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Originally Posted by GreenLantern
I have always wanted to get into classical music but wasn't sure where to start..
I really like Jazz, listen to quite a bit of it.. any suggestions that would be a sort of bridge?
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One guy I'd recommend is Nikolai Kapustin. Russian classical composer who's very interested in fusing jazz and classical (often Baroque) forms, and has in turn become influential in terms of modern jazz piano.
If you listen to a lot of jazz, you're probably familiar with Keith Jarrett. He does a lot of classical exploration in his music, and is very involved in the contemporary chamber music industry. One of the links I had in my previous post - The Arvo Part recording - features him playing with Latvian violinist Gidon Kremer. I think it can be useful to listen to a musician you're already familiar with and see what they do in a different setting.
Another way of making the jump from jazz to classical is to find some classically trained jazz musicians that you like, find out who their classical influences were, and then see if you can find common elements in their music. For example, Canadian jazz pianist DD Jackson says he was influenced by Prokofiev, among others, and his music at times has these big, dissonant chords that are really reminiscent of some of the sounds that Prokofiev uses.