SCMS: Classical Conversation Podcast
1) #89: Jonathan Vinocour, Part I - 2021 Winter Festival
In Part 1 of our conversation with violist and SCMS Festival Artist Jonathan Vinocour, principal of the San Francisco Symphony, tells the story of how he came to the viola after false starts as a cell...Show More
2) #91: Jonathan Vinocour, Part III - 2021 Winter Festival
The conclusion of our conversation with violist Jonathan Vinocour begins by asking the question: what difference does the design of backstage area make to musicians and ensembles? Reflecting on the pl...Show More
3) #90: Jonathan Vinocour, Part II - 2021 Winter Festival
As a young violist just out of the New England Conservatory, Jonathan Vinocour was recruited to play a short stint as first chair viola for one of the world’s legendary orchestras, the Leipzig Gewandh...Show More
4) #88: Jennifer Frautschi, Part III - 2021 Winter Festival
The final part of our conversation with SCMS Festival Artist and violinist Jennifer Frautschi focuses on performing contemporary music. She believes performing new works helps "keep music alive." In a...Show More
5) #87: Jennifer Frautschi, Part II - 2021 Winter Festival
Part 2 of our conversation with violinist and SCMS Festival Artist Jennifer Frautschi continues with a discussion of her teaching. She speaks about her priorities when working with students, and her b...Show More
6) #86: Jennifer Frautschi, Part I - 2021 Winter Festival
Violinist and SCMS Festival Artist Jennifer Frautschi, talks about the pandemic's impact on her personal priorities and her musical practice. The demands of raising a young daughter have taken on a ne...Show More
7) #84: Jun Iwasaki, Part II - 2021 Winter Festival
Violinist Jun Iwasaki is the concertmaster of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra and held the same position in the Oregon Symphony prior to that. In Part 2 of our conversation, Jun talks about the impor...Show More
8) #83: Jun Iwasaki, Part I - 2021 Winter Festival
Seattle Chamber Music Society artist Jun Iwasaki, violin, first visited Seattle as a toddler when his father, cellist Ko Iwasaki, played in the early years of SCMS Summer Festivals in the 1980s. In 20...Show More
9) #85: Jun Iwasaki, Part III - 2021 Winter Festival
Time with his wife and two young children, learning to bake bread, and discovering audio and video production skills, have been pandemic projects of Seattle Chamber Music Society violinist Jun Iwasaki...Show More
10) #82: Ani Aznavoorian, Part III - 2020 Summer Festival
In part 3 of our conversation, cellist Ani Aznavoorian talks about the despair she felt when the pandemic forced cancellation of so many performances, and how playing solo Bach on the patio of her San...Show More