James Ehnes: Inspiring Excerpts Bonus!
Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman
10/15/22
•7m
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James Ehnes is known internationally as one of the foremost violin soloists. He’s a GRAMMY winner who’s created over 60 acclaimed albums. In this short episode you’ll hear him talk about the joys and challenges of squeezing in chamber music with the Ehnes String Quartet, his youth in Brandon and his studies with both Frances Chaplin and Sally Thomas. The episode ends with some great advice for all musicians! The full episode is available here, both video and podcast, along with the transcript: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/e11-s1-james-ehnes
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Marilyn Lerner: Pianist, Psychoanalyst, Improvisor, Composer
October 8, 2022
•77m
I was honored to have this conversation with Marilyn Lerner, who is a unique pianist and composer who is a powerfully expressive musician across a range of styles. She’s a wonderful improvisor and has performed worldwide, as well as recorded extensively as both a soloist and as an ensemble player. She’s also a therapist and psychoanalyst, and our conversation moved through many fascinating and important topics including ideas around identity and creativity.
The video version is available here, and the transcript will later be published to the same link: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/marilyn-lerner
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Timestamps
(00:00) Intro
(01:06) jazz piano improvisation
(03:47) exploring different musical styles
(04:52) accompanying Silent film music
(08:58) teaching classical musicians to improvise, KlezCanada, Lori Freedman
(14:18) the piano as a textural instrument and different kinds of improv (with musical example)
(16:46) Marilyn’s youth
(21:10) university years at York University (switching from Psychology into music), and Marilyn’s work as a psychoanalyst, exploring the psychological aspects of being a musician, issues around identity
(27:48) the challenges of making a living as a musician
(30:22) experiences during 2020 lockdowns for both Marilyn and Leah
(36:33) Adrienne Cooper, Anna Margolin, Dave Wall, “All Silent Things Speak Today” collection of songs, “Dreaming in Yiddish”
(41:21) Yiddish and Ashkenazic Jewish history
(45:45) Marilyn plays piano “Romanian Fantasy”
(51:09) Yoshie Fruchter “The Pieces Broken”
(52:27) mridangam studies Trichy Sankaran, opportunities at York University, Reginald Godden,
Ethnomusicology
(56:58) Salsa: learning Montunos with Rodrigo Munoz
(57:47) Jane Bunnett, Larry Kramer, Maqueque,Cuban musicians, “Birds Are Returning” Dafnis Prieto
(01:03:04) classical influences in improvising
(01:07:18) psychology, becoming a therapist
(01:09:47) Marilyn’s youth, development as a pianist and musician
(01:11:45) challenges of finding focus and creative time
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Linsey Pollak: Maker, Musician, Stories from his life!
October 22, 2022
•103m
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 different instruments in different improvisatory styles, and I’m sure that everyone will be inspired by stories from his life, describing some of his incredibly unusual, fun and beautiful collaborations and creations.
This is available both video and podcast :https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/linsey-pollak
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Timestamps:
(00:00 Intro)
(01:30) gaida music
(04:59) Rafting trip, discovering Macedonian bagpipes, first trip to Macedonia
(11:35) trip to Greece to study klarino with Stavros Vasthekis
(13:15) discovering the Macedonian community in Australia, establishing Kulcha
(17:36) Linsey’s start making instruments, London and Early Music scene
(23:14) busking in Europe, learning Macedonian dance,
Živko Firfov Group, Destan Destanovski
(31:48) importance of humour in his solo shows
(33:17) duduk design and music
(38:56) Linsey’s early musical education and projects
(41:27) developing live looping in the early 90s, his solo shows
(49:25) rubber glove bagpipe
(54:36) Linsey’s current project going out to record in the forest with ambient sounds (his album of this music is on Bandcamp), also the frog sounds album
(56:53) Dva with Tunji Beier and now Beier-Griffin-Pollak trio with Philip Griffin
(58:23) Humarimba community music project
(01:09:16) Paranormal Music Society Romano Crivici and Blair Greenberg, and QWERTY with Peter Rowe
(01:13:47) MIDI wind controller Dangerous Song project with demonstration using animal sounds
(01:33:26) Linsey’s drive to create instruments and connect people, his creative process
(01:37:20) Linsey’s decision to stop touring outside of Australia
(01:40:07) Linsey’s advice
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