Barbican Classical Music

Jeremy Denk talks to Edward Seckerson about the arts of practicing, programme-building, recording, writing and performing, as we find out what makes the innovative pianist tick. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

'This music is buzzing with intergalactic messages and surrealism…’

We speak to the inimitable director about the apocalyptic anti-anti-opera ahead of his production at the Barbican with the LSO and Sir Simon Rattle For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

We talk to composer Andrew Norman and video artist Deborah O'Grady about how the American landscape influences classical and contemporary music, and how to make a visual statement from these works.

Both Andrew and Deborah feature Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic's upcoming International Associate Residency, which covers the themes of American Soundscapes and includes the music of John Williams and Mahler- for more info see www.barbican.org.uk/music/series.asp?id=1505 For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

When computer pioneer and war-hero Alan Turing received a posthumous pardon in 2013, New York composer Nico Muhly had questions...Sentences is the result of those questions, and premieres at the Barbican on 6th June. In this classical podcast we speak to Iestyn Davies who Muhly wrote the piece for about what it’s been like to work on the project. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Ahead of the Boulez at 90 series at the Barbican, this podcast explores the life and music of the great musical provocateur, Pierre Boulez, with interviews from those who knew and worked with him. Featuring interviews with composer Nico Muhly, conductor François-Xavier Roth, and musicians from the Ensemble Intercontemporain, founded by Boulez in 1976. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Journey down the rabbit hole in this Barbican classical podcast exploring Unsuk Chin's operatic adaptation of Lewis Caroll's beloved stories, ahead of its UK Premiere at the Barbican on Sunday 8 March. Includes interviews with composer Unsuk Chin, director Netia Jones and infamous gonzo artist Ralph Steadman, whose illustrations frame the production. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

In this exclusive Barbican classical podcast, writer and broadcaster Catherine Bott interviews Fabio Biondi, director and founder of Italian period instrument ensemble Europa Galante, shedding light on the detective work that brought Vivaldi’s 1738 l'Oracolo in Messenia back from obscurity. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

In anticipation of the acclaimed Mariinsky’s Opera’s London Residency at the Barbican in November 2015, we sit down with esteemed conductor Valery Gergiev to discuss Boris Godunov and the UK premiere of Levsha – both cornerstones of this historic residency. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

In anticipation of the acclaimed Mariinsky’s Opera’s London Residency at the Barbican in November 2015, we sit down with esteemed conductor Valery Gergiev to discuss Boris Godunov and the UK premiere of Levsha – both cornerstones of this historic residency. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

We talk to Harrison Birtwistle’s closest friends and collaborators to find out more about the man behind the music of one of our greatest living composers. Audio clips used by kind permission from Universal Edition. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy