With more than 180.000 subscribers on YouTube alone Annique Goettler is a not just a classical pianist – but also a successful content creator. I met the pianist in Stuttgart where we spoke about her musical journey and the role of social media for a professional music career.

Ashish Kumar is a diplomat from Singapore who also runs a popular YouTube channel – where he posts and comments recordings of classical music. In our interview we discuss his journey as a YouTuber, musician, and composer – and why Schumann’s Traeumerei is such a special piece of music.

Albert Frantz began piano studies at the unusual age of 17 – years after a childhood teacher proclaimed he would never be able to play piano. I met Albert at the Musikverein in the city of Vienna for my first diatonic interview, where he’s a Fulbright scholar and Boesendorfer artist.