Interplay: Conversations in Music with Michael Shapiro

On this month's INTERPLAY, please tune into a thought provoking conversation with violinist Noah Bendix-Balgley, composer of a brilliant new Klezmer (!) violin concerto, and the First Concertmaster o…

On this month's INTERPLAY, a Conversation In Music with the remarkable Natasha Paremski, quite simply one of the greatest pianists on our stages. This discussion delves into how her background in Rus…

This week's INTERPLAY features a Conversation In Music with a miracle of a musician, ANDREW LITTON. Conductor and pianist of undeniable gifts, Maestro Litton is a perfectly natural musician with orga…

This week's INTERPLAY is a Conversation In Music with the remarkable conductor and American in Paris, David Stern. At home in creating operatic gems in Europe with his Opera Fuoco and in the US at th…

On this week's INTERPLAY, the great pianist Anton Nel discusses the master teacher's life during the Pandemic and his hopes for the future as a performing artist. His insights into piano literature, …

Jennifer Roig-Francoli is my guest on this week’s Interplay, Conversations in Music. Jennifer is that rare combination of a wonderful musician (in her case a remarkable violinist) and a coach. Who el…

On this edition of INTERPLAY, Michael Shapiro speaks with his longtime friend, composer Alex Shapiro, about her newest creations and the past, present and future of electroacoustic writing. A convers…

On this week’s INTERPLAY, the remarkably gifted stage director JAMES ROBINSON joins us to talk about his work directing opera and theater throughout the world. I have long been taken with James’ natu…

On this week’s INTERPLAY, conductor Arthur Fagen is featured in a vibrant talk. Music Director of the Atlanta Opera and professor of orchestral conducting at Indiana University, Maestro Fagen has con…

Alessio Baxand Lucille Chung are remarkable musicians and a wonderful couple to talk to about music. Each a great pianist, they often join forces to play four-hand and two piano works. Those joint pe…

This week’s Interplay is a Conversation in Music with a miraculous musician, Eric Jacobsen. Founder with his brother Colin of The Knights, music director of symphonies in Bridgeport and Orlando, and …

Tim Fain is the most remarkable musician I have ever worked with as a composer and conductor. There Is simply no one like him in my experience. Tim has performed all over the world as a soloist with …

This week’s Interplay is a Conversation in Music with conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya, music director of Chicago Opera Theater, and a remarkable force in the production and presentation of music theater…

This week’s INTERPLAY is a Conversation in Music with our remarkable leader in American music, Marin Alsop, in which we share insights from our longtime friendship and her unique passion for justice …

This week’s Interplay, Conversations in Music, is with the remarkable and innovative conductor David Leibowitz, Music Director and Founder of the New York Repertory Orchestra. Maestro Leibowitz is de…

Michael Shapiro talks to the extraordinary Jan Swafford whose remarkable biographies of Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, and Ives are irreplaceable. No one can talk like a great biographer, and when that w…

This INTERPLAY features cellist Maya Beiser. Passionately forging her artistic path through uncharted territories, Maya Beiser has been captivating audiences worldwide, bringing a bold and unorthodox…

This Interplay digs into the remarkable work being done by five extraordinary conductors at our universities: James Tapia (Syracuse University), Mathias Elmer (Virginia Tech), Carolyn Watson (Univers…

Today's Interplay is a Conversation In Music with the dynamic and wonderfully unique conductor Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director of the Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra. Maestro Mickelthwate tal…

This week’s Interplay with composer Michael Schelle is a joyous experience. There is such energy and strength in everything Michael does as a composer and teacher. His wit is unmistakable coupled wit…