Conversations in New Music
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Maria Guinand
Acclaimed Venezuelan conductor and educator MARIA GUINAND, interviewed April 21, 2010 at Walt Disney Concert Hall, rehearsing the Los Angeles Philharmonic for performances of Osvaldo Golijov's "la Pasión Segun San Marcos" (St. Mark Passion)
James Conlon
American GRAMMY©-winning conductor and current Music Director of the Los Angeles Opera, JAMES CONLON interviewed April 20, 2010 at Dorothy Chandler Pavillion in rehearsal for Franz Schreker's opera "Die Gezeichneten" ("The Stigmatized") as part of his distinguished series of Nazi-"disappeared" operas, "Recovered Voices".
Charles Rosen
Honored American Pianist and writer on music CHARLES ROSEN interviewed April 5, 2010 at The Westin South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, CA. "The Romantic Generation” and the Role of the Avant Garde.
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Elliott Carter
Two-time Pulitzer prize-winning American composer ELLIOTT CARTER interviewed - at age 101 - at his home in Greenwich Village Jan 24th 2010.
Ego Plum
Los Angeles composer and artist EGO PLUM interviewed February 21, 2010 at North Huntley Studios, West Hollywood. New Ebola Music CD “About Two Squares”.
Derek Bermel
American Composer, clarinetist and conductor DEREK BERMEL, interviewed December 12, 2009 in the Orchid Hotel, Downtown Los Angeles. New BMOP CD: “Voices”.
Daniel Lentz
Southern California composer and visual artist DANIEL LENTZ interviewed February 4, 2010 at North Huntley Studios, West Hollywoo. New artworks: “Illuminated Manuscripts.”
Robert Attiyeh
ROBERT ATTIYEH, Founding President, Yarlung Records and nonprofit organization, Yarlung Artists ,interviewed February 25, 2010 at North Huntley Studios, West Hollywood.
Barry Schrader
Electro-acoustic composer BARRY SCHRADER interviewed at North Huntley Studios, West Hollywood February 15, 2010. GRAMMY©-nominated INNOVA CD “The Monkey King”.
Alexandra Du Bois
American Composer ALEXANDRA DuBOIS - interviewed 10/17/09 in the Courtyard, Pacific Asian Museum, Pasadena, CA. New composition,”From Within Me Wood Grows”, ...more
Eighth Blackbird
8th Blackbird Flutist TIM MUNRO - Interviewed 10/15/09 in the Green Room, Newman Hall at USC, after rehearsal for their USC concert. Group’s mission: commission and performANCE ...more
William Kraft
Composer/Percussionist WILLIAM KRAFT – Interviewed 7/2/09 at his home in Altadena, CA. Upon the release on Cambria Records of his 15 Encounters, performed by ...more
Kronos Quartet
Kronos Quartet Founder/Principal Violinist DAVID HARRINGTON interviewed in his dressing room at Royce Hall, UCLA 10/8/08. Southern California premiere ...more
Hannibal Lokumbe
HANNIBAL LOKUMBE - composer, trumpeter, poet and artist interviewed 12/14/09 at his hotel in Santa Monica. New NAXOS CD: “Dear Mrs. Parks.”
Branford Marsalis
Jazz/Classical Saxophonist BRANFORD MARSALIS – interviewed 10/10/08 in his dressing room Royce Hall UCLA, after rehearsal for Classical concert playing Villa-Lobos, ...more
Kurt Rohde
Composer/Violist KURT ROHDE - interviewed 10/17/09 in the Courtyard, Pacific Asian Museum, Pasadena, CA. Composer-in-Residence with Southwest Cham...more