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Interview with Jorge Parodi of Opera in Williamsburg
Arts Conversations - May 16, 2024 22:19 - 7 minutesRaymond Jones speaks with Music Director Jorge Parodi about Opera in Williamsburg's upcoming production of Offenbach's Tales of Hoffman.
Interview with pianist Lara Downes
Arts Conversations - May 13, 2024 22:05 - 8 minutesRaymond Jones speaks with pianist Lara Downes about her upcoming performances with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, which will feature a new piano concerto by local composer Adolphus Hailstork.
The Neighboring Village: a new work for the Virginia Chorale
Arts Conversations - April 17, 2024 16:00 - 9 minutesComposer Gregory Spears speaks with Raymond Jones about his new work The Neighboring Village (inspired by a Kafka story), which was commissioned to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Virginia Chorale.
Olga Kern on the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto Festival
Arts Conversations - October 18, 2023 22:17 - 12 minutesRaymond Jones talks with pianist Olga Kern about her upcoming performances of the complete cycle of Rachmaninoff concertos with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra.
Eric Jacobsen on the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto Festival
Arts Conversations - October 13, 2023 13:00 - 7 minutesDwight Davis talks with Virginia Symphony Orchestra Music Director Eric Jacobsen about the upcoming Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto Festival with Olga Kern.
Interview with Julia Bullock
Arts Conversations - June 12, 2023 19:20 - 9 minutesWayla talks with classical singer Julia Bullock about her upcoming Virginia Arts Festival performance of Jessie Montgomery's Five Freedom Songs.
Interview with Elizabeth Blackney
Arts Conversations - June 02, 2023 17:34 - 8 minutesRebecca Weinstein spoke with Elizabeth Blackney, Executive Director of the Cook Foundation, about the 2023 Gloucester Arts Festival.
The Emerson Quartet and Beethoven
Arts Conversations - May 16, 2023 09:13Dwight Davis talks with violists Lawrence Dutton
Rachmaninoff at 150
Arts Conversations - May 05, 2023 10:28Dwight Davis talks with pianist Olga Kern about her VAF recital
Interview with Rob Fisher
Arts Conversations - May 03, 2023 22:42 - 5 minutesRebecca Weinstein talks with Broadway music director Rob Fisher about Virginia Arts Festival's upcoming performance of Chicago the Musical - in Concert, with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra.
Interview with violinist Randall Goosby
Arts Conversations - March 12, 2023 14:00 - 7 minutesRaymond Jones speaks with Randall Goosby about his upcoming Virginia Arts Festival performance at the Attucks Theatre, recent recording projects, and the original dedicatee of Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata.
Interview with Chuck Woodward, Artistic Director of the Virginia Chorale
Arts Conversations - February 03, 2023 19:10 - 4 minutesThe Virginia Chorale will perform a concert called “Lift Every Voice: Music of Black Women Composers" on February 4 and 5. Rebecca Weinstein spoke with Artistic Director Chuck Woodward about the program and what inspired him to put it together.
Interview with Floriana Frassetto of Mummenschanz
Arts Conversations - October 27, 2022 14:20 - 3 minutesVirginia Arts Festival presents the Swiss ensemble Mummenschanz on Saturday, October 29 at Chrysler Hall. Rebecca spoke with Artistic Director and Founding Member Floriana Frassetto.
Conversation with Virginia Symphony Conductor Eric Jacobsen
Arts Conversations - June 02, 2022 09:09Dwight Davis talks with Eric Jacobsen about the "Celebration of Water" concert
Interview with Rob Fisher
Arts Conversations - May 05, 2022 19:09 - 7 minutesRenowned Broadway conductor Rob Fisher, who’s a longtime collaborator with the Virginia Arts Festival, was recently appointed its Goode Family Artistic Advisor for Broadway and American Songbook. For the Festival’s 25th Anniversary Season, he’s conducting the Virginia Symphony Orchestra for The S...
Interview with Scott Jackson
Arts Conversations - April 21, 2022 18:46 - 9 minutesRaymond Jones speaks with Scott Jackson, Director of the Virginia International Tattoo, about the Tattoo's upcoming 25th anniversary performances, which feature a triumphant return to Scope Arena, an all-new international cast, a musical tribute to “March King” John Philip Sousa, and an emotional...
Interview with Olga Kern
Arts Conversations - April 12, 2022 12:05 - 9 minutesRaymond Jones speaks with Virginia Arts Festival's Director of Chamber Music, Olga Kern, about this season’s upcoming concerts
Interview with Chuck Woodward
Arts Conversations - April 08, 2022 17:29 - 5 minutesOn Sunday, April 10 at 4 PM, the Virginia Chorale presents "A Decade of Song," celebrating Chuck Woodward’s 10th anniversary as Artistic Director. Rebecca Weinstein spoke with him about what to expect.
Interview with conductor Ormsby Wilkins
Arts Conversations - March 20, 2022 14:00 - 10 minutesWayla speaks with Ormsby Wilkins, Music Director for American Ballet Theatre, about the company's upcoming performances at the Virginia Arts Festival, the relationship between music and dance, and how it felt to come back to performing after the hiatus caused by the pandemic.
Interview with Nadia and Christine DiGiallonardo
Arts Conversations - December 02, 2021 16:17 - 3 minutesOn Saturday, December 4, Virginia Arts Festival presents a holiday spectacular featuring sisters Nadia and Christine DiGiallonardo with the Festival Five led by Rob Fisher. Rebecca Weinstein spoke with Nadia and Christine about their musical upbringing and longtime collaboration with Fisher.
Interview with Norman Elton
Arts Conversations - November 03, 2021 16:40 - 5 minutesRebecca Weinstein spoke with Norman Elton, who runs the Open Door Concert Series in Williamsburg, about what their journey has been like so far and what their plans are for the future.
Interview with Truly Matthews of Virginia MOCA
Arts Conversations - November 02, 2021 14:07 - 3 minutesAs the arts remerge in person this fall, the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art in Virginia Beach offers a chance to peek inside the minds of talented young women through an exhibition called “Emergence,” running through November 28. Rebecca Weinstein spoke with Virginia MOCA's Curator of Educat...
Interview with Opera in Williamsburg
Arts Conversations - September 08, 2021 22:05 - 4 minutesOpera in Williamsburg presents Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love) September 10 and 12. Rebecca Weinstein spoke with conductor Jorge Parodi and stage director Benjamin Spierman.
Interview with the team behind the New Musicals Lab
Arts Conversations - July 22, 2021 20:13 - 4 minutesLast month, Christopher Newport University announced an initiative called the New Musicals Lab. The New Musicals Lab brings together writers, directors, composers, designers, and performers from all over the country to create and workshop musical theatre in the safe haven of Hampton Roads. Rebecc...
Interview with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra's New Music Director, Eric Jacobsen
Arts Conversations - June 02, 2021 16:10 - 6 minutesDwight Davis speaks with noted American conductor and cellist, Eric Jacobsen, who will step into the role of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra's new Music Director beginning July 1.
The Virginia International Tattoo Returns
Arts Conversations - May 30, 2021 14:00 - 9 minutesRaymond Jones speaks with Scott Jackson, Producer of the Virginia International Tattoo, about the 2021 Tattoo taking place this week at Old Dominion University’s S. B. Ballard stadium.
Olga Kern speaks about performing Beethoven with the Virginia Symphony
Arts Conversations - May 26, 2021 12:02Dwight Davis speaks with Olga Kern
Interview with conductor Gerard Schwarz
Arts Conversations - May 12, 2021 21:15Raymond Jones speaks with conductor Gerard Schwarz about his upcoming concerts with the Virginia Symphony and more.
Dwight Davis speaks with the Virginia Arts Festival's Olga Kern
Arts Conversations - May 07, 2021 08:57Olga Kern discusses upcoming VAF chamber music concerts.
Dwight Davis speaks with the Virginia Arts Festival's Olga Kern
Arts Conversations - May 05, 2021 04:00Information on the Olga Kern Trio
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