Mentors, muses and new music: conductor and composer Ryan Wigglesworth
Conductor and composer Ryan Wigglesworth discusses his multifaceted career and his role as a featured artist at the Aldeburgh Festival. He reflects on his journey from a shy child to a prominent figure in classical music.
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The profile offers insight into the modern challenges of balancing composition, conducting, and teaching in the classical music world.
‘Composing is today seen as a specialised business, separate to the rest of music-making and life. There must be a way of joining it all up again.’ Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony at Glasgow City Halls in 2022. Photograph: Julie Broadfoot/© Julie Broadfoot View image in fullscreen ‘Composing is today seen as a specialised business, separate to the rest of music-making and life. There must be a way of joining it all up again.’ Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony at Glasgow City Halls in 2022. Photograph: Julie Broadfoot/© Julie Broadfoot Classical music Interview Mentors, muses and new music: conductor and composer Ryan Wigglesworth Alexandra Coghlan The musician first visited Aldeburgh as a teenage fanboy. Now, he is at the centre of this year’s festival as its featured artist – and he’s opening with his favourite opera
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