German lyric tenor Christoph Prégardien talks to Primephonic’s Rina Sitorus about the perfect combination of singing, teaching and conducting, alongside his 40-year career and upcoming project(s) with Challenge Records. Prégardien is praised as one of the most distinguished lyric tenors of our time, with extensive repertoire that includes the great baroque, classical and romantic oratorios…
An interview with Tasmin Little: energy and poetry
Tasmin Little has firmly established herself as one of today’s leading international violinists. An exclusive recording artist for Chandos Records, Tasmin just recorded two further discs for Chandos. The first, the World Premiere of Roxanna Panufnik’s Four World Seasons written for Tasmin, coupled with Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and recorded with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, was…
website copywriting
Came across this today, copywriting I did for http://www.pln.co.id, the Indonesia state-owned electricity company. It’s a collector’s item thing since apparently they put this (the English version) offline some time ago.
An interview with Jean-Efflam Bavouzet: life is not a straight line
primephonic’s Rina Sitorus speaks to the gregarious French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet about his not-your-everyday musical journey in a very engaging and horizon-expanding conversation. How did your journey start? You chose piano when you already had your diploma from the Paris Conservatoire. Were you not ‘too late’ to make the decision after studying oboe, percussion…
An interview with JoAnn Falletta: the explorer
I guess the fear for me is that there’ll be some great composers who I will never have found! Hailed as a “leading force for the music of our time”, for her work as a conductor, communicator, recording artist, audience builder, champion of American composers and distinguished musical citizen, JoAnn Falletta serves as Music Director…
Rumah Tusuk Sate Beraura Perlawanan
Sebagai seorang pengamat sastra ala-ala, saya senang sekali ketika diminta Joss Wibisono untuk tandem dengan Lea Pamungkas jadi pewawancara pada acara peluncuran dua novelnya, ‘Rumah Tusuk Sate di Amsterdam Selatan’ & ‘Nai Kai’ di Amsterdam. Kumpulan cerita Rumah Tusuk Sate di Amsterdam berawal dari keinginan Joss untuk memberi ‘panggung’ pada sejarah perlawanan pemuda Indonesia melawan…
storytelling done right: Apple
Apple has been successful in building a powerful connection with its customers by communicating messages about their products through stories.
storytelling for internal communications workshop – Arnhem Business School in Arnhem – may 2017
In one of their guest lecturing programs, I guided a strategic storytelling in internal communications workshop for the second year communication students at Arnhem Business School in Arnhem, the Netherlands. They had been given a task to have a deeper look into a diversity policy of a giant multinational company and how they could present…
Instabilitas Toleransi: Indonesia
This article is part of Transposing Emblem: Instability Exhibition held in The Deep End, 1080 Wyckoff Avenue, Queens, NY In mid-2016 a riot in the North Sumatra province of Indonesia saw several Buddhist temples set on fire. The riot was provoked by a hoax disseminated through social media. Someone began spreading lies that a Buddhist…
22 rules of storytelling from Pixar
Pixar story artist Emma Coats has tweeted a series of of rules of storytelling so you can learn how to tell a story the Pixar way: #1: You admire a character for trying more than for their successes. #2: You gotta keep in mind what’s interesting to you as an audience, not what’s fun to…
think storytelling 