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Meet the Artist......Robert Saxton, composer

Who or what inspired you to take up composing and make it your career? I started the recorder at school, the violin and piano. I always preferred writing music down to practising! ….

Meet the Artist......Scott Inglis-Kidger, conductor

Scott Inglis-Kidger

Another interview in my Meet the Artist series, with Scott Inglis-Kidger, a conductor and vocal coach based in London. He is Founder and Director of Platinum Consort and Director of Music for Thomas’s Choral Society.

Meet the Artists….. Some of the musicians from my Meet the Artist project.

Clockwise from top left: Tim Benjamin, Alex Woolf, Craig Stratton, Melanie Spanswick, Jennifer Johnston, Peter Donohoe, Scott Inglis-Kidger, Mahan Esfahani, Clara Rodriguez

The Meet the Artist Project

Meet the Artist is a series of interviews in which professional musicians, composers and conductors discuss inspirations, influences, repertoire, performance, teaching and more. The interview takes the form of a short questionnaire and is loosely based on the Proust Questionnaire. The project is not confined to classical musicians.

If you would like to participate in this project, please download and complete a Meet the Artist Questionnaire or contact me at meettheartist@hotmail.com. For updates and news, please visit the Meet the Artist Facebook page.

Forthcoming interviewees include pianist Clara Rodriguez, conductor Scott Inglis-Kidger, harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani, violinist Craig Stratton, composer Tim Benjamin, Southbank Duo, Stile Antico, JACK Quartet, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston, pianist Peter Donohoe, and Alan George, violist with the Fitzwilliam Quartet.

The interviews: