In this issue of our Leading Composer Series, pianist Natalia Kazaryan interviews the Juno Award-winning composer Vivian Fung. Covering topics from creative philosophy, to what happens in the creative process, to life at Juilliard, and what’s on her playlist right now. Remember you can catch up on other interviews in this series featuring Jennifer Higdon, Gabriela Lena Frank, Sarah Kirkland Snider, and Missy Mazzoli.

Pulitzer Prize and three-time Grammy-winner Jennifer Higdon joins us on Classical Post this month for an insightful convo with pianist Natalia Kazaryan. As one of the most frequently performed composers, Dr. Higdon transcends today’s classical scene with radiance. Here’s her take on leading at this level.

Fascinating composer Sarah Kirkland Snider recently released her Mass for the Endangered as a type of call for action or consciousness about the environmental crisis the world faces. In a very special interview, pianist and scholar Natalia Kazaryan chats with Ms. Snider to gain greater clarity on this new recording and her life as a highly-respected female composer.

Prolific composer Missy Mazzoli’s opera Proving Up, with a libretto by Royce Vavrek, was released as an album this August 2020. Pianist Natalia Kazaryan interviews Missy Mazzoli to discuss Proving Up, the future of opera, Luna Composition Lab, upcoming projects and more.

Pianist Natalia Kazaryan interviews Composer/Pianist Gabriela Lena Frank to discuss her latest album Her Own Wings, compositional language, and career at-large . Both artists studied under Logan Skelton at University of Michigan, where each received a DMA (in different eras).