2018 Fields Medalist Alessio Figalli explains what it was like to be awarded the most prestigious prize in Mathematics, often referred to as the 'Nobel prize' of Maths. This is the first in a series of interviews with Figalli, find the other parts below. Part 2 (career): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oob466Ia9f4 Part 3 (award-winning work): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyL6ZECM7oM Produced by Dr Tom Crawford at the University of Oxford, with thanks to the Heidelberg Laureate Forum. For more maths related fun check out Tom's website https://tomrocksmaths.com/ Follow Tom Crawford on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @tomrocksmaths. https://www.facebook.com/tomrocksmaths/ https://twitter.com/tomrocksmaths https://www.instagram.com/tomrocksmaths/ Get your Tom Rocks Maths merchandise here: https://beautifulequations.net/collections/tom-rocks-maths