These interviews have been published in New Music Connoisseur
[You are invited to visit the NMC website]


Composer Joan Tower (Spring, 2001)
Composer Easley Blackwood (Summer, 2001)
Composer Brian Fennelly (Fall, 2001)
Composer Karel Husa (Winter, 2001)
Composer Robert Carl (Spring, 2002)
Composer/Critic Virgil Thomson (Summer, 2002)
Composer Elizabeth Austin (Fall, 2002)
Pianist David Holzman (Summer, 2003)
Composer Ruth Schonthal (Fall/Winter, 2003)
Composer George Walker (Spring, 2004)
Composer Alan Hovhaness (Spring/Summer, 2005)
Composer William Mayer (Summer/Fall, 2006)
Soprano Elsa Charlston (Fall/Winter, 2006)
Composer Leo Kraft (Spring/Summer, 2008)








These interviews have been posted exclusively on this website

Composer/Conductor Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Composer Isang Yun
Composer/Radio Producer Robert Simpson
Composer Henryk-Mikolaj Górecki
Soprano June Anderson
Tenor Rockwell Blake
Trumpeter Crispian Steele-Perkins
Composer Karlheinz Essl
Composer Pozzi Escot
Guitarist Angel Romero
Composer/Author Paul Bowles
Conductor James DePreist
Composer Arnold Rosner
Conductor Charles Dutoit
Composer Krzystof Penderecki
Composer/Pianist John La Montaine
Pianist Maurizio Pollini
Composer Eric Ewazen
Violist/Conductor Yuri Bashmet
Flutist Samuel Baron
Composer Lou Harrison
Composer/Conductor/Pianist/Administrator Morton Gould
Trumpeter Timofei Dokshizer
Composer/Pianist Robert Helps
Composer/Pianist/Technician David Tudor
Composer Chou Wen-Chung
Conductor Antal Doráti
Conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli
Composer/Conductor Carlos Surinach
Pianist John Browning
Composer Johan Franco
Oboist Ingo Goritzki
Bassoonist Milan Turkovic
Recorder Player Michala Petri
Composer Conlon Nancarrow
Lutenist Paul O'Dette
Composer Romeo Cascarino
Composer Hayden Wayne
Composer Gian Carlo Menotti
Composer Malcolm Williamson
Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman
Pianist/Composer Noël Lee
Composer Arne Nordheim
Recording Producer Wilma Cozart Fine
Composer Elie Siegmeister
Conductor Leonard Slatkin
Contrabassoonist Susan Nigro
Composer/Pianist Frederic Rzewski
Accordionist Robert Davine
Trombonist Christian Lindberg
Composer David Raksin
Composer Elliott Carter
Composer/Conductor Alfred Reed
Harpist Yolanda Kondonassis
Composer Rodion Shchedrin
Composer Irwin Bazelon
Percussionist Evelyn Glennie
Composer William Mathias
Conductor Raymond Leppard
Contrabassist Bertram Turetzky
Composer Morten Lauridsen
Conductor Christopher Keene
Conductor Riccardo Chailly
Pianist/Conductor Mikhail Pletnev
Conductor Frederick Fennell
Pianist Alfred Brendel






These articles have been linked to other websites
(All have interview material)

CSO Brass Buddies Concert
           (Linked to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Website in March, 2001)

COT Good Soldier Schweik
           (Linked to the Chicago Opera Theater Website in March, 2001)

Interview with Conductor Nicholas Cleobury
           (Linked to the Chicago Opera Theater Website in June, 2001)

Woodstock Mozart Festival
           (Given to the Woodstock Festival in July, 2001)

Interview with Violinist Maxim Vengerov
           (Given to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in September, 2001)

Interview with Pianist Alexander Toradze
           (Given to the Northbrook Symphony Orchestra in January, 2002)

Interview with Mezzo-Soprano Vesselina Kasarova
           (Given to the Opera Orchestra of New York in October, 2006)

Interview with Tenor Ramón Vargas
           (Given to the Opera Orchestra of New York in October, 2006)







These are some of the interviews which have been published in The Opera Journal
My interviews have appeared regularly since September, 1985. (LIST) Those posted here are as submitted, except for a few as published* . Most of these now include photographs

Mezzo-Soprano Teresa Berganza [September, 1985]
Quizmaster Edward Downes [September, 1986]
Prompter Jane Klaviter [December, 1987]*
The Earl of Harewood [March, 1988]
Producer Boris Goldovsky [June, 1988]
Manager Ardis Krainik [September, 1989]
Bass William Warfield [March, 1990]
Conductor/Director Sarah Caldwell [March, 1994]
Librettist Harvey Hess [June, 1994]*
Captain of Supers Ken Recu [December, 1994]
Counter-Tenor Jeffrey Gall [September, 1995]
Bass Eric Halfvorson [September, 1996]
Tenor Paul Groves [June/September, 1998]
Lighting Designer Duane Schuler [December, 1998]
Soprano Laura Aikin [March, 1999]
Bass Mark S. Doss [June, 1999]
Tenor Thomas Moser [September, 2000]
Composer Robert Ward [December, 2000]
Soprano Patricia Racette [March, 2001]
Mezzo-Soprano Susan Graham [June, 2001]
Chorus Master Donald Palumbo [September, 2001]
Baritone Alexandru Agache [December, 2001]
Tenor George Shirley [March, 2002]
Conductor Yakov Kreizberg [June, 2002]
Soprano Leontina Vaduva [September, 2002]
Baritone Rodney Gilfry [June, 2003]
Tenor David Cangelosi [September/December, 2003]
Soprano Sheryl Woods [March, 2004]
Mezzo-Soprano Gillian Knight [June, 2004]
Bass-Baritone John Del Carlo [December, 2005]
Tenor Robin Leggate [June, 2006]
Ballet Master Maria Tallchief [September, 2006]
Soprano Andrea Gruber
Conductor Emmanuel Villaume






These articles have been published in CityTalk Magazine. The originals, as submitted to the editor, are posted here.
(Most have interview material)

All Mozart, All the Time (January 26, 2001)
The Heifetz Centennial (February 2, 2001)
The Trojans at Orchestra Hall (February 9, 2001)
Love & Music (February 16, 2001)
           (Considered by the editor, but not used)
Schubert Celebration on WFMT (February 23, 2001)
           (Requested by the editor, but not used)
Presenting Lawrence Rapchak (March 2, 2001)
           (Considered by the editor, but not used)
The Death of WNIB (March 9, 2001)
Alfred Brendel at Orchestra Hall (April 13, 2001)
           (Scheduled to run, but dropped for space)
Verdi Requiem at Orchestra Hall (April 20, 2001)
Boulez and Uchida at Orchestra Hall (April 27, 2001)
Bach Week in Evanston (May 4, 2001)

Nothing further of mine will be given to this publication





From 1980 until 1992, 45 of my interviews (plus five articles) were published in Wagner News, the newsletter of the Wagner Society of America. (LIST) Eventually, more will be posted on this website, but for now, here are the most-requested ones . . .
Tenor Jon Vickers [October, 1986] Soprano Anna Tomowa-Sintow [December, 1987] Conductor Christopher Keene [September, 1988] Director August Everding [October, 1988] Soprano Birgit Nilsson [Summer, 1989]






From 1982 until 1993, 32 of my interviews (plus one article) were published in The Massenet Newsletter, the semi-annual journal of The Massenet Society. (LIST) Eventually, more will be posted on this website, but for now, here are a few from that series . . .
Conductor/Composer Manuel Rosenthal [January, 1987] Soprano Joan Sutherland and Conductor Richard Bonynge [July, 1990] Soprano Jarmila Novotna [June, 1992] Soprano Faith Esham [July, 1993]






From 1984 until 1987, 9 of my interviews were published in Nit & Wit, a bi-monthly literary arts magazine. (LIST) Eventually, more will be posted on this website, but for now, here is one from that series . . .
Baritone Benjamin Luxon [January, 1986]






In June of 1990, I was asked by Northwestern University to deliver the Address to the Graduates at the School of Music Commencement Convocation. To read that address and see pictures of the event, click HERE





To see the full list of my interview guests click HERE
[This list is being kept up to date]





To see the list of my published interviews click HERE