow beginnings, having toured in locations as far-flung as Jordan, Latvia, and Mexico and fulfilled a personal bucket list that included skydiving and swimming with sharks! From early beginnings playing the recorder, to failing at the violin, Stephen arrived at the flute as a last resort. He reveals how inspiring his first teacher proved, as well as loving the recordings of flute legend Sir James Galway. Stephen talks abou...
ARTIST INSIGHTS - Adélaïde Ferrière
August 09, 2023 23:01 - 24 minutes - 33.1 MBYoung French percussionist Adélaïde Ferrière has won several international prizes and performed in festivals and concert halls worldwide. Adélaïde remembers being inspired as a child watching her timpanist father. Now, she’s inspiring a new generation of percussionists with her solo marimba and ensemble performances. Adélaïde specialises in transposing classical repertoire for solo marimba and making gorgeous video performances, including Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, which she performed...
ARTIST INSIGHTS - Theon Cross
August 02, 2023 23:01 - 30 minutes - 41.3 MBLondon-born tubist Theon Cross has been celebrated for “reinventing the tuba” and his music has garnered high praise from publications including The Guardian, The New York Times and NPR. He has toured extensively throughout Europe and the Americas, as well as scoring a number 1 jazz release with his debut album “Fyah.” Beginning his musical journey on the little-known tenor horn, Theon admits being envious of his trombonist brother until an inspiring teacher gave him a euphonium. Having...
ARTIST INSIGHTS - Ellie Sax
July 26, 2023 23:01 - 26 minutes - 35.7 MBThe saxophone might not be the first instrument you associate with dance music. However, international sax Player Ellie Sax has rocked gigs and parties from New Year’s Eve in the Maldives to European super-clubs like The Ministry of Sound. Like many artists these days, she uses video to share her music with a wider audience, including her single, one-take livestream from an Ibizan clifftop, together with her DJ husband Harry. Ellie likens the DJ/soloist combination to a chamber music co...
ARTIST INSIGHTS - SEASON 2: TRAILER
July 20, 2023 13:50 - 36 seconds - 713 KBOur debut Artists Insight podcast is about the remarkable and life-enhancing journeys that music can take us on, and not just the exceptional and talented musicians featured here. Their stories will resonate with anyone who’s ever picked up an instrument and, we hope, inspire you to continue your musical journey and tell your own stories. This first season we've caught up with brass, woodwind and strings artists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
ARTIST INSIGHTS - Jeroen Berwaerts
August 04, 2021 07:01 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBThere’s no place for a long face in music. Acclaimed Belgian trumpet player Jeroen Berwaerts recalls the memorable concerts from an extraordinary career, provides unique insights into his practice routines and explains why you’ve always got to keep smiling. Why the last two bars are always so scary. Describing the trumpet as an extension of his voice, acclaimed Belgian trumpet player Jereoen Berwaerts recalls the memorable concerts from an extraordinary career, provides unique insights into...
ARTIST INSIGHTS - Michael Collins
July 28, 2021 07:01 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBThe first-ever winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year, Clarinet virtuoso Michael Collins looks back on his multifaceted career as a soloist, conductor and professor, and forward to a time when the classical music business might become more equal. Clarinet virtuoso Michael Collins looks back on his multifaceted career as a soloist, conductor and professor, and forward to a time when the classical music business might become more equal. With a love of classical music ignited by a Ladybi...
ARTIST INSIGHTS - Katrina Marzella
July 21, 2021 07:01 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBWidely acknowledged as the leading baritone horn player of her generation, Katrina Marzella talks about her musical influences, growing up in an Italian-Hebridean household and being a woman in the male-dominated world of brass bands. And why playing at Sydney Opera House is no different to playing in Falkirk Town Hall. What it is that makes lawyers such great musicians. Widely acknowledged as the leading baritone horn player of her generation, Katrina Marzella talks about her musical influ...
ARTIST INSIGHTS - Hakon Erlandsen
July 14, 2021 07:01 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBHolder of the world records for playing the highest and coldest concerts, Norwegian saxophonist and extreme athlete Håkon Erlandsen discusses his life in music. And what it’s like to hike 6 hours in the snow to a gig carrying your instrument, PA and a generator. What it’s like to hike 6 hours in the snow to a gig carrying your instrument, PA and a generator and what happens when you put a saxophone in a deep freezer for 24 hours. Norwegian jazz saxophonist and extreme endurance athlete Håko...
ARTIST INSIGHTS - Louis Dowdeswell
July 07, 2021 07:01 - 26 minutes - 30.2 MBHe’s played with Michael Bublé, Robbie Williams and Seal, and his big band has 15M views on YouTube. Pioneering young trumpet player and producer Louis Dowdeswell discusses his journey in music. The challenge of achieving consistency, the importance of getting the trumpet section on your side and how sometimes you can learn the most when you’re eating a taco. Pioneering young trumpet player and producer Louis Dowdeswell discusses a musical journey that has taken him from watching his mothe...
ARTIST INSIGHTS - Ayanna Witter-Johnson
June 30, 2021 12:35 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MBThe first British winner of Amateur Live Night at the legendary Apollo Theatre in Harlem, singer, songwriter and cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson discusses her earliest musical memories, the importance of personal development, and meeting Maya Angelou. What Maya Angelou told a young singer, songwriter and cellist that so inspired her. London-born Ayanna Witter-Johnson, the first British winner of Amateur Live Night at the legendary Apollo theatre in Harlem, discusses her earliest musical memor...
YAMAHA MUSIC ARTIST INSIGHTS - Ayanna Witter-Johnson
June 30, 2021 12:35 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MBThe first British winner of Amateur Live Night at the legendary Apollo Theatre in Harlem, singer, songwriter and cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson discusses her earliest musical memories, the importance of personal development, and meeting Maya Angelou. What Maya Angelou told a young singer, songwriter and cellist that so inspired her. London-born Ayanna Witter-Johnson, the first British winner of Amateur Live Night at the legendary Apollo theatre in Harlem, discusses her earliest musical memor...
ARTIST INSIGHTS - trailer
June 23, 2021 07:01 - 1 minute - 2.11 MBOur debut Artists Insight podcast is about the remarkable and life-enhancing journeys that music can take us on, and not just the exceptional and talented musicians featured here. Their stories will resonate with anyone who’s ever picked up an instrument and, we hope, inspire you to continue your musical journey and tell your own stories. This first season we've caught up with brass, woodwind and strings artists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
YAMAHA MUSIC ARTIST INSIGHTS - trailer
June 23, 2021 07:01 - 1 minute - 2.11 MBOur debut Artists Insight podcast is about the remarkable and life-enhancing journeys that music can take us on, and not just the exceptional and talented musicians featured here. Their stories will resonate with anyone who’s ever picked up an instrument and, we hope, inspire you to continue your musical journey and tell your own stories. This first season we've caught up with brass, woodwind and strings artists. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.