condi talks music

I found this fascinating interview via Alex Ross, who found it by way of Phillip Bush. Did you know that Condi Rice (our Secretary of State) started out her collegiate career as a music major on piano? An interesting talk about her musical beginnings and current tastes with host Gilbert Kaplan (Mahler conducting millionaire and radio host) on WNYC radio’s Mad About Music show. There is both a written transcript and streaming audio on the show’s Web page.

You can also find interviews on music with:

• Tom Brokaw (NBC News anchor)
• Fareed Zakaria (International editor, Newsweek)
• James Wolfensohn (President, World Bank)
• Alan Alda (Actor)
• Ehud Barak (Former Israeli Prime Minister)
• Isaac Mizrahi (Fashion Designer)
• Glen Dicterow (Concertmaster, New York Philharmonic)
• and many more - see the show archives here