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RISE: Use the stage as an avenue for speaking out against wrong-doings

May 29, 2010 by · 2 comments

Interview by Yana Radilova with the music band RISE How did you get involved with music? Chloe: We got involved in music in many different ways. Firstly, our parents are folk musicians and brought us up with old time Appalachian music and dance since we were little girls. We spent many weekends in the mountains […]

Artist of the Week – Ivo Stankov

May 25, 2010 by · 6 comments

Kosara Belnikolova’s interview with the violinist Ivo Stankov Ivo Stankov has become one of the Bulgaria’s leading artists of his generation. He has performed extensively as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral leader in numerous countries. Ivo’s studies took place at Dobri Hristov School of Music and Arts in his hometown Varna, the Royal Conservatoire […]

Yoni Vidal – I put all that I have in my music, so listen with your ears, but also with your heart

April 14, 2010 by · No comments

An interview with the guitarist and music composer Yoni Vidal by Dessislava Berndt Yoni, what is the meaning of music for you? For me music is a mixture of different sounds respecting the harmony and the color of each other that, when put together, become a powerful creation that can create emotions and memories to […]

Artist of the Week — Malek Jandali

March 15, 2010 by · 8 comments

Interview with Syrian composer and pianist Malek Jandali The touch of the hand on the piano is the purest expression of the soul. At least this is how I feel Is it possible to create music compiled between melody based on the oldest music notation in the world, discovered in the ancient city of Ugarit, […]

Artist of the Week – Andrea Centazzo: I Have Always Done What I Had in Mind with No Compromises and No Regrets

October 19, 2009 by · 1 comment

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the composer and musician Andrea Centazzo Tell us please how your carrier as a musician and a composer has started? I never had regular music school training when I was young, basically I was mostly drumming and singing with a schoolmate rock band until I was 22. After that I decided […]

Music should be great regardless of a style

August 18, 2009 by · 1 comment

Velina Vateva’s interview with Digital Angel What does “to create” mean to you? Do you think the word tremendously changes its meaning because of the new techniques? “To create” means to make something out of nothing. I don’t think that words should change their meaning. New techniques are not dangerous for real music or – […]

Artist of the Week – Veronika Harcsa

August 17, 2009 by · 3 comments

Velina Veteva presents Veronika Harcsa Music makes me as open as I can be. Since I’m on stage I’ve become much more open in my personal life. I’ve learned that only honest things work. If music did not exist, I would be a computer scientist. I almost finished the Technical University, but thanks to music, […]

You Can Never Receive Enough Sex Education

June 27, 2009 by · 2 comments

Interview with Sex Education by trilby*foxglove A four-piece pop band from Liverpool. Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? Well, it shouldn’t. Here is something energetic, sassy and really fresh. When Chris Ward, Zoë Alex, Kai Sheen and Chris Barlett created Sex Education, their primary concern was obviously not to put out a sound that the music industry […]