Interviews

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Composers Conductors Electro-Acoustic Experimental Music Festivals Improv Interviews Music Events Opera San Francisco

Let’s ask Gino Robair

September 15, 2009 Polly Moller

The San Francisco Electronic Music Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary this week. On the final festival night, Saturday, September 19th, the program will include a special all-electronic performance of the…

Composers Contemporary Classical Interviews Premieres

To the stars with mandolin!

September 14, 2009 John Clare

It doesn’t seem all that long ago that I heard the world premiere of Blind Leaving the Blind. (Read about it here: S21 Review.) It was quite a night @…

Cello Chicago Interviews Performers Podcasts

My Ears Are Open, Chicago. Part II.

September 13, 2009 James Holt

Last week on the podcast: Cliff Colnot (download Cliff’s interview here). This week: Nicholas Photinos, cellist in eighth blackbird (download Nick’s interview here). Turns out that 8bb was just finishing…

Composers Electro-Acoustic Experimental Music Festivals Interviews Performers San Francisco

Let’s ask Donald Swearingen

September 10, 2009 Polly Moller

The San Francisco Electronic Music Festival (SFEMF) kicks off next week, and several of its original founders will be performing in celebration of the festival’s tenth anniversary. One of them,…

Chicago Conductors Interviews Performers Podcasts

My Ears Are Open, Chicago. Part I.

September 7, 2009 James Holt

One of the simple rules for the podcast is that there is a new episode every two weeks. That rule was broken in July when all four members of ETHEL…

Interviews Podcasts

My Ears Are (Still) Open

August 15, 2009 James Holt

Let’s just say that “life” has distracted me a bit lately from my updates here. But, for those of you who have been following, you know that the good times…

Composers Contemporary Classical Hilary Hahn Interviews

Hilary and Harold

August 7, 2009 Steve Layton

The Hilary is Hahn, with her monthly installment of a video chat with a composer; the Harold is Meltzer, one of those composers with lots of great awards and commissions…

Interviews Podcasts viola

My Ears Are Open, ETHEL. Part II.

July 16, 2009 James Holt

As promised, today is Part II in my series of podcast interviews with the members of ETHEL. I’m happy to announce that violist Ralph Farris gets the My Ears Are…

Interviews Podcasts Violin

My Ears Are Open, ETHEL. Part I.

July 11, 2009 James Holt

I am excited to say that this month on the podcast I am featuring all four members ETHEL. I was able to spend some time with the band before their…

Composers Contemporary Classical Hilary Hahn Interviews New Amsterdam Violin

Hilary Hahn’s enquiring mind wants to know

July 2, 2009 Steve Layton

Hilary Hahn doesn’t need much introduction; as one of the leading violinists today, many of you have any number of her recordings or have been lucky enough to catch her…