Kamasi Washington | My Music: ‘All music is connected in some way – like the way all people are connected, even if you don’t really acknowledge it’
The saxophonist, composer and bandleader on the links between jazz and classical music, and how he...
Victoria Wood | My Music: ‘I think it’s a big problem if the only people who have access to music lessons are middle-class’
The comedian and playwright on the need for music education and her love of choirs
Alexander Armstrong | My Music: ‘I’m devoted to Choral Evensong. I find the liturgy so beautiful... it’s just such a part of me, I adore it’
From St Mary’s Cathedral to Trinity College, Cambridge, the comedian, actor – and baritone – on the...
John Bercow | My Music: ‘Music was a constant companion in my childhood, especially Mozart’
The Speaker of the House of Commons on music to drive to, and performing in G&S
Carlos Acosta | My Music: ‘For dancers, when we learn the music, it’s already married with the movement’
The Cuban ballet star on learning to love classical music, as well as his bold plans to re-create...
Brian Moore | My Music: ‘Opera can be for everyone, so long as people are introduced to it in the right way’
Brian Moore speaks to Michael McManus about his love for opera
Christopher Lee | My Music: ‘It's been the greatest regret of my life: I still believe I was born to be an opera singer’
The actor Christopher Lee reflects on an opera career that might have been...
Hans Zimmer | My Music: ‘Bach is forever my teacher and I listen to him constantly’
The musical passions of Hans Zimmer, and how he writes music for the cinema
Jilly Cooper | My Music: ‘Children ought to be nailed to the piano! Music is terribly important‘
The writer of the racing set has always loved music, and her novel Appassionata features a...
Eric Idle | My Music: ‘At a time when everything is aiming for superficiality, classical music shows the bravery of not compromising’
‘We Pythons were first in a field with TV comedy so we could go anywhere we liked. It was much...
Julian Fellowes | My Music: ‘It's no accident that 19th-century operas get quoted in modern musicals’
The British author of Downton Abbey is fascinated by the interweaving of stories and music
Martin Scorsese | My Music: ‘Music and film are almost one and the same’
The award-winning film director talks about his love of opera and how music inspires his movies
Paul McCartney | My Music: ‘What matters to me is whether the music is good, not whether it's classical or jazz or flamenco’
The legendary Beatle, singer-songwriter and composer on crossing musical genres
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