#1: "Why am I doing this?" A Chat with Violinist Miki-Sophia Cloud
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English - August 11, 2018 04:04 - 25 minutes - 23 MB - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsPerforming Arts Arts Music classical music creativity education child prodigy violin juilliard learning music Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In my interview with violinist Miki-Sophia Cloud, we talk about her former life as a strolling ‘gypsy violinist’; playing by ear versus playing from sheet music; her musical studies and mentors at Harvard, Yale, and the New England Conservatory of Music; and how she answers the question: “why am I doing this?” and what motivates her to make music.
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MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE is from Mendelssohn's String Quartet, Op. 80, from the Solera Quartet's debut album, EVERY MOMENT PRESENT (featuring Miki on first violin): https://open.spotify.com/album/1PLFnRJl78gChw3O6eQIEe?si=n3doDFc_RA2g1RzvFDHaAg
Miki: http://www.soleraquartet.com/miki-sophia-cloud/
Miki is a core member of the Grammy-nominated ensemble, A Far Cry : http://afarcry.org
Miki and I play in a quartet together: http://www.soleraquartet.com/the-soleras/
Robert Levin, Professor Emeritus, Harvard University: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_D._Levin
Ronda Cole, Director of NVSMS , Violin Teacher, Teacher Trainer for the Suzuki Association of the Americas (SAA): https://www.suzukiviolinschool.com/our-faculty.html
Ricardo Cyncynates, Assistant Concertmaster of the National Symphony Orchestra: https://www.ricardocyncynates.com/biography
Ani Kavafian, Professor of Violin, Yale School of Music: https://www.chambermusicsociety.org/about/artists/strings/ani-kavafian/
Miriam Fried, Professor of Violin, New England Conservatory of Music: https://necmusic.edu/faculty/miriam-fried
Donald Weilerstein, Dorothy Richard Starling Chair in Violin Studies, New England Conservatory of Music: https://necmusic.edu/faculty/donald-weilerstein