In 2023, the Verbier Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary. The man behind classical music’s most coveted festival speaks to Gramophone Editor in Chief James Jolly about his relationship with classical music, the journey that led him to create the Verbier Festival, the relationship between genius and character, and some of his most memorable encounters with legendary musical figures like Carlos Kleiber.

Called "without question the most astounding pianist of our age" by The Times, the awe-inspiring Daniil Trifonov opens up in this exclusive interview with Gramophone's James Jolly about the particular challenges of Chopin, his love for the time-honored art of transcription, the complexity of Scriabin's music, the intricacies of choosing a perfectly calibrated concert program, the American composers whose work he wants to take on as an expat living in the U.S., and a whole lot more…

Presented with the generous support of Madame Aline Foriel-Destezet.

"In classical music, we’re not here to repeat," declares the universally acclaimed Sir Antonio Pappano, "we’re here to bring back, to resuscitate, to make the music jump off the page as if it never existed before." The esteemed conductor talks with Gramophone's James Jolly about the need for constant reinvention, the right approach in bringing contemporary music to more traditional audiences, the special greatness of the London Symphony Orchestra, the changing role of the 21st-century conductor, and the danger of scheduling an early morning flight after an evening performance of Wagner's Götterdämmerung…