133 - Kai Stensgaard
@ percussion podcast
English - March 01, 2018 15:19 - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsMusic Education Courses percussion drum marimba vibraphone timpani interview cangelosi Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
We are joined this week by Danish percussionist and composer Kai Stensgaard. Kai is also the inventor of the aluphone, author of books and pieces about his 6-mallet technique, and founder of several chamber music projects combining marimba with other instruments.
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0:00 Intro and hello
2:17 Discovering marimba, early experience and teachers
6:40 Where is marimba literature is going
10:35 6-mallets, Dean Gronemeier
20:15 Ben: 6-mallets (overview and some history)
30:50 Casey/Laurel: What's the sound? Synesthesia paintings
43:43 Use of improvisation in your pieces and study?
45:10 Latin influence in your music?
46:50 Duo and body percussion group?
48:00 Upcoming?
49:55 Aluphone instrument
