Thoroughly drenched in notes I walked out into the late summer night appreciating that I have had the privilege of being there, it is one of the music world’s great shows.
When the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain appeared on the programme for the Windsor Festival last month I knew that the town was in for a treat, but secretly wondered if the orchestra could move on from their online success. They did not disappoint.
As the stage is set and the violins tuned for this year’s Windsor Festival, Beat Magazine talks to last year’s winner of the string competition, Diana Galvydyte, about her musical loves, the future and what makes the Windsor Festival International String Competition so special.
“When I arrived I was the youngest in the choir by some way, and the only one born in the 80’s. Four of the choir, three of the basses and one alto, had been in the choir longer than I had been alive.”
Waking up one day and asking herself “What can I do to help young musicians?” Sinead O’Carroll became the energy and inspiration behind the International String Competition, supported by Windsor Festival.
Derek Reay is a photographer living and working in Windsor, Berkshire, he photographed 100 people in Windsor for a book titled – not surprisingly – ’100 People in Windsor’. One year later, The Firestation Arts Centre and Windsor Festival jointly sponsored a project to reunite as many of the original 100 people together for an [...]
As well as his uncanny resemblance to Oscar Wilde, it is his gentle and sympathetic approach to the character and his story that affects the viewer and I would recommend this film for Fry’s casting, if for nothing else.
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