Saxophone

Derek Brown: “You Have to Play Music Because You Love It and Because It’s Challenging, and You Have to Stay Healthy Doing It”

In this interview, we spoke with Derek Brown about the special techniques he uses on the saxophone. He advises musicians who would like to be in his field and talks about the recent struggle he overcame to continue playing the saxophone.

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Piano

Goran Filipec — “Liszt & Busoni: Orchestral Works” (Naxos, 2021)

Goran Filipec talks about his latest release for Naxos with the Kodály Philharmonic Orchestra and Imre Kollár. This is an album of rare piano and orchestral music by Liszt, including his “Hungarian Fantasy,” the youth work “De Profundis,” the first version of the “Totentanz,” as well as Busoni’s arrangement for piano and orchestra of the “Spanish Rhapsody.”

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Trumpet

Doc Severinsen: “If You’re Going to Play What You Feel Like Playing Without a Goal of Some Kind Then You’re Not Going to Make It”

In this interview, Doc Severinsen shares with Trumpet Magazine his multi-faceted experiences as a musician. Through the interview, you get tastes of Doc Severinsen on The Tonight Show, playing in Orchestras, as well as playing Latin Music in Mexico.

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