Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman
194 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThere’s a fascinating variety to a life in music; this series features wonderful musicians worldwide with in-depth conversations and great music. Many episodes feature guests playing music spontaneously as part of the episode or sharing performances and albums. The inspiration and connection found in a meaningful creative life, the challenges faced, and the stories from such a diversity of people will draw you into this weekly series, with many topics that will resonate with all listeners. Available also as video and transcript: https://www.leahroseman.com/about
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Sarah Jeffery of Team Recorder
July 13, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 139 MBSarah Jeffery is a wonderful and versatile recorder player based in the Netherlands, known worldwide for her outreach with her YouTube project Team Recorder, which at the time of this podcast release has well over 205,000 very engaged followers. She is the Recorder Professor specializing in Contemporary music at the Royal College in London, and we talked about her work teaching recorder technique, improvisation in different styles, her varied career including experimental theatre and her syn...
Lisa Pegher: Percussion Pioneer
July 06, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 183 MBLisa Pegher is a brilliant American percussion soloist and drummer. She is also a composer, improvisor and software engineer. She is known for pioneering percussion as a solo instrument within the orchestral realm and beyond, making it her life’s work to present percussion to larger audiences by commissioning, collaborating, and creating new works and performances that bring percussion to the front of the stage. We talked about her new concerto/show, "Circuits and Skins," written for her by...
Cliff Beach: You Showed Me the Way
June 29, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 192 MBCliff Beach is an award-winning singer, songwriter, author of “Side Hustle and Flow”, podcast host, record label owner and also works fulltime as VP of digital and operations in the beauty industry. This episode focuses on his recent album and tribute to Ella Fitzgerald “You Showed Me the Way”, we also got into his funk hit “Confident” and the last part of the interview we talked about some of his valuable advice from his book. Most of the guests I speak with work in music full-time, but of ...
Jessica Cottis: Conductor
June 22, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 159 MBJessica Cottis is an acclaimed orchestral conductor, and in this wide-ranging interview you’ll gain insights into the special world of orchestral conductors and also some of Jessica’s interests in the natural world and the arts. She spoke to me about her musical path, from how she made her first trumpet, to life on a sheep farm, to her transition from a career as a concert organist, to lessons learned from conducting mentors including Colin Davis and Colin Metters. Jessica is such an articul...
Jessica Cottis: Hearing in Colour
June 22, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 159 MBJessica Cottis is an acclaimed orchestral conductor, and in this wide-ranging interview you’ll gain insights into the special world of orchestral conductors and also some of Jessica’s interests in the natural world and the arts. She spoke to me about her musical path, from how she made her first trumpet, to life on a sheep farm, to her transition from a career as a concert organist, to lessons learned from conducting mentors including Colin Davis and Colin Metters. Jessica is such an articul...
Vahn Black: Celebrating Gladys Bentley
June 15, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 125 MBVahn Black is a vocalist based in Atlanta, and in this episode we focused on her project celebrating Gladys Bentley, including Vahn’s fantastic album Petrichor. Born and raised in Detroit, Vahn grew up in a melting pot of music and this aided her in cultivating her soul-charged, jazz infused sound, marrying her reverence for vocalists like Sarah Vaughn with her love of producers like J Dilla. We talked about her musical education, her career path, her research into Black history and cultu...
Martha Mooke: Electro-Acoustic Violist, Producer, Composer and Educator
June 08, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 193 MBMartha Mooke is a pioneer in the field of the electric five string viola and transcends boundaries as a performer and composer. This episode features insights, stories and music, including from the beautiful album by Carla Patullo So She Howls which just won the GRAMMY® Award for “Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album.” as well as from several of Martha’s solo and collaborative albums. You’ll hear about the unique multi-style string program she’s helped launch at New Jersey City University,...
James McGowan: Musical Fusion
June 01, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 152 MBThis week’s featured guest is James McGowan, a solo and collaborative pianist at home in jazz, classical and improvised musics. The 14-member James McGowan Ensemble has just released its jazz-classical fusion album Reaching Out, the companion to the previous album Reaching In, and this episode features some of the music from this beautiful project as well as from his jazz-fusion group Modasaurus. Besides James’ work as a composer and pianist, he’s also a Theory Professor, and choral direccto...
Rachel Mercer, Cellist: re-release with added music!
May 25, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 137 MBThis is a special re-release with cellist Rachel Mercer, with added music from some of her recordings. This was orginally recorded and released in Season 2 of this podcast in 2022, and now in Season 4 2024, Rachel and I are including some tracks from some of her albums in the podcast version of this episode. See more below for some of the many topics covered! The original video is on YouTube with the transcript, everything linked here: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/e9-s2-rachel-...
Linsey Pollak: Maker and Adventurer (re-release)
May 18, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 193 MBThis week, I’m featuring a wonderful episode from the archive, with Linsey Pollak, which was recorded and released in Season 2 of this podcast, 2022. Linsey Pollak is an Australian musician who is known worldwide as a passionate and creative advocate for community music. His life has been full of unusual opportunities to explore different styles of music, and his inventiveness has spurred him to create countless instruments from found objects. In this episode you’ll get to hear him play 4 di...
Cheng² Duo
May 11, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 146 MBThis week’s episode is with the brilliant cello-piano ensemble, Cheng² Duo, with siblings Bryan and Silvie Cheng. They have performed to great acclaim worldwide and have released to date four fantastic albums, the most recent Portrait which was nominated for a JUNO award. Portrait features music by composers from diverse Asian heritages, and in this podcast, Bryan and Silvie reflect on some important personal experiences related to this. We are featuring some of the music from Portrait and s...
Ariel Bart: Harmonica Player and Composer
May 04, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 119 MBThis podcast strives to inspire you through the personal stories of a diversity of musicians worldwide, with in-depth conversations and great music, that reveal the depth and breadth to a life in music. This week’s episode is with the wonderful harmonica player and composer Ariel Bart. I first started listening to her music with her debut album, “In Between” in which she presents a unique approach to the harmonica and all her albums feature her original music which is inspired by the Europ...
Gail Archer: GRAMMY-nominated trailblazing organist
April 27, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 179 MBDr. Gail Archer is a GRAMMY-nominated internationally touring concert organist and trail-blazer for women organists. She has fantastic advice on not only approaching a career in music, but in living life to it’s fullest. We talked about learning languages, some fascinating history, the magic of choirs and much more. This episode features music from several of her acclaimed recordings, and we discuss women composers, and the challenges facing women organists. We also speak about Musforum th...
Gerry Bryant: a Unique and Inspiring Life in Music
April 20, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 216 MBGerry Bryant is a brilliant classically-trained pianist, composer, and arranger. He came from a poor inner-city Cleveland neighbourhood, and was givin an opportunity to attend the prestigious Phillips Academy, then Harvard university. He went on to get an MBA and a law degree, all the while continuing the expansion of his knowledge of different styles of music, and forming his jazz group Pocketwatch. This episode partly focuses on his Composers album, with music of Florence Price and Thomas ...
Pat Irwin: Bands, Cartoons and Friendships
April 13, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 195 MBThis week’s episode is a Catch-Up episode with the renowned film and televison composer and multi-instrumentalist Pat Irwin, and we are featuring lots of Pat’s music for you today in different styles from many of his projects. In my previous episode with him from 2023, Season 3 of this podcast, we talked about his days with the B52s and composing the score for Dexter: New Blood, and we also talked about his band SUSS and his work mentoring graduate students, and so much more . I encourage ...
Leslie DeShazor: Archive highlight!
April 06, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 192 MBThis week I’m highlighting an episode from the archive, with the engaging and talented Leslie DeShazor who is a multi-style violist, violinist and composer based in Detroit. She teaches students both through the Sphinx Organization and the Detroit Symphony as well as privately. She was named one of thirty Professional Movers and Shakers in the Performing Arts by Musical America in 2019 and in 2022 she released her jazz and R&B album “Journey With Me” which features herself as soloist, band...
Thomas Cabaniss: Visionary Teaching Artist and Composer
March 30, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 164 MBThomas Cabaniss is a wonderful American composer of works for opera, theater, dance, film and the concert stage. He’s been a member of the faculty of the Julliard School since 1998, and leads the Lullaby Project at Carnegie Hall, serving young parents in shelters, hospitals and prisons with collaboratively created songs for their children. We talk about all this and much more, inluding his work creating Carnegie Hall’s Link Up. I was curious about these many facets to Thomas’ life as both a ...
Avi Kisha Sarod player: Community and Innovation
March 23, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 147 MBAvi Kishna is a Dutch sarod player based in Amsterdam, of Indo-Surinamese heritage. You’ll get to know the sarod as an instrument and hear Avi’s perspectives on Dutch society and his interesting collaborations. Among his mentors is his inspiring father, Ramdew Kishna, a multi-talented musician, director, and painter, who played a pivotal role in shaping Avi's musical journey along with his guru, Koustuv Ray. As a young man, Avi embarked on a successful career as in sales and marketing, but ...
Pierre Chrétien: Vintage Keys and an Unexpected Career Path
March 16, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 127 MBPierre Chrétien is a Canadian bandleader, multi-instrumentalist and composer who has had international success with his bands The Souljazz Orchestra, Atlantis Jazz Ensemble and his project Cinephonic, and in this episode you’ll learn about all of these and hear highlights from some of these albums on the Marlow Records label. http://www.marlowrecords.com/artists.html Pierre shares how left his career as an Engineer to devote himself to a full-time career as a performer. He also demonstrates...
Edison Herbert Guitarist: Influences and Career Opportunities
March 09, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour - 126 MBThis week’s guest is the British guitarist Edison Herbert, who plays melodic and soulful groove-based music that will lift your mood. We are featuring his compositions from a couple of his albums and you’ll learn about his personal journey in music that has led to his career as a full-time performer. He talked to me about some of his mentors and influences including George Benson, and his perspectives as a Black artist navigating the music scene in the UK. I found him to be warmly engaging ...
Diane Nalini: Archive highlight!
March 02, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour - 199 MBThis week I’m highlighting an episode from the archive, with the brilliant multi-talented Diane Nalini who is an incredibly nuanced jazz singer, and composer. She performs in 4 languages and teaches jazz ukulele as well. I hope you’ll join me in my fascination with the incredible range of Diane’s interests and expertise. Besides being a phenomenal musician she also is a Rhodes scholar with Phd in Applied Physics from Oxford university and presently works in environmental science policy for ...
Marc van Vugt and The Curious Badger
February 24, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour - 124 MBThis week’s episode is a special Catch-Up episode with the Dutch guitarist and composer Marc van Vugt, who was previously featured in Season 2 with his album The Lonely Coyote. Today you’ll hear a selection of highlights from his new solo guitar album, The Curious Badger. We caught up on some of his recent projects, and he also shared some wonderful insights into his creative process, and different ways for independent musicians to find audiences for their music. Like all my episodes, this...
Euclid Quartet
February 17, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour - 169 MBThis week's episode is unusual because 4 musicians are featured, the members of the Euclid Quartet. They are a world-class string quartet celebrating their 25th anniversary with a fantastic album of short pieces, entitled Breve, and we are featuring several pieces from that album as part of this episode. Breve album: https://breve.hearnow.com/ You’ll get to know each member of the quartet, which is in residence at Indiana University South Bend: Jameson Cooper, violinist and founding member ...
Chuck Copenace Healing and Community
February 10, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour - 183 MBChuck Copenace is a Winnipeg-based Ojibway musician and we talk about Chuck’s excellent album Oshki Manitou, which expands his work as a trumpet player, arranger, and composer. He’s woven together ceremonial sweat-lodge melodies with jazz, funk, dance and electronica and this episode features tracks from that album. He’s such a powerfully lyrical trumpet player, and you’ll be deeply touched to hear his inspiring story of moving through trauma and addiction to helping others through counselin...
Frank Horvat: Discovering Meaning and Fellowship Through Challenges
February 03, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour - 145 MBFrank Horvat is an acclaimed Canadian composer and pianist whose music has been featured on over 20 albums. In this episode you’ll hear how he has forged meaningful collaborations with a wide range of musicians internationally, and found and given solace to audiences through his focus on themes of mental health, the climate crisis, and social justice. We start this episode with his Arctic Circle Residency. Frank Horvat is so prolific and involved in so many diverse projects, with music in ...
Guy Donis: Banjo Adventurer
January 27, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour - 185 MBGuy Donis grew up in Belgium, where he had fallen in love with the banjo and proceeded to dedicate his life to it. In this episode, he describes how he taught himself 5 string banjo, learned about Bluegrass, and expanded his musical horizons by collaborating with jazz and classical musicians. He immigrated to Canada many years ago, and is well-known in the Montreal music scene. He has toured Canada extensively with Notre Dame de Grass and other bands, and in this episode he talks about his n...
Jeeyoon Kim: Building Beautiful Bridges
January 20, 2024 12:14 - 1 hour - 179 MBJeeyoon Kim is a very special concert pianist who has opened meaningful connections to new audiences through her innovative concerts, albums, podcast, and now her book “Whenever You’re Ready”. You’ll learn how she sold out her Carnegie Hall debut recital without knowing one person in New York, without an agent or winning a competition. She’s generously shared 3 tracks from some of her albums that punctuate this episode. Her website is linked here: https://www.jeeyoonkim.com/about I was so h...
J. Walter Hawkes: Adventures in Music
January 13, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBJ. Walter Hawkes is a 4-time Emmy-winning composer for the PBS series Peg + Cat and Wonder Pets, is a renowned jazz trombone player, and also performs as a jazz vocalist, ukulele player, and pianist. As a young man, he survived a horrible accident which changed the course of his life. We talk about this and his mentors including the legendary Slide Hampton, how he got into composing for Blues Clues, and many hilarious and heart-warming personal stories. Those of you who listened to my episod...
Jennifer Roig-Francoli: The Art of Freedom
January 06, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour - 154 MBWelcome to Season 4 of Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman. For this first episode in 2024, I welcome the violinist, author and coach Jennifer Roig-Francoli. We talk about her newly released book, Make Great Music with Ease!: The Secret to Smarter Practice, Confident Performance, and Living a Happier Life, and her Art of Freedom Method which incorporates the mind-body skills of the Alexander Technique. This episode also features excerpts from her solo violin album, Solo Con Spi...
Mohamed Assani: Sitar and Tabla, History and Innovation
December 16, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 117 MBThis podcast is also a video on my YouTube and the transcript is also linked to my website: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/mohamed-assani Today’s guest is the genre-defying sitarist and composer Mohamed Assani. In this conversation a couple of compositions from his album Wayfinder are featured. Wayfinder incorporates a range of stylistic influences, including South Asian Classical, Middle Eastern, jazz, funk, Western Classical, ambient & electronic music. It was produced by Juno and Em...
Ceara Conway: Roots and Wings
December 09, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 151 MBCeara Conway is an Irish contemporary vocalist and visual artist, and this episode features music from her album CAOIN as well as excerpts from some of her other projects. I find Ceara’s curiosity about so many important topics around arts and culture really inspiring and this conversation circled around to her explorations of different languages and cultures as well as her rootedness as an Irish speaker. She has had many interesting commissions dealing with history, illness, grief, and the...
EmmoLei Sankofa: Morse code and Living Creatively
December 02, 2023 13:12 - 1 hour - 155 MBLike all my podcast episodes, you can watch the video on my YouTube and the transcript is linked here as well: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/emmolei-sankofa EmmoLei Sankofa https://www.e-sankofa.com/ is a an American composer, producer, musician, and artist whose work spans music, visual media, and fine art. Detailed show notes below with timestamps! You can sign up for my weekly newsletter https://mailchi.mp/ebed4a237788/podcast-newsletterto get access to Sneak Peeks for upcomin...
Kirsten Agresta Copely: multi-style Harpist, Composer, Arranger
November 25, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 141 MBWelcome to Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman: This podcast is available wherever you listen to podcasts, or as a video on my YouTube. This week’s episode is with the award-winning GRAMMY-nominated harpist and composer Kirsten Agresta Copely. The video and transcript are linked on my website: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/kirsten-agresta-copely Kirsten has had a really diverse career, starting with rigorous classical training as a young child, an illustrious career as an ...
Peter Hum and Steve Boudreau: Jazz Piano Duo
November 18, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 189 MBThis week’s episode is a special double episode with the jazz piano duo of Peter Hum and Steve Boudreau, who have recently released their album Nonlinear Blues. Peter and Steve performed three of their original tunes for this podcast and we’ve also included some of their other compositions from their respective discographies, and in terms of the conversation, it was a wide-ranging dialogue with interesting insights from their contrasting careers, Peter primarily as a music and food journali...
Alexis Chartrand: Fiddling, Groove and Ornamentation
November 11, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 115 MBThere’s such a fascinating variety to a life in music; and this series features wonderful musicians worldwide with in-depth conversations and great music, with over 100 episodes to explore. For this week’s episode I was able to add some additional music to a special re-release with fiddler Alexis Chartrand who has shared 3 tracks for you to listen to. His Bandcamp and socials are linked below; so please go buy the tracks or albums if you like what you hear! Alexis talks very thoughtfull...
Podcast Trailer
November 05, 2023 15:06 - 27 seconds - 887 KBPlease consider signing up for my weekly newsletter, which will give you access to Sneak Peeks for upcoming guests: https://mailchi.mp/ebed4a237788/podcast-newsletter Did you know that all episodes are also available as a video on my YouTube, and that I publish the transcripts to my blog? I'd like this to be accessible to everyone which is why I put this extra work into this. Complete catalogue of over 100 episodes: https://www.leahroseman.com/about Follow me a my socials: https://www....
Jeremy Mastrangelo: A Joyful Musical Journey and Unexpected Discovery
November 04, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 170 MBConversations with Musicians with Leah Roseman is available wherever you listen to podcasts. The video and transcript are linked here on my website, where you can check out my episodes catalog and sign up for Sneak Peeks for upcoming guests: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/jeremy-mastrangelo This week’s guest is violinist Jeremy Mastrangelo, who’s a wonderful colleague of mine in Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra. He’s known in our greenroom as a great storyteller, onstage as an ...
Michael Bridge: Virtuoso Accordion
October 28, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 189 MBConversations with Musicians with Leah Roseman is a weekly podcast with in-depth conversations featuring a fascinating variety of guests worldwide. Michael Bridge is an accordion virtuoso who performs in many styles on both concert accordion and digital accordion. In this wide-ranging conversation, Michael spoke to me about how best to engage with audiences, the subtleties intrinsic to programming digital accordion sounds, and how to forge lasting relationships. Michael was awarded his Docto...
Jack Everly: Stories from Broadway, Film Music and More (re-release)
October 21, 2023 11:43 - 53 minutes - 98.9 MBThis week I’m highlighting an episode from the archive: the charming and engaging Jack Everly, who is well-known to audiences throughout the United States and Canada for his Symphonic Pops programs and storytelling. We recorded this in 2021 when concerts had been mostly shut down for a year. It was so much fun having this opportunity to sit down and speak in depth with Jack. We had a lively exchange discussing his varied and distinguished career on Broadway, for the American Ballet Theatre, ...
Jack Everly: Stories from a Conductor's Podium (re-release)
October 21, 2023 11:00 - 53 minutes - 98.9 MBThis week I’m highlighting an episode from the archive: the charming and engaging Jack Everly, who is well-known to audiences throughout the United States and Canada for his Symphonic Pops programs and storytelling. We recorded this in 2021 when concerts had been mostly shut down for a year. It was so much fun having this opportunity to sit down and speak in depth with Jack. We had a lively exchange discussing his varied and distinguished career on Broadway, for the American Ballet Theatre, ...
Kat Raio Rende: Sesame Street composer, vocalist, producer, mother
October 14, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 165 MBToday’s guest is the Emmy-winning songwriter, singer, producer and composer Kat Raio Rende. Together with her husband JP Rende she has a successful songwriting and production company Earworm Music company. This episode is a fascinating window into the world of music for children’s tv shows, jingles, working with celebrities, and music production in general. We talked about writing for Sesame Street, including “Friends with a Penguin” featuring Billy Porter and “We Don’t Walk Alone”, Baby Sha...
Margaret Maria: Cellist/Composer, Improvisor, Educator
October 07, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 169 MBMargaret Maria is a wonderful cellist who’s a unique composer. Her compositions are all written by layering cello lines in some gorgeous and emotive aural tapestries. Her personal story is interesting and moving: she started the cello as a teenager, was admitted to the University of Toronto at age 16 without graduating from high school, and was then admitted to the prestigious Curtis Institute. She went on to have a successful career as a member of the Vancouver Symphony and then Canada’s Na...
Julie Lyonn Lieberman Catch-Up Episode
September 30, 2023 11:00 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBThis is a bonus Catch-Up Episode with Julie Lyonn Lieberman. My original conversation with her is linked below (Season 2, Episode 7 if you're looking in your podcast player). Julie is an innovative multi-style violinist/vocalist, author, composer, producer and educator. In our original episode, we discussed her unique path through world music, some of her projects including You Are Your Instrument, which was the first book written about how to overcome and prevent musicians’ overuse injuri...
Kait Dunton: Keyboards and a Creative Life
September 23, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 67.9 MBIn this episode, you get to hear the brilliant and engaging keyboard player and composer Kait Dunton in both conversation and a mini theory workshop on her hit tune This One’s For You! In this wide-ranging conversation, we talked about her early days with Snarky Puppy, recording the soundtrack to A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood, her love of vintage keyboards and the challenges they present, and her unique approach to teaching which has been influenced by her mentor John D’earth. Kait...
Jack Hui Litster: An Inspiring Musical Journey
September 16, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 73.9 MBThis week’s episode is with the Canadian musician Jack Hui Litster, who has developed a satisfying creative career after some interesting twists and turns. In this episode, you’ll learn about his experiences as a jazz drummer, his pivot into international development, and his path back to composing, producing and recording music in different styles. The music included in this episode features two tracks from his album "Shining Suns”, a guzheng improvisation and an excerpt from his second ope...
Jah'Mila: "Roots Girl" complete track
September 09, 2023 11:01 - 1 minute - 1.5 MBAs a bonus, this track, which is a special version of "Roots Girl" has generously been provided by Jah'Mila. The interview with her also features two other tracks, within this fascinating episode. You can listen to it on your favourite podcast player, watch the video, or read the transcript. The shownotes are also linked here: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/jahmila
Jah'Mila: Rooted in Reggae and Connecting with New Audiences
September 09, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBJah’Mila is a 🇯🇲 Jamaican-born Reggae singer-songwriter based in Halifax, Canada. In this episode you’ll hear about both her youth in the countryside of Jamaica singing gospel and then her immersion in Reggae roots and Rastafarian culture in Kingston. Her father is the legendary Earl “Chinna” Smith who has performed extensively with the Soul Syndicate, been featured on over 500 albums, and also played with Bob Marley and the Wailers on the Rastaman Vibration album, Live at the Roxy, and the...
Bonus Track: Kara Talve's Winter Rhapsody
September 02, 2023 11:01 - 7 minutes - 6.81 MBThis bonus track is connected to my in-depth conversation with Kara Talve and her partner and colleague at Bleeding Fingers Music, Anže Rozman. An excerpt of this piece was included in the main episode, and here is the complete performance of Winter Rhapsody by the Lancaster Symphony with conductor Stephen Gunzenhauser. Show notes, main episode, video, transcript, all linked here: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/ane-rozman-and-kara-talve Kara Talve's Website: https://www.karatalve.co...
Bonus Track by Anže Rozman: Last Flight/Death from Phoenix for Solo flute and orchestra
September 02, 2023 11:01 - 6 minutes - 6.36 MBThis bonus track is connected to my in-depth conversation with composer Anže Rozman and his partner and colleague at Bleeding Fingers Music, Kara Talve. An excerpt of this piece was included in the main episode, and here is the complete 3rd movement of Phoenix for Solo Flute and orchestra by Anze Rozman, entitled Last Flight/Death. The solo flutist is Eva-Nina Kozmus, the conductor is George Pehlivanian and the orchestra is the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra. Show notes, video, transcri...
Anže Rozman and Kara Talve: the music of Prehistoric Planet and Personal Reflections
September 02, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 67.1 MBKara Talve and Anže Rozman are composers with Bleeding Fingers Music and together wrote with Hans Zimmer the acclaimed score to the incredible tv series Prehistoric Planet. I was so impressed by this series, and the first part of this episode digs into the unique instruments that were created for this powerful score, and the other part of this episode is a personal and in-depth conversation with Kara and Anže about their lives. They shared their individual stories about challenges, mentors,...