SpeakingSoundly

It’s Alexa Tarantino week on the #podcast! Listen now (for free) at https://apple.co/3C8Tv7X 🎙️🎧 Alexa Tarantino is a dynamic saxophone performer, composer, and educator, who recently made history as the first female full-time member to join the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. She chats with MET Orchestra Musicians' David Krauss about role models, the importance of being fearless, her relationship to practice, and a chance encounter with Philip Bailey that led to her performing with Earth, Wind & Fire while at the Eastman School of Music. To close out the episode, Alexa discusses her new album, which features a track with Cecile McLorin Salvant, how walking on stage with Wynton is like hitting the football field as the lights go on, and the value of a musical education. 📸: Anna Yatskevich #sax #saxophone #saxaphonist #jazz #jazz🎷 #jazzmusicians #jazzmusician #pod #podcastclip #woodwind #woodwinds #davidkrauss #alextarantino #speakingsoundly #interview Lincoln Center Discover Jazz Birdland Jazz Club

We couldn’t be more excited to share this week’s SpeakingSoundly episode featuring the brilliant Nicola Benedetti! Listen now (for free) at https://apple.co/3C8Tv7X 🎻💫🎧 Grammy Award-winning Scottish-Italian #violinist Nicola Benedetti captivates audiences with her passionate and virtuosic performances. The soloist and MET Orchestra Musicians David Krauss kick off the conversation with a debate about the superiority of the #trumpet vs. the #violin and how Nicola has expanded her instrument’s repertoire championing new works, including Wynton Marsalis's violin concerto. Nicola reflects on her childhood listening to classical music with her mom and sister, attending the Yehudi Menuhin school, and how she was badly advised early in her career. She goes on to share what she thought when she was asked to be the Director of the Edinburgh International Festival and how she juggles this role, her performance schedule, and her work as the Founder and Artistic Director Benedetti Foundation. To close it out, Nicola settles an outstanding question about her daughter. 📸: Andy Gotts #pod #podcastclips #nicolabenedetti #nickybenedetti #speakingsoundly #speakingsndly #davidkrauss #violinsolo #violinist #violin #classicalmusic #classicalmusicians

Acclaimed #piano soloist Anne-Marie McDermott credits playing with others for shaping her own career. Don't miss our new episode with Anne-Marie available now (for free!) at https://apple.co/3C8Tv7X or wherever you get your #podcasts Member of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Artistic Director of Bravo Vail Anne-Marie McDermott joins Principal Trumpet of MET Orchestra Musicians David Krauss to discuss her childhood with her musical sisters, why a healthy sense of competition is helpful, and how the piano allowed her to come out of her shell. Anne-Marie recalls performing at Carnegie Hall unaware of the importance, when she quit the piano, and how fearlessness has propelled her. To close it out, David asks about when she was "booted" from Manhattan School of Music, what it's like to judge The Cliburn, and the difference of being a #soloist vs. a chamber musician. 📸: courtesy of Anne-Marie McDermott/Bravo! Vail. #classicalmusic #musician #podcastclips #podcastersofinstagram #pianist #pianistsofinstagram #chambermusic #chambermusicians #DavidKrauss #speakingsoundlypodcast

We can’t get enough of #colinjacobsen! Catch the founding member of Brooklyn Rider in conversation w/ MET Orchestra Musicians principal trumpet David Krauss now, wherever you get your #podcasts (for free!) at https://apple.co/3C8Tv7X #violin #violinist #classicalmusicians #stringquartet #stringquartets #brooklynrider #metopera #speakingsoundly #speakingsoundlypodcast #podcastersofinstagram #podcastclips

#ColinJacobsen on what makes a ✨GREAT✨ musician and why he admirers Yo-Yo Ma. Catch Colin’s full interview with David Krauss now at https://apple.co/3C8Tv7X

✨ NEW EPISODE ALERT! ✨ Don't miss #violinist and #composer Colin Jacobsen with MET Orchestra Musicians David Krauss. Listen now (for free!) at https://apple.co/3C8Tv7X Violinist and composer Colin Jacobsen is “one of the most interesting figures on the classical music scene” (The Washington Post). The Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient joins David to describe his many musical families including the string quartet Brooklyn Rider, The Knights, an innovative orchestra for which he is the Co-Artistic Director with his brother, Eric Jacobsen, and the Santa Fe Pro Musica. Colin discusses childhood memories backstage at The Metropolitan Opera, the importance of playing with others, and what he loves about multi-generational musical experiences. Colin also reflects about the evolution of The Knights, which will perform at Carnegie Hall this season and his on-going collaboration with Yo-Yo Ma's Silkroad since its founding in 2000. 📸: Marco Giannavola #colinjacobsen #DavidKrauss #speakingsoundly #speakingsoundlypodcast #pod #podcast #podcastclip #classical #classicalmusic #classicalmusicians #classicalmusiclover #stringquartet #musician #violin #classicalmusician #classicalmusiciansofinstagram

On the #podcast this week Carnegie Hall’s ‘24-‘25 Debs Composer’s Chair Gabriela Ortiz talks with The Metropolitan Opera’s David Krauss about finding her confidence and much more! Don’t miss their conversation available now (for free!) at https://apple.co/3C8Tv7X #composer #music #classical #carnegiehall #gabrielaortiz #davidkrauss #metopera #speakingsoundly #pod #podcastersofinstagram #podcastclips #musician #musicians #musicianlife MET Orchestra Musicians

Alisa Weilerstein talks with The Metropolitan Opera's David Krauss about her first instruments. 🎻❤️🎙️Catch their full conversation now (for free!): https://apple.co/3C8Tv7X 📸: Lisa Sakulensky #music #musician #musicislife #classicalmusic #classicalmusicians #pod #podcast #podcastersofinstagram #podcastclips #cellists #cello #cellistofinstagram #cellistoftheworld #alisaweilerstein #davidkrauss #speakingsoundly #podcasts #orchestra

To close out the year, we’re revisiting our interview with MacArthur Genius Grant Fellow and American classical #cellist Alisa Weilerstein. The internationally celebrated artist discusses her first instruments (made by her grandmother!), her solo debut at age thirteen with the The Cleveland Orchestra, and why she chose not to go directly to conservatory after high school. Alisa reminisces with David Krauss about performing at the White House and chuckles about receiving an apology from President Barack Obama, as well as discusses her groundbreaking new solo concert series Fragments. Catch the #interview now (for free!) at: https://apple.co/3C8Tv7X 📸 Paul Stuart #music #musician #musicislife #classicalmusic #classicalmusicians #pod #podcast #podcastersofinstagram #podcastclips #cellists #cello #cellistofinstagram #cellistoftheworld #alisaweilerstein #davidkrauss #speakingsoundly #podcasts #orchestra MET Orchestra Musicians Opus 3 Artists

🎻 GRAMMY Award-winning #violinist Maxim Vengerov Official sat down at Carnegie Hall with The Metropolitan Opera Principal Trumpet David Krauss to discuss how music became Maxim’s ticket to the world, why he punched his beloved teacher as a young child (it’s not what you might think!), and their upcoming performance with the MET Orchestra Musicians later this season. 🎧🎙️ Listen now (for free!) at https://apple.co/3C8Tv7X

Semyon Bychkov talks candidly about nerves, leading the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, performing with David Krauss and the MET Orchestra Musicians at the The Metropolitan Opera, as well as what he loves most about Carnegie Hall and his upcoming performances there with the Česká filharmonie. Catch the full convo now (for free!) wherever you get your #podcasts at https://apple.co/3C8Tv7X 📸: Umberto Nicoletti #pod #podcast #podcasting #podcastersofinstagram #podcastclips #semyonbychkov #czechphilharmonic #davidkrauss #speakingsoundly #metopera #carnegiehall #musicdirector #classicalmusic #classicalmusicians #opera #musician #musicianlife #musicislife Royal Academy of Music IMG Artists

Don’t miss our newest interview—out now—featuring the Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Česká filharmonie and the Otto Klemperer Chair of Conducting of the Royal Academy of Music Semyon Bychkov. He is an #artist whose commitment, passion, and obsession with making music is contagious. To kick off the conversation Semyon and David Krauss discuss the unique relationship between a #conductor and a #musician based on their own performances together with the MET Orchestra Musicians at The Metropolitan Opera. The Maestro recalls his earliest musical experiences at age 5 (he had perfect pitch!), the moment when he realized he was born to #conduct, and the parallels between his life as an artist and an athlete. Semyon explains why winning the #rachmaninoff Conducting Competition led to his escape from the former Soviet Union and ultimate emigration to the United States in 1975, and how he came to inherit Rachmaninoff’s briefcase and some of his scores. To close out the conversation Semyon shares what he loves most about Carnegie Hall and how he perceives the power of music. 🎙️🎧 Listen now (for free!) and follow the show at: https://apple.co/3C8Tv7X 📸 Petr Chodura #pod #podcast #podcasting #podcastersofinstagram #podcastclips #semyonbychkov #czechphilharmonic #davidkrauss #speakingsoundly #metopera #carnegiehall #musicdirector #classicalmusic #classicalmusicians #opera #musician #musicianlife #musicislife