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
#31: Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir - 2018 Winter Festival
SCMS Festival Artist and cellist Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir discusses her musical education in her home country of Iceland and in the United States, her collaborations and recordings, and her experience …
00:49:40 |
Sat 27 Jan 2018
#30: Roberto Diaz - 2018 Winter Festival
Roberto Diaz is a renowned violist and President of the Curtis Institute of Music. In this Conversation, he speaks about his vision for the Curtis Institute and some of the innovative programs he has…
00:51:48 |
Fri 19 Jan 2018
#29: Astrid Schween - 2017 Summer Festival
SCMS Festival Artist and cellist Astrid Schween speaks about her history with illustrious cello teachers, becoming the newest member of the Juilliard String Quartet, and her recent project performing…
00:41:02 |
Sat 22 Jul 2017
#28: Lorna McGhee - 2017 Summer Festival
SCMS Festival Artist and flutist Lorna McGhee talks about her musical background and training in Scotland, plays a Debussy excerpt, discusses the famous Alexander Technique. She also speaks about her…
00:44:32 |
Wed 12 Jul 2017
#27: Andrew Armstrong - 2017 Summer Festival
SCMS Festival Artist and pianist Andrew Armstrong discusses his recent injury, his extensive collaboration with composer Lisa Bielawa, and his recent Canadian tour with SCMS Artistic Director James E…
00:56:24 |
Sat 08 Jul 2017
#26: Orion Weiss - 2017 Winter Festival
SCMS Festival Artist and pianist Orion Weiss discusses his history with the SCMS Festival, several of his recordings, and his historical interest in World War I and the composers who lived through it…
00:47:09 |
Fri 27 Jan 2017
#25: James Ehnes - 2017 Winter Festival
SCMS Artistic Director and violinist James Ehnes talks about the support he received from the Canadian music community, his friendship with pianist Andrew Armstrong, and his ideas for programming the…
00:49:08 |
Fri 20 Jan 2017
#24: Julie Albers - 2016 Summer Festival
SCMS Festival Artist and cellist Julie Albers discusses the influence of her teacher Richard Aaron, her recordings with pianist Orion Weiss of the music of Robert Schumann and Sergei Rachmaninov, her…
00:49:36 |
Sat 30 Jul 2016
#23: Bion Tsang - 2016 Summer Festival
SCMS Festival Artist and cellist Bion Tsang discusses his new CD project, 'Bion Tsang at Blue Rock', a collection 19 short virtuoso showpiece for cello and piano featuring Tsang transcriptions for th…
00:57:35 |
Fri 22 Jul 2016
#22: Karen Gomyo - 2016 Summer Festival
SCMS Festival Artist and violinist Karen Gomyo discusses her love of chamber music, the string quartets of Joseph Haydn, her upbringing in music and her study with Dorothy Delay at the Juilliard Scho…
00:52:28 |
Fri 15 Jul 2016
#21: Anton Nel - 2016 Winter Festival
SCMS artist and pianist Anton Nel discusses the music of Debussy, Mozart, Haydn, Brahms, Paganini, Ravel, his radio program Pianoforte on KMFA 89.5 (kmfa.org), his history with the SCMS Festival, his…
00:45:36 |
Sat 30 Jan 2016
#20: Edward Arron - 2016 Winter Festival
SCMS artist and cellist Edward Arron discusses his history with the SCMS Festival and his professional focus on chamber music, his collaboration with SCMS artists and pianists Andrew Armstrong and Je…
00:49:34 |
Mon 25 Jan 2016
#19: Anthony McGill – 2015 Summer Festival
SCMS Festival artist and clarinetist Anthony McGill discusses his recording with the Pacifica Quartet of the Mozart and Brahms clarinet quintets, shares his musical up-bringing, his experiences worki…
00:48:59 |
Wed 22 Jul 2015
#18: Yura Lee – 2015 Summer Festival
SCMS Festival artist, violinist and violist, Yura Lee shares her experience as a traveling musician, her recording of the music of Chevalier de Saint-George with the Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie (Re…
00:48:52 |
Mon 13 Jul 2015
#17: Robert deMaine – 2015 Summer Festival
Cellist Robert deMaine shares his upbringing in music, his recording of Tchaikovsky’s Ballets, his work as principal cellist of the LA Philharmonic, his work with John Williams on Williams’ cello co…
00:50:31 |
Wed 08 Jul 2015
#16: William Wolfram – 2015 Winter Festival
Pianist William Wolfram shares his thoughts on the life and music of Franz Liszt, discusses the stylistic difference in piano performance from the late 19th century to today, his musical upbringing a…
00:46:35 |
Sat 31 Jan 2015
#15: Luc Beauséjour – 2015 Winter Festival
Harpsichord Luc Beauséjour discusses his collaborations with SCMS Artistic Director James Ehnes, shares his long relationship with J.S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier from an early-age, Vivaldi’s L’Est…
00:41:29 |
Fri 23 Jan 2015
#14: Efe Baltacigil – 2014 Summer Festival
SCMS’s cellist Efe Baltacigil shares his experience as principal cellist of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra with conductor, Ludovic Morlot, his musical upbringing in Istanbul, Turkey, his work with th…
00:46:03 |
Sat 02 Aug 2014
#13: Cynthia Phelps – 2014 Summer Festival
SCMS’s violist Cynthia Phelps shares her experiences during her long history with the Seattle Chamber Music Society’s Winter and Summer Festivals as well as principal violist of the New York Philharm…
00:50:27 |
Wed 16 Jul 2014
#12 Augustin Hadelich – 2014 Summer Festival
SCMS’s violinist Augustin Hadelich shares insights on his recordings, Sibelus / Adès Violon Concertos (2013), Echoes of Paris (2011) and Flying Solo (2009), on his upbringing as a violinist and the i…
00:51:17 |
Wed 09 Jul 2014
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