BBC Music Magazine - October 2022

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Changing lives
Leon Bosch reports on the work of the Buskaid charity in inspiring the South African musicians of tomorrow.

Evgeny Kissin
The pianist shares frank thoughts with Michael Church on the Ukraine crisis and Russia, country of his birth.

Findingflow

With a new Warner Classics recording contract and a year-long residency at London's Southbank Centre to his name, Abel Selaocoe's star is in the ascendant. But as the South African cellist tells Charlotte Smith, he has a higher mission - to bridge the divide between African and Western music

10 mins

I spent three days doing nothing but practising breathing. And now I never run out of air

THE BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE INTERVIEW

7 mins

Changing lives

As Buskaid celebrates its 25th anniversary, Leon Bosch explains the success of the South African string training programme

6 mins

A memorable folk trail

Rick Jones steps into Vaughan Williams’s shoes and dons his boater as he follows the composer’s folksong trail around Surrey and Sussex

6 mins

Analogueage

Over the past few years, a resurgence of interest in vinyl recordings has taken popular music by storm. Cellist Leonard Elschenbroich tells Simon Heighes why classical musicians should also take an interest

7 mins

Man on a mission

In conversation with Michael Church, the pianist Evgeny Kissin speaks out about the invasion of Ukraine and how this relates to his experiences of anti-Semitism while growing up in the USSR

8 mins

Passing the test

Forget tweedy examiners behind desks, bland pieces and those dreaded aural tests. Graded exams are not what they used to be, as Clare Stevens explains

6 mins

Boulder United States

Jeremy Pound admires both the mountains and the plains as he explores the various delights of this year’s Colorado Music Festival

4 mins

Nikolai Medtner

Admired by Rachmaninov and outstanding as a pianist, Medtner had a subtle yet hauntingly distinct compositional style, says Francis Pott

7 mins

Live choice

Paul Riley picks the month’s best concert and opera highlights in the UK

5 mins

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