Our Mission
Whether you’re expanding your collection of recordings, curious about a piece or performer, or just looking for reviews, InterClassical is your guide through the world of classical music and opera.
The Founder & Publisher
The founder and publisher of InterClassical is Yehya Alazem. Born in Syria, he has lived across the Middle East and Europe—including the UAE, Kuwait, Sweden, and the UK—and is now based in Germany. An opera critic for over a decade, Yehya began writing for Tidskriften OPERA in Sweden and the German blog Klassik-begeistert before launching his own project, Capriccio, in 2018. His primary focus is the opera and piano repertoire of the Romantic era. He also plays the piano and the oud (Arabic lute). Yehya holds an M.Sc. in Nuclear Engineering, with a specialization in Radioactive Waste Management, and his greatest passion besides music is golf.
The Team
Per Nylén, from Sweden, is a secondary school teacher of Swedish and history, as well as an active cultural and music writer. He has contributed to publications such as Västerviks-Tidningen and Capriccio, covering a wide range of topics within classical music. His particular passions lie in opera and orchestral repertoire, though his curiosity extends across the full spectrum of classical music.
Carlos Manuel Delgado Nule is a Colombian opera writer who specialises in reviewing live performances and recordings. Since 2022, he has been giving talks on opera, combining public speaking with a growing body of written work. A lifelong opera enthusiast, he has studied opera history and amassed an extensive and ever-growing collection of recordings. Carlos holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Communication and Journalism. Outside of classical music, he is a musician and composer for Indisso, an animated rock band inspired by the sound and attitude of the 2000s. His greatest passion besides music is football.
Kirsten Liese, based in Berlin, has been working as a freelance publicist and presenter since 1994 in the fields of opera, concert, and cinema for numerous radio programs of the ARD as well as for newspapers and magazines. As an author, she has published books about Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Wagner heroines, and most recently, in 2022, a tribute to the conductor Sergiu Celibidache.
Mark Sebastian Jordan is a writer based in the central highlands of Ohio in the USA. He has worked as a music critic for over 25 years for High Fidelity Review, Surround Pro Magazine, MusicWeb International, and Seen & Heard International. He has written program notes and given music appreciation talks for the Cleveland Orchestra, Mid-Ohio Civic Opera, the Mansfield Symphony, and the Knox County Symphony. He has won awards from the Ohio Arts Council and many more. Mark has appeared on the podcasts Most Notorious, Binnall of America, and others. He writes historical true crime studies for The History Press, including The Ceely Rose Murders at Malabar Farm, The Witch of Mansfield, and The Maplehurst Murder, and writes a weekly column, History Knox, for KnoxPages.com. He has been seen on Mysteries at the Museum, Ghost Hunters, and House of the Unknown, and as a 1940s inmate in the classic film The Shawshank Redemption. Mark is deeply in love with orchestral music, chamber music, the Three B’s of rock: The Beatles, Bob (Dylan) and Bowie, R.E.M., Bluegrass, folk, and Delta blues.
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