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Last 20 Shows Inspired Minds: One-to-One with Dieter Kosslick, Berlinale Director Germany’s biggest film festival – the Berlinale celebrates it’s 60th anniversary this month. The festival is not only the city’s largest cultural event, but also one of the most important dates on the international film industry’s calendar.
It was back in 2001 that Dieter Kosslick took over the creative direction and management of the Berlinale. He has been involved in the film industry since 1983, firstly as managing director of Hamburg's cultural film fund and later he became ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One-to-One with Maryanne Redpath director of the Berlinale's Generation sectionSince 1978 the Berlin International Film Festival has dedicated a special section to films for children and youth called "Generation". Since 2008 it has been directed by Maryanne Redpath.
The New Zealander Maryanne Redpath has been living and working in Berlin since 1985. She has a diverse background with studies in art and drama and has worked as a multi-media performance artist, taught drama to handicapped and gave art lessons to Aboriginal children living in Central Australia. She has ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One-to-One with composer Christian Jost"I think music theatre is the most subtle and complex way to describe human beings"
Born in Germany in 1963, Christian Jost studied composition, analysis and conducting in Cologne and San Francisco. His workcomprises of a growing number of impressive concertos and operas. Some of his most significant pieces to date include TiefenRausch for violin and orchestra, Cosmodromion for percussion and orchestra and in 2009, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin premiered his CodeNine.Jost’s operas incl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One-to-One with composer Christian Jost - Part I"I never think about the abilities of a soloist in terms of if he can do this or that - I always have a structure in my mind and I want to fulfil this"
Born in Germany in 1963, Christian Jost studied composition, analysis and conducting in Cologne and San Francisco. His work comprises of a growing number of impressive concertos and operas. Some of his most significant works include TiefenRausch for violin and orchestra Cosmodromion for percussion and orchestra and in 2009, the Konzerthauso ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One-to-One with Chorographer Lloyd NewsonNewson has had a dynamic impact on contemporary dance and theatre. He has choreographed for many companies and in 1986 he formed his own company "DV8 Physical Theatre."
Born in Australia, Lloyd Newson's first interest in dance started while he was studying psychology and social work at Melbourne University. This interest eventually led to a full scholarship at London Contemporary Dance School.Newson’s work incorporates dance, text, theatre and film, thus is difficult to define. He is in ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: The Best of Inspired Minds 2009 – Part 2This week's programme is the second part of a compilation of highlights from 2009 Inspired Minds. Guests include: composer/trumpeter Markus Stockhausen, the best-selling crime author Robert Littell and the Rumanian violinist, Sherban Lupu.
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Inspired Minds: The Best of Inspired Minds 2009 - Part 1A special edition of Inspired Minds with highlights from 2009. Guests include: 101-year-old renowned American composer Elliott Carter, we also remember the late author Frank McCourt and enjoy the remarkable mezzo-soprano Anne-Sophie von Otter.
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Inspired Minds: One-to-one with Pianist Charles Spencer PART 2Spencer is renowned for his lied interpretation and has accompanied distinguished singers the likes of Jessye Norman, Thomas Quasthoff, and for over twelve years, was the pianist of Christa Ludwig.
Charles Spencer is one of the world’s most sought-after accompanists. He is Professor of Lied Interpretation for singers and pianists at the Hochschule für Musik in Frankfurt and gives regular masterclasses all over the world.
The British pianist studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Londo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One-to-one with pianist Charles Spencer"Playing for singers is something completely different to playing other chamber music – they demand a special way of being supported - this is instinctive and can’t be learnt. "
Charles Spencer is one of the world’s most sought-after accompanists. He is renowned for his lied interpretation and has accompanied distinguished singers the likes of Jessye Norman, Thomas Quasthoff and Peter Schreier, and for over a decade, was the pianist of the renowned mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig, unti ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One-to-One with Pianist Lars VogtLars Vogt first came to public attention after he won second prize at the 1990 Leeds International Piano Competition. Since that time he has gone on to give major concerto and recital performances throughout Europe, Asia and North America.
During the current concert season, Lars Vogt has performed Brahms at the BBC Proms and Mozart at the Salzburg Festival. In Germany he appeared twice with the Berlin Philharmonic and toured with the Czech Philharmonic and other concerto engagements inc ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One-to-One with Conductor Nicolaus HarnoncourtOn December 6th, Conductor Nicolaus Harnoncourt celebrates his 80th birthday. Described by many as a musician's musician, he is one of the most profound and intriguing conductors of our time.
Considered one of the world's leading specialists of Baroque music, he has long since turned his attention to Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and even to Jacques Offenbach and Johann Strauss. Regarded as a leading authority on "authentic" performance practice, Harnoncourt himself says, "I have always ha ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One-to-one with violinist Sherban LupuIn this week’s Inspired Minds, Sherban Lupu talks to Breandáin O’Shea about Rumania’s very special violin school, the influence of the country’s folk music and his passion for the music of George Enescu. Sherban Lupu has performed as a soloist though-out the world. He is renowned both for his interpreatations of main-stream Western classics, and for his contemporary Rumanian repertoire. He has worked with leading Rumanian composers such as Theodor Grigoriu, Gheorghe Costinescu and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One-to-one with writer Jason StarJason Star first thriller "Cold Caller" came out in 1997, and he has been publishing about a book a year ever since. In his novels, Starr describes the everyday madness in urban life, often taking it to harrowing extremes. Jason Starr’s latest novel is called "The Follower." It tells the story of Katie Porter who has just started her first job after college in a PR firm in downtown Manhattan. She finds the dating circus in the city confusing and tiresome so running into an old friend from ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One-to-One with Author Robert LittellLittell’s latest novel “The Stalin Epigram,” is based on a riveting historical episode and is a fictional rendering of the life of the great twentieth century Russian poet Osip Mandelstam, one of the few artists in Soviet Russia who daringly refused to pay creative homage to Joseph Stalin.
A former Newsweek journalist, New York born Robert Littell has been writing about the Soviet Union and Russians since his first novel, the espionage classic The Defection of A.J.Lewinter. He is th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One-to-One with Cellist Sol GabettaSol Gabetta performs on one of the most rare and valuable cellos in the world built by G. B. Guadagnini in 1759. The cellist Sol Gabetta was born in Argentina, the daughter of French and Russian parents. She was only ten when she won her first competition in Argentina, and has received many more awards since then including the Moscow Tchaikovsky Competition and the ARD Competition in Munich and the Natalia Gutman Prize.
In 2004 Sol Gabetta made her début with the Vienna Philharmonic under ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One-to-One with author Colm TóibínTóibín’s latest novel “Brooklyn” portrays the immigrant experience and the complexities of what finally makes a place home. It tells a seemingly simple tale of a young girl and her immigration from Ireland to New York.
The Irish novelist and journalist Colm Tóibín was educated at University College Dublin where he read History and English. The author of a number of fiction and non-fiction works, Tóibín is also a regular contributor to various newspapers and magazines. His nove ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One-to-One with composer Krzysztof Penderecki"I am very lucky that artists the likes of Jean-Pierre Rampal, Anne-Sophie Mutter or Mstislav Rostropovich liked to play my music. I like to know who I am writing my music for."
The Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki studied composition at the Krakow Academy of Music where he was subsequently appointed as professor in 1958. One year later, Penderecki won all three available prizes at the II Warsaw Competition for Young Composers. To date, Penderecki has composed over 130 works - some o ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One-to-One with Author A S GreerGreer's "The Confessions of Max Tivoli," was named a best book of 2004 by the San Francisco Chronicle and the Chicago Tribune - while his latest book "The Story of a Marriage" has been described by The New York Times as ascending to the heights of masters.
Andrew Greer initially studied writing at Brown University, and later worked in various jobs in New York before completing his studies at the University of Montana. His first novel," The Path of Minor Planets," was published in 2001. His ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One-to-One with Theodor Paleologu Rumania’s Minister of CultureRumania has always had a strong cultural tradition and the month long George Enescu Music festival is just one example of the country’s vibrant cultural life.
Theodor Paleologu has been Rumania’s Minister of Culture, Religious Affairs, and Cultural Heritage since 2008 and is a member of Rumania’s Democratic Liberal Party. Born in Bucharest, Paleologu completed his secondary schooling at the city's German High School. Tertiary studies took him to Paris where he obtained a masters degr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Inspired Minds: One-to-One with Choreographer Royston MaldoomFor the past 30 years, Royston Maldoom has been the initiator and leader of numerous dance projects around the world. His work was especially honoured with the project “Rhythm is it”- where 250 kids danced Stravinsky’s "The Rite of Spring", with Simon Rattle and the Berlin PhilharmonicMaldoom initially studied agriculture, but his passion for dance was ignited, after seeing a movie of the Royal Ballet. Although already in his twenties, he immediately joined a local Cambridge dance sc ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
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