Crusading conductor

German conductor Anja Bihlmaier studied at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg and later at the Mozarteum Salzburg, before holding posts at Staatsoper Hannover and Staatstheater Kassel. Since then, she

‘I’ve never been a particularly esoteric person,’ Nicola Benedetti tells me as we sit down to talk following the press launch of her third Edinburgh Festival. And yet, as she explains the theme of thi

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As Alison Balsom prepares to return to the Proms, Marie-Claire Chappet sits down with the classical trumpeter to discuss success, self-improvement and the unifying power of music

These inspiring women are certainly marching to the beat of their own drum