Sir Mark Elder
Interview recorded at Royal Opera House 2008
48' 18"
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Mark Elder is Music Director of the Hallé and works regularly with the world’s leading symphony orchestras and, in the UK, enjoys close associations with both the London Philharmonic and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. In the USA he has enjoyed a long-standing relationship with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, his most recent project for whom was a three-week Dvorak Festival in June 2009. He appears frequently in many of the most prominent international opera houses, including Covent Garden, the Metropolitan Opera New York, and the Opéra National de Paris and was the first British conductor to conduct a new production at the Bayreuth Festival. Last year Mark Elder was awarded a Knighthood for his services to music.
What kind of person becomes a conductor? And what do they really go through? Mark Elder revealed to me his very personal and private journey. It was amazing to hear him talk so openly and intensely about his love of music and his approach to communicating with orchestras and the public. I found it an emotional experience talking with Mark and feeling his positive energy for music and for its' future.
Robert
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