Nils Landgren has demonstrated how versatile a brass instrument the trombone can be since the1980s, playing with legends as diverse as ABBA, Wyclef Jean, Joe Sample & the Crusaders and HerbieHancock.Trying out his father’s trombone at 13, N

ARTIST INSIGHTS - Sergio Carolino

Aug 23rd, 2023 45m 35s

One of the world’s most sought-after brass players, Sergio Carolino has expanded the repertoire andpopularity of the tuba, across a range of musical genres. Although wind bands were popular in hisnative Portugal, Sergio admits arrived at music

ARTIST INSIGHTS - Stephen Clark

Aug 16th, 2023 50m 59s

Scottish flutist Stephen Clark has come a long way from his Glasgow beginnings, having toured inlocations as far-flung as Jordan, Latvia, and Mexico and fulfilled a personal bucket list that includedskydiving and swimming with sharks!From early

ARTIST INSIGHTS - Adélaïde Ferrière

Aug 9th, 2023 24m 6s

Young French percussionist Adélaïde Ferrière has won several international prizes and performed infestivals and concert halls worldwide. Adélaïde remembers being inspired as a child watching hertimpanist father. Now, she’s inspiring a new gener

ARTIST INSIGHTS - Theon Cross

Aug 2nd, 2023 30m 2s

London-born tubist Theon Cross has been celebrated for “reinventing the tuba” and his music hasgarnered high praise from publications including The Guardian, The New York Times and NPR. He hastoured extensively throughout Europe and the America

ARTIST INSIGHTS - Ellie Sax

Jul 26th, 2023 26m

The 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 toEuropean super-clubs like The Ministry of Sound.Like ma

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ARTIST INSIGHTS - SEASON 2: TRAILER

Jul 20th, 2023 36s

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

ARTIST INSIGHTS - Jeroen Berwaerts

Aug 4th, 2021 31m 2s

There’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

ARTIST INSIGHTS - Michael Collins

Jul 28th, 2021 36m 37s

The 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 mor

ARTIST INSIGHTS - Katrina Marzella

Jul 21st, 2021 31m 58s

Widely 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 p

ARTIST INSIGHTS - Hakon Erlandsen

Jul 14th, 2021 24m 49s

Holder 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, P

ARTIST INSIGHTS - Louis Dowdeswell

Jul 7th, 2021 26m 25s

He’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 import

ARTIST INSIGHTS - Ayanna Witter-Johnson

Jun 30th, 2021 22m 5s

The 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 Ang

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