"I didn't know you could be a composer, because I had never played anything by somebody who was alive." Meet this year's Malko composer, Angélica Négron from Puerto Rico, who is interested in all kinds of sounds - not just those of a classical orchestra.

Malko flautists Anna Nykvist and Mikael Beier talk about their efforts to make the candidates feel as comfortable on the podium as possible - even though their own nerves are being tested, too.

Omar El Jamali & Omer Shteinhart talks about the similarities in heavy metal and classical

Welcome speech by the Chief Conductor of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi