Interplay: Conversations in Music with Michael Shapiro
60 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago -Michael Shapiro, composer and conductor, talks to prominent musicians and creators about their work, their response to current events, and their hopes for the future.
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Neal Gittleman
May 19, 2024 13:00 - 33 minutes - 46.2 MBOn this month's Interplay, Conversations in Music, I had the great pleasure of talking with Maestro Neal Gittleman, music director of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra and a champion of progress in orchestral, operatic, and ballet music. Neal's talk with me combines incisive observations about our musical culture, the development of orchestras over long periods of time, and his view of the future of performance. An Interplay not to be missed! www.michaelshapiro.com
Daniel Asia
April 15, 2024 13:00 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBOn this month's Interplay, Conversations in Music, I had a remarkable talk with Daniel Asia, composer and writer on music. From his lifetime of work in music including his years of teaching on the college level and creating works of great substance and direction, Daniel has a special voice, and I urge you to listen to his guidance of how the present must guide the future of creation and what needs to be done. I am with him in every way! www.michaelshapiro.com
Kyle Ketelsen
March 08, 2024 13:00 - 31 minutes - 29.4 MBPlease join us for this exciting discussion on this month's Interplay, Conversations in Music, to learn more. www.michaelshapiro.com
Thomas Little
February 25, 2024 13:00 - 45 minutes - 42 MBThomas Little is widely known for his incredibly articulate and popular podcast The Classical Nerd. He is a wonderfully great teacher with an enthusiastic wit that compels the viewer to keep on watching and learning. But did you know Thomas is a versatile and brilliant composer? www.michaelshapiro.com
Donato Cabrera
February 10, 2024 13:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBI recently spoke on Interplay, Conversations in Music, with conductor Donato Cabrera, that rare musician whose every gesture comes from deeply profound musicianship and meaning. I hope you will delve into this talk with a wonderfully warm and engaging personality who is creating great art every moment with a special humanity and caring. www.michaelshapiro.com
Matt Haimovitz
January 27, 2024 13:00 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBOn this month's Interplay, Conversations in Music, I spoke to the remarkable Matt Haimovitz, cellist, and leader in the expansion of the cello repertoire. We discussed the influences on Matt's playing, and why is his life and loves are rarely separate from his organic music making. A discussion not to be missed! www.michaelshapiro.com
Kalena Bovell
November 15, 2023 13:00 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MBIn this month's INTERPLAY, Conversations in Music, I speak to my dear friend Kalena Bovell whose conducting is widely recognized and appreciated for its sincerity, deepest musicality, and emotion. Kalena Bovell, conductor, is that rare person whose music making is a wonderful mix of intelligence, beauty, and that special quotient - making everything she touches sing with organic purity. www.michaelshapiro.com
Colin Jacobsen
October 09, 2022 13:00 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBOn this month's INTERPLAY, my talk is with the remarkable violinist and composer COLIN JACOBSEN. Co-founder of Brooklyn Rider and The Knights, Colin is a pathbreaking artist always seeking a vibrant path of expression in whatever he does. This Conversation in Music explores his many views on repertoire, chamber music, solo and orchestral playing. Every note he plays is magical, organic, and deeply felt. And all this comes through in our thrilling and touching INTERPLAY. www.michaelshapiro....
Alexander Soddy
August 14, 2022 13:00 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBOn this month's Interplay, a most wonderful Conversation in Music with the uniquely gifted conductor Alexander Soddy. We met whilst he was in New York to conduct at The Met in the remarkable Anthony Minghella production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly. Soddy is a rarity - a musician who can bend a phrase in a dramatic setting with total musicality. Comparisons have been made in the press to Carlos Kleiber, and they are warranted, but Alexander Soddy is surely one of those special artists who p...
John Mauceri
May 29, 2022 13:00 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBOn this month's Interplay, Conversations In Music, I met with conductor and author John Mauceri about his important and crucial new book, THE WAR ON MUSIC: Reclaiming the Twentieth Century. This social history by a brilliant and consequential conductor is a must read and parallels Maestro Mauceri's work these past 30 years. A must watch and a must read as the issues presented are significant for all of us. www.michaelshapiro.com
Carlos Kalmar
May 08, 2022 13:00 - 41 minutes - 57.1 MBI had the most enjoyable INTERPLAY Conversation In Music recently with the remarkable conductor CARLOS KALMAR. Longtime music director of the Oregon Symphony and Grant Park Music Festival Orchestra, Maestro Kalmar is now director of orchestral music at the Cleveland Institute of Music. He reveals his approach to the score, his background, and what he wishes to impart to his students. Endlessly fascinating! www.michaelshapiro.com
Steven Isserlis
March 13, 2022 13:00 - 29 minutes - 41.2 MBOn this month's INTERPLAY, I had a wonderfully engaging Conversation In Music with the musician I believe is the foremost cellist of his generation, STEVEN ISSERLIS. The conversation ranges over many topics, from his approach to learning new music to writing about composers with whom he has a special relationship, and the voice and range of the cello. Our talk went by too quickly. We could have spoken for hours. Watch and you will see why his vibrant personality is simply remarkable and comp...
Wayne Marshall
February 20, 2022 13:00 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MBOn this month's Interplay, I had a truly wonderful Conversation In Music with Wayne Marshall, pianist, organist, conductor. Internationally famous and recognized as an OBE in the U.K., Maestro Marshall recently conducted the Berlin Philharmonic and many other well known ensembles. His discography is varied and compelling as a keyboardist and director with a humane and fascinating approach to music making. A not-to-be missed discussion about his approach to style and keyboard playing and his ...
Noah Bendix-Balgley
January 16, 2022 13:00 - 29 minutes - 39.8 MBOn this month's INTERPLAY, please tune into a thought provoking conversation with violinist Noah Bendix-Balgley, composer of a brilliant new Klezmer (!) violin concerto, and the First Concertmaster of the Berliner Philharmoniker. Noah relates how he approaches different styles of music, applying the laser focus and total musicality that has brought him to the pinnacle of string playing into a compelling and revealing discussion. www.michaelshapiro.com
Natasha Paremski
October 17, 2021 13:00 - 28 minutes - 38.9 MBOn this month's INTERPLAY, a Conversation In Music with the remarkable Natasha Paremski, quite simply one of the greatest pianists on our stages. This discussion delves into how her background in Russian pianism and schooling informs her playing. We discuss the position of the hands, how the fingers touch and release, and how relaxed the arm must be to accomplish unrivaled ease with the most difficult music. Ms. Paremski even makes Rachmaninoff concerti look easy. A dynamic conversation in m...
Andrew Litton
August 29, 2021 13:00 - 29 minutes - 40.8 MBThis week's INTERPLAY features a Conversation In Music with a miracle of a musician, ANDREW LITTON. Conductor and pianist of undeniable gifts, Maestro Litton is a perfectly natural musician with organic attention to phrasing, style, and projection. We recall our many similar paths over the years, his conducting symphonic works versus ballet, building orchestras and audience across the globe, and how an attention to humanity informs everything he does. Please enjoy this sparkling discussion! ...
David Stern
August 08, 2021 13:00 - 32 minutes - 44.4 MBThis week's INTERPLAY is a Conversation In Music with the remarkable conductor and American in Paris, David Stern. At home in creating operatic gems in Europe with his Opera Fuoco and in the US at the Palm Beach Opera, Maestro David Stern, the scion of a legendary family, brings to his performances a unique perspective, passionate and organic. A lively and informative discussion! www.michaelshapiro.com
Anton Nel
June 20, 2021 13:00 - 30 minutes - 28 MBOn this week's INTERPLAY, the great pianist Anton Nel discusses the master teacher's life during the Pandemic and his hopes for the future as a performing artist. His insights into piano literature, approaches to study, and his favorite works are illuminating. A wonderful talk with a wondrous intelligence and wit. www.michaelshapiro.com www.antonnel.com
Jennifer Roig-Francoli
June 06, 2021 13:00 - 31 minutes - 29 MBJennifer Roig-Francoli is my guest on this week’s Interplay, Conversations in Music. Jennifer is that rare combination of a wonderful musician (in her case a remarkable violinist) and a coach. Who else can one talk to about vibrato in Baroque practice at the same time investigating the beauty of Alexander Technique? Please listen in and observe a wondrous intelligence at play. www.michaelshapiro.com www.artoffreedom.me
Alex Shapiro
May 23, 2021 13:00 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBOn this edition of INTERPLAY, Michael Shapiro speaks with his longtime friend, composer Alex Shapiro, about her newest creations and the past, present and future of electroacoustic writing. A conversation between the Shapiros is always scintillating! www.michaelshapiro.com www.alexshapiro.org
James Robinson
May 09, 2021 13:00 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBOn this week’s INTERPLAY, the remarkably gifted stage director JAMES ROBINSON joins us to talk about his work directing opera and theater throughout the world. I have long been taken with James’ natural way of directing, and this Conversation is no different for its clarity of purpose and beauty of expression. He is truly an American treasure. Come join us for an insider’s look at what makes theater of all kinds work – from the director’s chair. www.michaelshapiro.com www.opera-stl.org/jam...
Arthur Fagen
May 02, 2021 13:00 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBOn this week’s INTERPLAY, conductor Arthur Fagen is featured in a vibrant talk. Music Director of the Atlanta Opera and professor of orchestral conducting at Indiana University, Maestro Fagen has conducted throughout the world and is highly regarded as one of the great conductors of his era. This Conversation in Music reveals his unique perspectives on the art of conducting combined with his wit and unique storytelling. A total joy for this musician to talk to this brilliant man. www.micha...
Alessio Bax and Lucille Chung
April 25, 2021 13:00 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBAlessio Baxand Lucille Chung are remarkable musicians and a wonderful couple to talk to about music. Each a great pianist, they often join forces to play four-hand and two piano works. Those joint performances are magical as two unique players join forces to create something quite special. Their joint and solo repertoire is vast and thrilling to encounter. Their new festival in Siena is only one of the highlights of their international career. Please join us for a moving Conversation in Musi...
Eric Jacobsen
April 18, 2021 13:00 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBThis week’s Interplay is a Conversation in Music with a miraculous musician, Eric Jacobsen. Founder with his brother Colin of The Knights, music director of symphonies in Bridgeport and Orlando, and a superb cellist, everything Eric touches sounds fresh and new. I first heard Eric conduct a Brahms orchestral work, and it sounded as if it was the premiere. Eric’s musicianship is exemplary and totally natural, like the man. I know you will enjoy our talk as much as I did. Cannot wait to attend...
Tim Fain
April 04, 2021 13:00 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBTim Fain is the most remarkable musician I have ever worked with as a composer and conductor. There Is simply no one like him in my experience. Tim has performed all over the world as a soloist with orchestra, chamber musician with Simone Dinnerstein, in a duet with Philip Glass, been our Artist-in-Residence in Chappaqua, recorded my Peace Variations and Second Sonata for violin and piano with the equally incredible pianist Steven Beck, and played in three Oscar-winning films (The Black Swan...
Lidiya Yankovskaya
March 21, 2021 13:00 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBThis week’s Interplay is a Conversation in Music with conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya, music director of Chicago Opera Theater, and a remarkable force in the production and presentation of music theater. A fiercely committed advocate for Russian masterpieces, operatic rarities, and new works, Lidiya is that rare person, warm, highly skilled and insightful, with a personal commitment to truth and free expression. It was inspiring talking to Maestra Lidiya Yankovskaya! www.michaelshapiro.com ww...
Marin Alsop
March 14, 2021 13:00 - 22 minutes - 21 MBThis week’s INTERPLAY is a Conversation in Music with our remarkable leader in American music, Marin Alsop, in which we share insights from our longtime friendship and her unique passion for justice and the expansion of the repertoire. A thrilling experience from Marin’s new home in Vienna! www.michaelshapiro.com www.marinalsop.com
David Leibowitz
March 07, 2021 13:00 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBThis week’s Interplay, Conversations in Music, is with the remarkable and innovative conductor David Leibowitz, Music Director and Founder of the New York Repertory Orchestra. Maestro Leibowitz is deservedly recognized for his programming of not only the so-called traditional repertoire but of much other music that deserves a hearing and gets it in his orchestra’s vibrant repertory structure. David’s dynamic and insightful observations are a must! www.michaelshapiro.com www.nyro.org
Jan Swafford
February 28, 2021 13:00 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBMichael Shapiro talks to the extraordinary Jan Swafford whose remarkable biographies of Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, and Ives are irreplaceable. No one can talk like a great biographer, and when that writer is also a fine and highly expressive composer, there is simply nothing like it. Not to be missed! www.michaelshapiro.com www.janswafford.com
Maya Beiser
February 21, 2021 13:00 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBThis INTERPLAY features cellist Maya Beiser. Passionately forging her artistic path through uncharted territories, Maya Beiser has been captivating audiences worldwide, bringing a bold and unorthodox presence to contemporary classical music, experimenting with various musical styles, and defying conventional norms with her boundary-crossing performances. There is simply no one like the unique and captivating Maya Beiser, an extraordinary musician and world force for good. www.michaelshapiro...
College Conductors
February 14, 2021 13:00 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBThis Interplay digs into the remarkable work being done by five extraordinary conductors at our universities: James Tapia (Syracuse University), Mathias Elmer (Virginia Tech), Carolyn Watson (University of Kansas), Kevin Suetterlin (Concordia College), James Allen Anderson (University of Delaware). Our talk is a big longer than usual, but these five maestri have insights and an attention for what they do that is infectious and soul redeeming. I just love these fine musicians for their creati...
Alexander Mickelthwate
February 07, 2021 13:00 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBToday's Interplay is a Conversation In Music with the dynamic and wonderfully unique conductor Alexander Mickelthwate, Music Director of the Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra. Maestro Mickelthwate talks about his special programming, the musical life of his area, and his love for Bruckner in particular. Join us for his stimulating and thought provoking insights! www.michaelshapiro.com https://www.okcphil.org/about-us/history/alexander-mickelthwate/
Michael Schelle
January 24, 2021 13:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBThis week’s Interplay with composer Michael Schelle is a joyous experience. There is such energy and strength in everything Michael does as a composer and teacher. His wit is unmistakable coupled with a sense of caring and individualism unique in its power. Rejoice in this wonderful Conversation in Music! www.michaelshapiro.com https://www.butler.edu/directory/user/mschelle
Gerard Schwarz
January 17, 2021 13:00 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBThis 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 conductor, composer, and arranger are unique and truly astonishing. He is quite simply a world treasure. www.michaelshapiro.com www.gerardschwarz.com
Gil Shaham and Scott Wheeler
January 10, 2021 13:00 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBInterplay 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 musician talking about the work the great composer gifted to him. And it's called The Singing Turk, which has to be one of the best titles one has ever heard! I so enjoyed this trio talk of wit, grace, and Baroque homage and am sure you will also. www.michaelshapiro.com www.gilshaham.com www.scott...
Giancarlo Guerrero
January 03, 2021 13:00 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBThis 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. As music director of the great Nashville Symphony and guest at the great orchestras of the world, Maestro Guerrero's elan and joyful spirit are irresistible and profound. www.michaelshapiro.com www.giancarlo-guerrero.com
Chee-Yun
December 27, 2020 13:00 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBOn 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. www.michaelshapiro.com www.chee-yun.net
Deborah Simpkin King
December 20, 2020 13:00 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBThis 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. Composers and audience just love Maestra King's musicianship which is full of life and deeply profound. In addition to her conducting, she is a widely read writer on music and promoter of additional performances of new choral work in her Project Encore series. Deborah enriches everything she touches ...
Daron Hagen
December 06, 2020 13:00 - 21 minutes - 20 MBThis 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 everything he touches. Enjoy this wonderful Conversation In Music and Daron's unique thoughts on music and Orson Welles! www.michaelshapiro.com www.daronhagen.com
Jennifer Higdon
November 29, 2020 13:00 - 31 minutes - 29 MBThis 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, and warmth. I just loved doing this Conversation In Music and hope you will enjoy watching it as much as I had in talking about her remarkable music making! www.michaelshapiro.com www.jenniferhigdon.com
Michael Christie
November 22, 2020 13:00 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBConductor 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 new American works is a mark of his dedication to the expansion and enriching of his art. With an unusual command and interest in bringing classical music to more people, he has an unmistakable warmth and connection. www.michaelshapiro.com www.michaelchristieonline.com
Blind Mississippi Morris
November 01, 2020 13:00 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBBlind 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 Conversation In Music with a great artist, this is a special look into the origins of his music making and why his message to the world is so important and crucial now. I know that my life is forever blessed by his music making. You will never feel the same after experiencing his supreme gift. www.michaels...
Iván Fischer
October 25, 2020 13:00 - 28 minutes - 26.6 MBIn 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, and the practical experience of the international conductor. www.michaelshapiro.com
Sara Sant'Ambrogio
October 18, 2020 13:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBMichael 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 magnetic personality and brilliance. A joyous conversation about her life and abundant zest for communicating. Rapturous! www.michaelshapiro.com www.sarasantambrogio.com
Simone Dinnerstein
October 11, 2020 13:00 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBThis 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 learns every work through deeply felt study. A remarkable look into the mind of a poetic artist. www.michaelshapiro.com www.simonedinnerstein.com
Sir James Galway
October 04, 2020 13:00 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBThere 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 the Rings, that his position is unparalleled. And with his beautiful wife, Lady Jeanne Galway, the Galway Flute Academy is spreading the word to a future generation of flutists throughout the world. Sir James has a flair of speech that makes this Interplay a sterling and personal Conversation In Mu...
Martin Bresnick
September 27, 2020 13:00 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBThis 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 expression full of rich power. This Conversation In Music elucidates his art in a down to earth talk - how an important and great artist thinks about what he has done - and the many students at Yale he has brought along. Not to be missed! www.michaelshapiro.com www.martinbresnick.com
Francesca Zambello
September 20, 2020 13:00 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBMichael 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. www.michaelshapiro.com www.francescazambello.com
Adrian Partington
September 13, 2020 13:00 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBMichael 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-leader of the Three Choirs Festival, and so much more. www.michaelshapiro.com www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk
Andreas Haefliger
September 06, 2020 12:00 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBMichael Shapiro interviews the unique pianist Andreas Haefliger. Listen to his approach to the piano, wonderful heritage, and special relationship with the great masters. www.michaelshapiro.com www.andreashaefliger.com