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Finnish Icon Kaija Saariaho
Kaija Saariaho joins Jennifer Koh to discuss the tricky relationship between intricacy and virtuosity, and the extent to which extended techniques are (and aren’t) actually extended. Jul 6, 2017
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Transatlantic Composer David Bruce
British composer David Bruce joins Koh to discuss the vulnerability and humanness that both Bruce and Koh find in folk music tradition, and the concept of a “gift.” Jul 5, 2017
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Sante Fe Composer Marc Neikrug
Marc Neikrug is a composer and pianist whose career has spanned thirty years. He joins Jennifer Koh to discuss his first solo violin work, "Flash," written for Shared Madness. Jul 4, 2017
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Q&A With Sufjan Stevens and the All-Star Team Behind 'Planetarium'
On Tuesday, July 18, Sufjan Stevens' song cycle "Planetarium" comes to Celebrate Brooklyn!. We caught up with Stevens and collaborators to talk gas giants, isolation and self-care. Jul 3, 2017
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Curtis Institute's David Ludwig
David Ludwig joins Jennifer Koh to discuss elemental sounds in instrumental music, use of palindrome, Paganini, and the geometric phenomena of the mobius strip. Jul 3, 2017
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Ojai Music Festival Director Vijay Iyer
Vijay Iyer joins Jennifer Koh to discuss the aesthetics through which Iyer believes we experience contemporary art, and the way we deal with absurdity Jun 30, 2017
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Unsilent Night's Phil Kline
Kline joins Jennifer Koh to discuss madness, satanism, Paganini’s 24th caprice and the role that each of these entities play in the concept of “virtuosity" . Jun 29, 2017
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Chicago's Augusta Read Thomas
Read Thomas joins Koh to discuss the how she seeks to elicit athleticism from Koh’s tendencies as a performer, and seeks to explore juxtapositions between different soundworlds. Jun 28, 2017
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Listen: The London Contemporary Orchestra Plays Jonny Greenwood, Mica Levy and Julius Eastman
On May 18th 2017, the London Contemporary Orchestra gave their New York debut concert at Le Poisson Rouge with members of Ensemble LPR. Jun 28, 2017
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IRCAM Innovator Jean-Baptiste Barrière
Jean-Babtiste Barrière joins Jennifer Koh to discuss forces at work in the relationship between a performer and the computerized reactionary counterpart in an electroacoustic work. Jun 27, 2017
