Korean composer Unsuk Chin’s long-held dream of writing for sheng was fulfilled after she heard sheng virtuoso Wu Wei. The result was Chin's concerto, Šu -- and a close frienship. Show more

Fellow Lancastrians Harrison Birtwistle and bass John Tomlinson talk about the operatic roles Birtwistle created for Tomlinson in 'Gawain' and 'The Minotaur'. Show more

David Lang and vocalist Shara Worden talk about their collaboration on his 2012 'death speaks', Lang’s 21st century take on Schubert song inspired by Shara Worden’s at once... Show more

Composer Michael Oliva and flautist Carla Rees compare notes on the creative process.

Composer HK Gruber and trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger compare notes.

Composer Sally Beamish, fiddler Chris Stout and harpist Catriona McKay on 'Seavaigers'

Fellow Finns Magnus Lindberg and clarinettist Kari Kriikku began a long and fruitful collaboration when they met as students. By far the most famous of the many pieces worked... Show more

Mezzo Cristina Zavalloni and composer Louis Andriessen talk about their work together Show more

Mark-Anthony Turnage and jazz drummer Peter Erskine talk about a collaboration whose seeds were sown when an admiring teenage composer heard Erskine on Weather Report records... Show more

Austrian composer Thomas Larcher and British tenor Mark Padmore talk about their creative collaboration on the set of songs evoking the Tyrolean landscape that Larcher named... Show more

Gerald Barry and soprano Barbara Hannigan discuss past and future collaborations, including the role of Cecily in Barry's 2010 comic opera The Importance of Being Earnest.

Pianist Ian Pace and Michael Finnissy discuss twenty-five years of musical collaboration including Finnissy’s five-and-a-half hour piano epic, ‘The History of Photography... Show more

Composer Nico Muhly and countertenor Iestyn Davies discuss their collaboration Old Bones

Terry Riley and David Harrington from Kronos Quartet discuss their many collaborations

Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho and Finnish soprano Anu Komsi discuss their work together

Composer Julia Wolfe & guitarist Mark Stewart discuss their Bang On A Can collaborations

Steve Reich and percussionist Russell Hartenberger discuss Reich’s masterpiece 'Drumming'

Michael Nyman and contralto Hilary Summers discuss a 20-year musical collaboration

Krzysztof Penderecki & violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter discuss a 30-year musical friendship

Oliver Knussen & Claire Booth discuss their collaboration on 'Requiem: Songs for Sue'