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Listening to Remember: Kelly Hall-Tompkins, Nourishing Souls
· By Nicholas Stevens
In March 2023, Arkiv hosted a Live Q&A session with violin soloist and chamber musician Kelly Hall-Tompkins. Watch our conversation on Forgotten Voices, a collectively authored song cycle and now, an album. Its inspiration: Hall-Tompkins's nonprofit Music Kitchen: Food for the Soul, which brings live classical music to shelters for the unhoused. -
Recitations & Recitalists: Stephanie Lamprea Sings Aperghis
· By Nicholas Stevens
Multi-hyphenate soprano Stephanie Lamprea has recorded dozens of works for solo voice, mostly from the 20th-21st centuries; now, from New Focus Recordings, comes her first physical CD. Read about her effort to scale an Everest of the modern vocal repertoire: the 14 Recitations of composer Georges Aperghis. -
Insisting on Hope & Humanity: Lara Downes on Love at Last
· By Nicholas Stevens
ArkivMusic hosted a Live Q&A with pianist & arts advocate Lara Downes, focusing on her debut album for Pentatone, Love at Last. Topics ran from old to new music, from sound itself to the hope & humanitarianism Downes brings to all her ventures. -
Sinfonias Out of Silence: Missy Mazzoli + Peter Herresthal
· By Nicholas Stevens
ArkivMusic hosted a Live Q&A with composer Missy Mazzoli and violinist Peter Herresthal, focusing on the BIS album Dark with Excessive Bright. Topics ran from education to innovation, from deep history to our rich present. -
Scaling the Heights of the Cello Repertoire: Carmine Miranda
· By Nicholas Stevens
Cellist Carmine Miranda launched his career on disc with Bach's Six Suites. He was just getting started. Read about his recording of the Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich Sonatas with pianist Robert Marler today! -
Root & Branch: Reijo Kiilunen and the Ondine Records Story
· By Nicholas Stevens
Over nearly four decades, Ondine Records has brought top-quality classical albums to the world from its Helsinki home base. Who built this wondrous project? Reijo Kiilunen. Read the exclusive interview here.