My very first interview was with Leonard Bernstein.

Though I was barely 20 and a complete novice, the taping - miraculously! - went very well. An hour interview, while men in sharkskin suits stood about, shuffling their feet. And the Maestro invited me back to his hotel for a drink.

I decided to pursue this lucky break, and have gone on to interview – on radio and TV, public and commercial - some of the most extraordinary creative artists - known and unknown - in the World.  Some of these are recalled and described in my book, "The Art of the Interview".

And I’m still at my post, continuing with brand new interviews, using the medium to expand my horizons - and hopefully yours as well.

MartinPerlich.com will offer these NEW INTERVIEWS on an on-going series of Podcasts (coming soon) – concentrating on New Music and other Innovative arts from composers, performers, and major contributors from many genres. Plus the best of my Interview Archive. Including - for the 1st time - my Intermission Interviews from the CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA broadcast concert series (1965-69) Emil Gilels, Darius Milhaud, Julian Bream, Robert Shaw, the Casadesus family, and many more.

PLEASE NOTE

The interviews – old and new - are raw. Most of them are long – and entirely un-edited (the Cleveland series distressingly so). You may hear equipment set-up; me calling out “Slate!” - some start in mid-sentence.

But I hope you’ll find that in their rough and rugged way they are fresher, deeper, more real and human than today’s chopped and channeled, sound-bitten  5.1 surround sounding “Q & A”s - and all that entails.