Rieko Makita
Holly Redshaw: Does your instrument you own now have a history or biography you could tell me about? Rieko Makita: I think my piano is about fifteen years old? But it’s been either restored or kept in very good shape.
Personify
Personify is an interview series based on Holly’s Master’s research project, exploring the relationship between musicians and their instrument.
While the original interviews followed a fixed structure, recent entries use the relationship as a jumping off point for a wider musical conversation.
Christopher Michie, Flute
Can you describe three key or memorable moments with your instrument? Christopher Michie: I think playing in Buckingham Palace was one. Yep, Charlie boy was there. Then, I think it was in August last year, Aimee and I (my flute
Alison Wormell, Bassoon
Can you describe three key or memorable moments with your instrument? Alison Wormell: Um, is this with my instrument now, or instruments that I have owned in general? Holly Redshaw: They can be bassoons in general! AW: Golly! I think
Introducing ‘Personify’ – talking to musicians about their instruments
I’ve always named my instruments. Nearly every single one of them over the years has had a name of some sort, and often an attached identity. The names started out as strictly alliterative; my first flute, a beginner Yamaha model
