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Front Row: Pianist Christian Blackshaw, tech-inspired funding for artists, playwright Rabiah Hussain

Pianist Christian Blackshaw, tech-inspired funding for artists, playwright Rabiah Hussain

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Pianist Christian Blackshaw performs, a new funding model for art and a new play on words

Pianist Christian Blackshaw, tech-inspired funding for artists, playwright Rabiah Hussain.

Christian Blackshaw is a renowned classical pianist but has made only a handful of records preferring the concert platform. Ahead of his appearance at the Oxford Piano Festival on 29 July and as a prelude to that talks to Samira about his career and plays in the Front Row studio.

What can the world of fine art learn from the tech start-ups of Silicon Valley? Samira speaks to entrepreneur and musician Joey Flores, the co-founder of Inversion Art, a company proposing a new training programme and business model for artists. We also hear from painter and sculptor Servane Mary, one of the first artists to sign up to the programme and from Melanie Gerlis, art market author and columnist for the Financial Times.

Rabiah Hussain’s new play at the Royal Court explores the power of words – how the ripple effect of what someone in a position of power says publicly can influence views, create mindsets and even incite violence.  She joins Samira to discuss.   
 
Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Kirsty McQuire

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