My new toy, a little mini HD handheld digital video recorder, arrived in the mail today. This means that I can finally do some video posts on the blog! This is where your help comes in. Send me (either via the ‘contact me’ tab above, or in the comments section below) your suggestions of
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James Bash has a great interview with the four woodwind soloists who will be performing the Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for Winds this weekend – it’s a must-read if you want to know more about the fascinating background to this piece, and to find out what a great group of musicians are playing it as well.
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I first met Jennifer when I was going to graduate school in Philadelphia in 1991. I was looking (with little success) for some freelance gigs when a composer friend (the composer/conductor Troy Peters) said that the Penn Orchestra was looking for ringers to fill out their viola section. I took the gig and showed up
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A fascinating interview by the conductor/composer Esa Pekka Salonen with the two children of Arnold Schoenberg, Ronald and Laurence. Courtesy of Tim Mangen.
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From the Oregonian: see video after the jump:
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Just a heads up – I’ll be on KBPS-FM (All Classical 89.9 FM, or allclassical.org) from 2 – 3 p.m. today for their spring pledge drive. I’m not sure what I’ll be talking about, or with whom I’ll be talking, but it should be fun!
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OSO resident conductor Gregory Vajda is a candidate for the music director position in San Antonio, Texas. John Clare, of Texas Public Radio, alerted me to this video interview of Vajda. Enjoy! Maestro Gregory Vajda from John Clare on Vimeo. An interview with Gregory Vajda with John Clare at Texas Public Radio. Vajda conducts music
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Jun Iwasaki Photo: Absolute Images Be sure to check out James Bash’s excellent blog for an interview with OSO concertmaster Jun Iwasaki. Did you know that Jun first started on the cello? I didn’t!
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As you may know, I was recently profiled as part of a Crosscut article about Portland arts advocates. It was ably written by Portland music writer and musician Stephen Marc Beaudoin. It was an honor to be included, and I was happy with the article as it was published.
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 Ron Blessinger, violinist with the Oregon Symphony, blogger, and artistic director of the Third Angle New Music Ensemble, well be a guest on the new Oregon Public Broadcasting radio show Think Out Loud, on Wednesday, February 27th from 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. You can listen on your radio at 91.5 FM in the Portland
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For those of you who missed it, Gustavo Dudamel (music director-designate of the LA Philharmonic) was featured on 60 Minutes on Sunday evening. You can go here to see the video of the segment.
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I’m sure that many of you may have seen this elsewhere, but for those of you who have not, here is the video:
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James Bash interviews OSO music director Carlos Kalmar and gets the low-down on the rest of this season’s highlights – click here to check it out.
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See the video after the jump (click on title above or link at left to view entire post and see video).
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