Apr 28, 2020
Ep. 90: Jaime Martín, conductor
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In September 2019 Jaime Martín became Chief Conductor of the RTE National Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. He has been Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of Gävle Symphony Orchestra since 2013, and...
Apr 26, 2020
Ep. 89: Shiva Shafii, Director of Communications at Seattle Symphony
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My guest is a young and dynamic Director of Communications for the Seattle Symphony, Shiva Shafii. In this episode we talk about the orchestral world during the pandemic and the future. Shiva talks about an injury...
Apr 25, 2020
Ep. 88: Robert Aldridge, composer
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GRAMMY®-winning composer Robert Livingston Aldridge (1954, Richmond,VA) has written over sixty works for orchestra, opera, music-theater, voice, dance, string quartet, solo and chamber ensembles. His music has been performed throughout the...
Apr 23, 2020
Ep. 87: Ran Blake, pianist/composer/educator
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In a career that now spans five decades, pianist Ran Blake has created a unique niche in improvised music as an artist and educator. With a characteristic mix of spontaneous solos, modern classical tonalities, the great American blues and...
Apr 21, 2020
Ep. 86: Stephen Hartke, composer.
Off The Podium with Tigran Arakelyan.
Winner of the 2013 GRAMMY Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition, Stephen Hartke is widely recognized as one of the leading composers of his generation, whose work has been hailed for both its singularity of voice and the inclusive...