Interplay: Conversations in Music with Michael Shapiro

This weekend's INTERPLAY is a fascinating Conversation In Music with Gerard Schwarz. Maestro Schwarz's musicianship is a miracle. His breath of experience and the revelations of his work as a conduct…

Interplay this week, a Conversation in Music, was with violinist Gil Shaham and composer Scott Wheeler. What could be better than a composer talking about his work with a great musician, and the musi…

This week on Interplay, conductor Giancarlo Guerrero joins me in a Conversation In Music about his pathfinding discoveries in new American music and the influence of Serge Koussevitzky on that quest.…

On this week's INTERPLAY, Conversations in Music, Michael Shapiro talks to the extraordinary violinist Chee-Yun, whose wondrous and radiant playing has thrilled audiences worldwide.

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This week's Interplay is a conversation with the extraordinary conductor, Deborah Simpkin King, music director of Ember, a dynamic choral group in the metropolitan area that champions new music. Comp…

This week's INTERPLAY is with the joyously profound Daron Hagen, composer, director, writer, producer, teacher, etc. infinitum. A delight in every way, Daron brings an expertise and joie de vivre to …

This weekend's INTERPLAY is with one of my favorite people, composer Jennifer Higdon. Jennifer is that rare artist, whose compositions reflect the very essence of her wondrous intellect, humanity, an…

Conductor Michael Christie is an American treasure. Recently named music director of the New West Symphony, Maestro Christie has always been equally at home in opera and symphony. His championing of …

Blind Mississippi Morris is that rare kind of musician. Master of the Delta Blues and virtuoso of the harmonica, he is the King of Beale Street and anywhere he performs. Not only a unique Conversatio…

In this week's Interplay, Michael Shapiro talks to Ivan Fischer about his remarkable compositions, many centered in Jewish culture and European Kultur, his background as a renowned Hungarian musician…

Michael Shapiro talks to the extraordinary cellist Sara Sant'Ambrogio. Her joie de vivre is unmistakable, reflected in her vibrant and profoundly musical playing which comes directly from her magneti…

This INTERPLAY features a wonderful conversation with pianist Simone Dinnerstein, whose interpretations of music by Couperin and Bach to Gershwin and Glass are luminous and unique. Find out how she l…

There is simply no one like Sir James Galway. The great flutist has played in more venues, presenting so many different kinds of music from the Berlin Philharmonic to the Chieftains to the Lord of th…

This Interplay features composer Martin Bresnick, an American treasure.  Bresnick's chamber, song, orchestral, opera, and solo music grows organically from what are often kernels of sound in ripened …

Michael Shapiro speaks to Francesca Zambello, internationally beloved director and producer, in a compelling talk about where music theater has been and her hopes for its future.

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Michael Shapiro talks to Adrian Partington about his remarkable work as a conductor and organist, Director of Music at the Gloucester Cathedral, conductor of the BBC National Chorus of Wales, co-lead…

Michael Shapiro interviews the unique pianist Andreas Haefliger. Listen to his approach to the piano, wonderful heritage, and special relationship with the great masters.

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Michael Shapiro, host, converses with pianist Lara Downes about her concern with human rights, the expansion of American piano literature, and her hopes for the future.

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Michael Shapiro’s Interplay conversation with writer and film maker Jamie Bernstein, daughter of Leonard Bernstein, reveals her new projects, inspirations, and hopes for a humane world, including won…

Michael Shapiro in conversation with pianist Gabriela Montero about her pianism, compositions, and improvisational skills.

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