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  • DG Podcast meets Dr Clemens Trautmann

    DG Podcast meets Dr Clemens Trautmann
    Dec 21 2023
    In this episode of the DG International Podcast, host Sarah Willis meets DG President Dr Clemens Trautmann to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Deutsche Grammophon. The pair talk about the history of the Yellow Label and its star studded cast of musicians. They discuss the new generation of DG artists and also how the next 125 years might look for Deutsche Grammophon. A fascinating conversation full of insights from Dr. Trautmann, who Sarah cheekily describes as “the backstage guy”. Tune in!
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    27 min
  • DG Podcast meets Bruce Liu

    DG Podcast meets Bruce Liu
    Nov 30 2023
    Be charmed by pianist Bruce Liu in this episode of the DG International Podcast series! Bruce and host Sarah Willis talk about how his life changed the day he won the 2021 Chopin Competition, his many hobbies, life on the road and, of course, his debut studio album “Waves”.
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    35 min
  • DG Podcast meets Víkingur Ólafsson

    DG Podcast meets Víkingur Ólafsson
    Oct 26 2023
    In this episode, host Sarah Willis welcomes pianist Víkingur Ólafsson who tells us why he has waited 25 years to record Bach’s Goldberg Variations. The pair discuss many things including Víkingur's relationship with Bach and what the best time of day is to listen to the new album. Is Víkingur the Bach pianist of our generation? Find out in this episode!
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    27 min
  • DG Podcast meets Anne-Sophie Mutter

    DG Podcast meets Anne-Sophie Mutter
    Jun 29 2023
    This episode of the DG International Podcast certainly counts as one of the highlights of the series so far. Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter talks to host Sarah Willis about her 60th birthday celebrations, the important musical collaborations and memories in her life and much, much more - a conversation not to be missed! 
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    37 min
  • DG Podcast meets María Dueñas

    DG Podcast meets María Dueñas
    May 25 2023
    This episode of the Deutsche Grammophon International Podcast series features the talented violinist María Dueñas who is celebrating her very first album for DG,"Beethoven and Beyond”. Join María in conversation with podcast host Sarah Willis as they delve into her deep connection with Beethoven, find out more about why she composed her own cadenzas for the concerto and also why she then recorded everyone else’s as well!
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    29 min
  • DG Podcast meets Trevor Pinnock

    DG Podcast meets Trevor Pinnock
    Apr 27 2023
    This episode is a kind of birthday podcast in honour of the well-known and popular harpsichordist and conductor Trevor Pinnock and the ensemble he founded 50 years ago: The English Concert. To mark the occasion, DG has released a collection of their complete recordings on Archiv Produktion in a box set of 100 discs. Trevor and Sarah chat about making recordings, being period instrument pioneers and how the heart is connected to Baroque music.
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    33 min
  • DG Podcast meets Yuja Wang

    DG Podcast meets Yuja Wang
    Mar 30 2023
    In this episode, podcast host Sarah Willis welcomes pianist Yuja Wang. Join them for a lively and fun conversation to find out more about Yuja’s new album "The American Project“, playing boogie woogie and jazz and also about her friendship with conductor and composer Michael Tilson Thomas.
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    27 min
  • DG Podcast meets Steve Reich

    DG Podcast meets Steve Reich
    Feb 23 2023
    In this new episode, podcast host Sarah Willis welcomes the “Father of Minimalist Music”, composer Steve Reich. Steve recently explained in an interview with documentary filmmaker H. Paul Moon "I never expected to write a string quartet” so of course Sarah wanted to find out why. Find out more about his three successful quartets, his collaboration with the Mivos Quartet, some of his favourite musicians and even about his famous baseball caps on this latest edition of the DG International Podcast Series.
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    32 min