Tag: interview
Fred Hersch: The Power of Being Silent and Listening
"I don't want to hear people regurgitate what they know. That's not interesting to me. I want to hear people play what they don't know. That's when it gets good."
Matt Johnson Swings Disney with The New Jet Set
Everyone from Tom Waits to Barbra Streisand to Ne-Yo to Panic! At the Disco has recorded songs from Disney films. Whether they were written...
Composer/Pianist Timo Andres Is Having a Week
"I've always felt myself to be specifically an American composer."
Gloria Calderón Kellett Uses Humor Like Mary Poppins Used Sugar
"If people are able to walk away talking about their own identity as well as understanding a little portion of this Latino family's journey, I think that would be really cool."
Marc-André Hamelin: A Franck Conversation About His Music
"A recital is really a one-to-one act of communication. And offering, an act of sharing with the audience."
Bing Wang and the LA Phil Celebrate The Year of the...
"You don't only win the job and play the notes and make a salary. Complete musicians means you're devoted. That you are involved in music."
Rhapsody in Blue is 100
"Could Ellington and others have done this kind of work earlier if Gershwin hadn't done it? Maybe. But if they wanted to go that direction, they would have done it regardless of what Gershwin did."
Mink Stole Is Peaches Christ’s Idol…
"I can't say we're being completely ourselves. We're being our heightened selves because we're on stage in front of an audience. But we are as ourselves as we can be."
Matt Cook Launches Sierra Madre Playhouse’s 100th Birthday
"There will always be a place for what we do if we keep the intentions in the right place."
Resident Director Keith Bennett Still Feels the Love Tonight…
He's not just the resident director, he's played Bonzai on Broadway