The Future of Classical Music

Today, I‘m talking with Jocelyn Burnham, a speaker and AI communicator from AI for culture. AI is ever-present in our news cycle and a technology that both will and is transforming the world we live. On the one hand, it has incredible potential, making huge leaps forward in scientific research, productivity, and creative tools. On the other, it is a threat to jobs and the creative industries. I re...

Today I’m talking with Joe Perkins, Creative Director at Chaptr, a web design agency that specialises in a UX led approach. The internet is going through big changes at the moment. Web traffic from search engines is already in decline, and the world of AI and AI overviews in search results means this decline will only increase. It’s going to be harder and harder to get people to visit our websites...

Today, I‘m talking with Sam Jackson, Controller, BBC Radio 3 and BBC Proms. The BBC Proms is the world’s largest and longest-running classical music festival, taking place over 8 weeks each summer. With concerts broadcast on the radio and on television around the world, and with international artists and orchestras performing, it is one of the most important, visible, and impactful parts of the cl...

Today, I‘m talking with Alexandra Robinson, Social Media and Content Manager for the Minnesota Orchestra. Social media is ever-present in our lives and has redefined the society we live in. Despite this, many orchestras have been slow to adopt social media and continue to make basic mistakes. However, there are a few orchestras doing great things. If you’re a follower of the blog, you already know...

Today I’m talking with Christopher Widauer, CEO of AMS and former Head of Digital Development at Vienna State Opera. Christopher has a wide-ranging career, with a speciality in all things digital. This includes the introduction of 2,100 tablets for interactive infotainment and seatback subtitling in Vienna, consulting for organisations like Cairo Opera and Teatro alla Scala on their digital transf...

This chat was recorded at the Classic Violin Olympus in Dubai, talking with jury member Marios Papadopoulos. Marios is a conductor and pianist who founded the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra in 1998. Founding an orchestra is no easy thing, so I was really interested to hear the journey from idea to an orchestra performing 40 concerts a year. With a lot changing since 1998, I was also fascinated to h...

Today’s episode is a little bit different. This is an impromptu in-person interview pianist Denis Kozhukhin that we managed to squeeze in at the InClassica festival in Dubai. We talked about his hopes for humanity and how music plays a part in it, the role of competitions and advice for musicians in making the most of them even if they don’t win, reconnecting with audiences, and the challenge of b...

Today, I‘m talking with Matt Parkin, CEO and co-founder of Stagecast, a digital media company that specialises in filming and broadcasting classical music concerts. We talk about how the landscape of classical music broadcasting has changed over the last 10 years, the power of livestreaming, the process of taking a concert idea to broadcast, the future of broadcast, and the power of embedding digi...

Today I‘m talking with Matilda Lloyd, a soloist and trumpeter who is reshaping what it means to be an artist in the modern world. After bursting onto the scene winning the BBC Young Musician of the Year Brass Final in 2014, she’s performed all over the world, but has also focused on music education projects and building an audience online. As well as talking about the digital world and what it mea...