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Inspired Minds continues to bring you portraits of many of the world's great minds.


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Inspired Minds: One-to-One with Australian Poet Robert Gray
"I think I like to write because I discover what I think about things that way. I wouldn’t understand my own experience if I didn’t write about it." Robert Gray began writing poems while working as a journalist and, later worked in various jobs which included teaching and as a reviewer for the ABC and the Sydney Morning Herald. The recipient of numerous grants and Gray taught at various universities in Australia and at Tokyo’s Meiji University. He is regarded as an outstanding landscape p...

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[ Mon, 18 May 2009 16:30:00 GMT ]


Inspired Minds: One to One with the pianist András Schiff – Part 2
In 1999 Schiff founded his own chamber orchestra, "The Cappella Andrea Barca," which consists of international soloists and chamber musicians. Hungarian born András Schiff started piano lessons at the age of five. Subsequently he continued his musical studies at the Liszt Academy with György Kurtág and in London with George Malcolm. Recitals and special cycles, i.e. the major keyboard works of J.S. Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann and Bartók form an important part o...

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[ Mon, 11 May 2009 16:30:00 GMT ]


Inspired Minds: One–to–One with Anne Sofie von Otter - Part 2
The mezzo-soprano is considered one of the finest singers of her generation and is thus sought after by many of the world's major conductors, orchestras, opera and recording companies.Born in Stockholm Anne Sofie von Otter studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with Vera Rosza. She also attended classes in lied interpretation with Geoffrey Parsons in London and Erik Werba in Vienna. Von Otter is a regular performer at Covent Garden, The Metropolitan Opera and in the opera h...

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[ Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:30:00 GMT ]


Inspired Minds: One–to–One with author Michael Connelly
Connelly’s book "Blood Work" was adapted for a movie that was directed by Clint Eastwood The American writer Michael Connelly initially worked as a crime reporter for the Los Angeles Times, one of the US’s largest newspapers. After three years on the crime beat in L.A., he began writing his first novel that featured Detective Harry Bosch. The novel, The Black Echo - based in part on a true crime that had occurred in Los Angeles - was published in 1992 and won the Edgar Award for Best First ...

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[ Mon, 6 Apr 2009 16:30:00 GMT ]


Inspired Minds: One–to–One with poet and actress Lebogang Mashile
Lebogang Mashile is much more than South Africa’s most popular poet. Indeed, former South African President Thabo Mbeki, invited her to address the nation at his inauguration. The thirty year-old actress and community organizer studied law before she became a spoken word performer. Now, as South Africa prepares for its forthcoming election, Leboghang Mashile leaves all comfort zones behind to take stock of her country’s progress -- 15 years after Nelson Mandela was voted president of the Ra...

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[ Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:30:00 GMT ]


Inspired Minds: One–to–One with poet and actress Lebogang Mashile
Lebogang Mashile is much more than South Africa’s most popular poet. Indeed, former South African President Thabo Mbeki, invited her to address the nation at his inauguration. The thirty year-old actress and community organizer studied law before she became a spoken word performer. Now, as South Africa prepares for it’s forthcoming election, Lebogang Mashile leaves all comfort zones behind to take stock of her country’s progress -- 15 years after Nelson Mandela was voted president of the ...

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[ Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:45:00 GMT ]


Inspired Minds: One–to–One with crime writer Asa Larrson
Åsa Larsson made her writing debut in 2003 with the novel "Sun Storm." The book was awarded the Swedish Crime Writers’ Association Prize for best debut novel and rights have now been sold to ten further countries. Swedish-born author Åsa Larsson is a fully qualified lawyer but stopped practicing that profession after her writing debut thriller in 2003. Her second book - " The Spilt" - was chosen as Best Swedish Crime Novel of 2004 and also enjoyed an immediate success. Born in an isolated...

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[ Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:45:00 GMT ]


Inspired Minds: One-to-One with Conductor Osmo Vänskä
"I had two dreams in my life – one was to become a clarinettist and the latter, to become a conductor… today, I’m pretty happy about my life " (Osmo Vänskä) Osmo Vänskä started his musical career as an orchestral clarinettist with the Turku Philharmonic and went on to become the principal clarinet of the Helsinki Philharmonic. Prior to winning France’s Besancon Young Conductor's Competition in 1982 he had studied conducting at the renowned Sibelius Academy. Particularly renowned for...

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[ Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:45:00 GMT ]


Inspired Minds: One–to–One with Crime Writer Val McDermid
This week one of Europe's biggest literature festivals, the LitCologne, gets underway. One of the star attractions at this year's event is renowned Scottish crime writer Val McDermid. Val McDermid grew up in Scotland and studied English at Oxford University. She trained as a journalist and worked on various national newspapers before becoming a writer. McDermid has written a large number of crime novels including The Lindsay Gordon Mystery series and The Kate Branningan Mystery series and her ...

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[ Sun, 8 Mar 2009 00:45:00 GMT ]


Inspired Minds: One-to-One with violinist Joshua Bell
Joshua Bell is internationally renowned as a great performer of contemporary and classical repertoire. He is currently on a European tour with the Minnesota Orchestra performing the Samuel Barber Violin Concerto. Joshua Bell started playing the violin at an early age and by 14 he had made his professional debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra. After this performance he went on to study with the legendary Josef Gingold and from there his career took flight. Equally at home as a soloist, chamber...

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[ Sun, 1 Mar 2009 00:45:00 GMT ]


Inspired Minds: One-to-one with Berlinale Director Dieter Kosslick
Germany’s biggest film festival – the Berlin International Film festival - came to a close a few days ago. In total 383 films were shown and approximately 270.000 tickets were sold – an audience record. Today we meet the event’s Director - Dieter Kosslick. It was back in 2001 that Dieter Kosslick took over the creative direction and management of the Berlin ale. Kosslick - who was born in 1948 - studied communication, politics and education. He worked as a research assistant, and lat...

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[ Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:45:00 GMT ]


Inspired Minds: One–to-One With Academy Award-Winning Director Adam Elliot
Adam Elliot is one of the world's most celebrated animators. His films "Uncle," "Cousin," "Brother" and "Harvie Krumpet" have been viewed by millions of people around the world. This week he presented his latest film "Mary and Max" at the Berlinale in Berlin. Elliot grew up in outback Australia. After his father's business went bankrupt, the family moved to Melbourne. As a child he spent hours drawing and creating characters out of pipe cleaners and egg cartons. Elliot went on the study at The V...

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[ Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:45:00 GMT ]


Inspired Minds: One-to-One with Beki Probst, Director of the European Film Market
This week the Berlin Film Festival, the Berlinale, gets underway and will run until Feb. 15. Alongside this mammoth film event is the European Film Market, which has been directed by Beki Probst since 1988. Born in Istanbul Beki Probst initially studied law and journalism. From 1981 to 1988 she was the Berlin International Film Festival's delegate for Turkey and Greece and also served on the selection board of the Locarno film festival until the mid-nineties. Under her management the European ...

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[ Sun, 1 Feb 2009 00:45:00 +0000 ]


Inspired Minds: One-to-One with Trumpeter and Composer Markus Stockhausen (Part 2)
As a trumpet soloist, improviser and composer of jazz, Markus Stockhausen feels as much at home in contemporary, as he does in classical music. But being the son of one of the world's most-renowned composers, wasn't always easy. Markus Stockhausen studied piano and trumpet at the Cologne Music Academy and was the winner of the German Music Competition in 1981. Since that time, he has appeared regularly as a soloist with orchestras around the world and is regular guest at international music fe...

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[ Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:45:00 +0000 ]


Inspired Minds: One to One with the Trumpeter and Composer Markus Stockhausen Part 1
As a trumpet soloist, improviser and composer of jazz, Markus Stockhausen feels as much at home in contemporary, as he does in classical music. Markus Stockhausen studied piano and trumpet at the Cologne Music Academy and was the winner of the German Music Competition in 1981. Since that time he has appeared regularly as a soloist with orchestras around the world and is regular guest at international music festivals. Markus is the son of the renowned composer, Karlheinz Stockhausen who died in ...

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[ Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:45:00 +0000 ]


Inspired Minds: One to One with Dancer/Choreographer Gregor Seyffert
Gregor Seyffert is one of Germany’s most renowned dancer/chorographers. His productions are renowned for combining dance with acrobatics, theatre and music in some of the most unlikely performance venues. Already in 1986, while still a student at the Berlin State Ballet School, Gregor Seyffert won the Prix de Lausanne d'Or, one of the most coveted prizes for young dance students.After graduation, he proceeded directly to a solo engagement at the Comic Opera in Berlin—a great exception even...

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[ Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:45:00 +0000 ]


Inspired Minds: One to one with mystery writer Simon Beckett
„Whispers of the Dead“, Simon Beckett’s third novel appears this month – much to the relief of his fans around the world. After an MA in English, Simon Beckett spent several years as a property repairer and played percussion in several bands. Since 1992 he has been a freelance journalist, and more recently a renowned crime writer, who was has managed to thrill readers all over the world with his series of books that feature a forensic anthropologist Dr. David Hunter as their main char...

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[ Sun, 4 Jan 2009 00:45:00 +0000 ]


Inspired Minds: The Best of Inspired Minds 2008 Part 1 with Ken Follett and Giora Feidmann
This is the first of two special editions of Inspired Minds where we look back at some of the 2008 programme highlights. We also remember one of the most influential composers of the 20th century, Mauricio Kagel who died in 2008.The composer Mauricio Kagel died on September 18th 2008. His compositions - from the noisiest to the rigorous and often beautiful solo piano works - universally demonstrated his deep awareness of musical history, the same considered engagement with music’s many meaning...

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[ Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:45:00 +0000 ]


Inspired Minds: One to one with the jazz musician Klaus Doldinger
Klaus Doldinger is one of Germany’s most renowned jazz musicians and composers. He is best-known for leading the fusion band Passport for over three decades, and for his countless compositions for film and television. Doldinger’s musical career started back in 1947 and by 1961, he had become a modern tenor saxophonist, working with such top visiting and expatriate Americans as Don Ellis, Benny Bailey and Kenny Clarke and recording as a leader for Philips, World Pacific, and Liberty. In this ...

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[ Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:45:00 +0000 ]


Inspired Minds: One to one with Dianne Reeves
The American jazz singer Dianne Reeves is a four-time Grammy award winner. Reeves has toured with Harry Belafonte and sang in Billy Childs' jazz band "Night Flight." More recently, Reeves starred in George Clooney’s film "Good Night and Good Luck" and won the Grammy for best jazz vocal for the film's soundtrack. In this week’s Inspired Minds, Dianne Reeves talks to Breandáin O’Shea about her latest album, why she chose the songs she has and her feelings about where jazz is heading in the 21st ce...

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[ Sun, 7 Dec 2008 00:45:00 +0000 ]


Inspired Minds: One to One with countertenor and conductor René Jacobs
“You can not really understand any opera – Mozart even Wagner - without knowing the music of Claudio Monteverdi” - René Jacobs René Jacobs began singing as a choirboy at the cathedral of his native city of Ghent in Belgium. While studying Classics at the University of Ghent, he continued his musical training in Brussels, then at The Hague. There he met the great counter tenor Alfred Deller who encouraged him to become a counter tenor. In the space of a few years he became one of the most emi...

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[ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:45:00 +0000 ]


Inspired Minds: One to One with mystery writer Kate Mosse
Kate Mosse’s “Labyrinth” was a New York Times best-seller and in 2006 the UK's biggest selling title. The British author Kate Mosse, not to be confused with the model, is making a name for herself around the world with her historical mystery novels. Mosse’s first novel, Eskimo Kissing, was published to great acclaim in 1996, followed in 1998 a time-travel thriller, called Crucifix Lane. Her short stories and articles have appeared in a range of magazines, newspapers and anthologies.Kate Mosse...

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[ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:45:00 +0000 ]


Inspired Minds: One to One with Author Gail Jones
“My first identifications and interest in otherness, if you like, was with Asian and Aboriginal culture, and only later with European culture through reading. So there is a sort of layering effect there that I think many Australians feel, in terms of interest and dialogue and who we are in dialogue with” Gail Jones Gail Jones recently took up a position as professor within the Writing and Society Research Group at the University of Western Sydney. She is the author of two short-story collect...

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[ Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:45:00 +0000 ]


Inspired Minds: One to one with composer/conductor Matthias Pintscher
Pintscher is one of Germany’s most exciting young composers, whose awards include first prize in the Hitzacker Composition Competition, the Salzburg Easter Festival Composition Prize and the Hindemith Prize from the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival . Matthias Pintscher gained his early experience playing the violin in local youth orchestras and conducting them. He studied composition with Giselher Klebe and Manfred Trojahn and formative influences included encounters with the composers Hans ...

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[ Sun, 9 Nov 2008 00:45:00 +0000 ]


Inspired Minds: One to One with the pianist András Schiff – Part Two
"When I was a young man I rebelled against the music of Beethoven. I needed to reach the age of 50 to really appreciate it and now I really got the message. "Hungarian born András Schiff started piano lessons at the age of five . Subsequently he continued his musical studies at the Liszt Academy with György Kurtág and in London with George Malcolm. Recitals and special cycles, i.e. the major keyboard works of J.S. Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann and Bartók form an impo...

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[ Sun, 2 Nov 2008 00:45:00 +0000 ]


Inspired Minds: One to One with the pianist András Schiff – Part One
Among the highlights at Bonn’s Beethoven festival this year were two concerts featuring András Schiff and his own chamber orchestra, the Cappella Andrea Barca. The ensemble, which consists of international soloists and chamber musicians, was founded by Schiff in 1999.Hungarian born András Schiff started piano lessons at the age of five . Subsequently he continued his musical studies at the Liszt Academy with György Kurtág and in London with George Malcolm. Recitals and special cycles, i.e. the m...

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[ Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:45:00 +0000 ]


Inspired Minds: Frankfurt Book Fair Special – One to One with Author Moris Farhi
This week the annual Frankfurt Book Fair is underway where the theme country Turkey. Moris Farhi was born in Turkey, and although he has been living in Britain for much of his life, his Turkish heritage is evident throughout his many novels, plays and poems. Alongside all this Moris Farhi has written extensively for film and television. His many poems have appeared in British, US and International publications and in the anthology of 20th Century Jewish Poets, Voices Within the Ark. Moris Farhi...

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[ Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:45:00 +0000 ]


Inspired Minds: One to One with Author Ken Follett
Around 100 million copies of Ken Follet’s books have been sold world-wide. His latest book "World Without End" is the long-awaited sequel to "The Pillars of the Earth." Ken Follett was born in Cardiff, Wales in 1949 and graduated from University College, London, with a degree in philosophy. Follet first worked as a journalist and then went to work for a small London publishing house, Everest Books, eventually becoming Deputy Managing Director, but he continued to write novels in his spare tim...

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[ Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:45:00 +0000 ]


Inspired Minds: One to One with Crime Writer Minette Walters
Minette Walters latest thriller, “The Chameleon’s Shadow” has shot to the top of bestseller charts all over the worldCrime writer Minette Walters first book ”The Ice House” became a worldwide best-seller just months after it’s publication. It won the Crime Writers' Association John Creasey Award in the UK for best first novel and was translated into several languages within six months of initial publication. Her second novel, “The Sculptress” won the Edgar Allen Poe Award and a further seven nov...

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[ Sun, 5 Oct 2008 00:45:00 +0000 ]


Inspired Minds: Remembering the late Mauricio Kagel, one of the 20th century’s most influential composers
In this special programme we remember the late composer Mauricio Kagel, who died on September 18th. His compositions universally demonstrate his deep awareness of musical history, the same considered engagement with music’s many meanings and its place in human life.Although born and educated in Argentina, Mauricio Kagel had been a long-time resident of Germany, and was for more than half a century one of the most inventive and wide-ranging figures in contemporary music. Kagel’s work defied easy...

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[ Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:45:00 +0000 ]

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