SCMS: Classical Conversation Podcast
As part of its Winter and Summer Festivals, Seattle Chamber Music Society presents informal, in-depth discussions with Classical KING FM 98.1 host Dave Beck and Festival musicians. These Classical Conversation Podcast interviews give an inside look at the Chamber Music repertoire performed during the Festivals with world-class performers’ insight. Classical KING FM and Seattle Chamber Music Society, Producers. Bill Levey, Recording Engineer and Technical Production.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 91
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2021
#90: Jonathan Vinocour, Part II - 2021 Winter Festival
As a young violist just out of the New England Conservatory, Jonathan Vinocour was recruited to play a short stint as first chair viola for one of the world’s legendary orchestras, the Leipzig Gewand…
00:11:22 |
Wed 05 May 2021
#89: Jonathan Vinocour, Part I - 2021 Winter Festival
In Part 1 of our conversation with violist and SCMS Festival Artist Jonathan Vinocour, principal of the San Francisco Symphony, tells the story of how he came to the viola after false starts as a cel…
00:13:17 |
Wed 05 May 2021
#91: Jonathan Vinocour, Part III - 2021 Winter Festival
The conclusion of our conversation with violist Jonathan Vinocour begins by asking the question: what difference does the design of backstage area make to musicians and ensembles? Reflecting on the p…
00:13:27 |
Wed 05 May 2021
#86: Jennifer Frautschi, Part I - 2021 Winter Festival
Violinist and SCMS Festival Artist Jennifer Frautschi, talks about the pandemic's impact on her personal priorities and her musical practice. The demands of raising a young daughter have taken on a n…
00:13:49 |
Tue 06 Apr 2021
#87: Jennifer Frautschi, Part II - 2021 Winter Festival
Part 2 of our conversation with violinist and SCMS Festival Artist Jennifer Frautschi continues with a discussion of her teaching. She speaks about her priorities when working with students, and her …
00:17:35 |
Tue 06 Apr 2021
#88: Jennifer Frautschi, Part III - 2021 Winter Festival
The final part of our conversation with SCMS Festival Artist and violinist Jennifer Frautschi focuses on performing contemporary music. She believes performing new works helps "keep music alive." In …
00:16:17 |
Tue 06 Apr 2021
#85: Jun Iwasaki, Part III - 2021 Winter Festival
Time with his wife and two young children, learning to bake bread, and discovering audio and video production skills, have been pandemic projects of Seattle Chamber Music Society violinist Jun Iwasak…
00:11:21 |
Tue 09 Mar 2021
#84: Jun Iwasaki, Part II - 2021 Winter Festival
Violinist Jun Iwasaki is the concertmaster of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra and held the same position in the Oregon Symphony prior to that. In Part 2 of our conversation, Jun talks about the impo…
00:12:51 |
Tue 09 Mar 2021
#83: Jun Iwasaki, Part I - 2021 Winter Festival
Seattle Chamber Music Society artist Jun Iwasaki, violin, first visited Seattle as a toddler when his father, cellist Ko Iwasaki, played in the early years of SCMS Summer Festivals in the 1980s. In 2…
00:12:21 |
Tue 09 Mar 2021
#82: Ani Aznavoorian, Part III - 2020 Summer Festival
In part 3 of our conversation, cellist Ani Aznavoorian talks about the despair she felt when the pandemic forced cancellation of so many performances, and how playing solo Bach on the patio of her Sa…
00:13:06 |
Tue 08 Dec 2020
#80: Ani Aznavoorian, Part I - 2020 Summer Festival
Part 1 of our conversation with cellist Ani Aznavoorian, recorded at the new SCMS Center for Chamber Music in downtown Seattle. Ani talks about how her father left an unsatisfying job as a chemist to…
00:13:06 |
Tue 08 Dec 2020
#81: Ani Aznavoorian, Part II - 2020 Summer Festival
Ani Aznavoorian began playing the cello at age 3 with one of America’s most beloved teachers in the Suzuki Method of musical instruction. In part 2 of our conversation with her, Ani talks about how G…
00:13:06 |
Tue 08 Dec 2020
#78: Orion Weiss, Part II - 2020 Summer Festival
During the regular concert season pianist Orion Weiss plays concertos with major orchestras. In part 2 of our conversation, he talks about the different “colors of adrenaline” he experienced early in…
00:14:05 |
Tue 10 Nov 2020
#79: Orion Weiss, Part III - 2020 Summer Festival
In the final part of our conversation with pianist Orion Weiss, he discusses an upcoming album featuring pieces dealing with grief and loss. Ravel honored friends lost in World War I in “Le Tombeau D…
00:13:06 |
Tue 10 Nov 2020
#77: Orion Weiss, Part I - 2020 Summer Festival
Part 1 of our conversation with pianist Orion Weiss was recorded at the new SCMS Center for Chamber Music in downtown Seattle. Orion talks about how an international concert artist like himself adjus…
00:14:42 |
Tue 10 Nov 2020
#76: Ronald Thomas, Part III - 2020 Summer Festival
In the final part of our conversation with cellist Ronald Thomas, he talks about his “quarantine project” in the months since COVID 19 interrupted concert life around the world. Ron has recently comp…
00:12:10 |
Tue 20 Oct 2020
#75: Ronald Thomas, Part II - 2020 Summer Festival
In Part 2 of our conversation with cellist Ronald Thomas, we speak about the 4 decades that he has performed at SCMS, and how he has touched audiences with his beautifully refined sound on the cello.…
00:13:00 |
Tue 20 Oct 2020
#74: Ronald Thomas, Part I - 2020 Summer Festival
In our first ever podcast from the new SCMS Center for Chamber Music in downtown Seattle, Ronald Thomas remembers his friend Toby Saks, fellow cellist and founder of the SCMS festival in the early 19…
00:14:00 |
Tue 20 Oct 2020
#73: Andrew Wan, Part III - 2020 Winter Festival
Violinist Andrew Wan plays concertmaster in one of North America’s most admired ensembles, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. In Part 3 of our latest Classical
Conversation Podcast from the SCMS Wi…
00:17:40 |
Tue 05 May 2020
#72: Andrew Wan, Part II - 2020 Winter Festival
In Part 2 of our discussion with violinist Andrew Wan, he talks about mastering the delicate art of “pushing back.” Andrew performs
with the renowned New Orford String Quartet. The members of the…
00:19:18 |
Tue 05 May 2020
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are the property of Seattle Chamber Music Society. This content is not affiliated with or endorsed by eachpod.com.