Aug 31, 2020
Ep. 128: Brian Kai Chin, musician, educator, and cultural entrepreneur.
Let's Talk Off The Podium with Tigran Arakelyan.
Brian Kai Chin is a musician, educator, and cultural entrepreneur. Trained in western classical, jazz, and world traditions, Brian’s musical focus is only part of his larger vision as the founder...
Aug 26, 2020
Ep. 127: Stephen Williamson, principal clarinetist of the Chicago Symphony.
In this podcast we talk about Williamson's journey from the Metropolitan Opera to Chicago Symphony and the New York Philharmonic. He talks about playing jazz piano, starting the saxophone before switching to clarinet, playing principal clarinet...
Aug 23, 2020
Grammy award-winning conductor Michael Christie, newly appointed Music Director of the New West Symphony, is a thoughtfully innovative conductor, equally at home in the symphonic and opera worlds, who is focused on making the audience experience at his performances entertaining, enlightening, and enriching.
Christie won...
Aug 20, 2020
Ep. 125: Donato Cabrera, conductor.
Let's Talk Off The Podium with Tigran Arakelyan.
Donato Cabrera is the Music Director of the California Symphony and the Las Vegas Philharmonic. He served as the Resident Conductor of the San Francisco Symphony and the Wattis Foundation Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony...
Aug 17, 2020
Ep. 123: JoAnn Falletta, Grammy-winning conductor.
Let's Talk Off The Podium with Tigran Arakelyan.
In this podcast JoAnn Falletta talks about working with composers, programming, staying connected with the audience during the pandemic, advice to young musicians, and much more.
Grammy-winning conductor JoAnn Falletta...