What people really should be able to be confident in is that the standards of music- making that classically trained musicians present is elite, it is the best and all of us as artists should be committed to that.

I do hope that our spring will be starting shortly and we will all be able to enjoy some sunshine again.

What people really should be able to be confident in is that the standards of music- making that classically trained musicians present is elite, it is the best and all of us as artists should be committed to that.

I'm engaging my diaphragm as I'm speaking to you right now.

Nobody inspired me more than Julie Andrews, who is a classically trained soprano herself.

I'm very pro presenting the best music I can to the widest audience possible.

One of the problems that we face through the media attention that these artists receive is that there has been an awful lot of talk about opera and classical music being elite and being for an elitist group.