Category: Interviews

MASTER CRAFTSMAN: An interview with Paco Peña

by Dr Jonathan Marshall
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006

MASTER CRAFTSMAN:PHONE INTERVIEW WITH PACO PENA (CORDOBA) BY JONATHAN MARSHALL (MELBOURNE), APPROX. 20/8/1998, FOR THE SHOW FLAMENCO PASSION, MELBOURNE CONCERT HALL, 24/9/1998.[1] 
Introduction: 
Paco Peña at first seems an unlikely figure to be an international star. But it is this slight, softly spoken man who has wowed audiences all across the world with his masterful interpretation of [...]

Classical Sampling?
An interview with Elena Kats-Chernin (1999)

by Dr Jonathan Marshall
Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

Talking to composer Elena Kats-Chernin it is easy to see why she describes herself as a “subconscious sponge”. Her speech is somewhere between a gushing stream-of-consciousness and highly evolved critical reflection. The words pour out as does the self-analysis. This personal characteristic replicates the style of her compositions – a flowing progression of themes which [...]