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SpeakingSoundly Backstage conversations w/ world-renowned musicians. Host: Principal Trumpet MET Opera David Krauss

27/05/2025

Catch our season 6 finale featuring the brilliant Orli Shaham, available now —> https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/speaking-soundly/id1638984522?i=1000710076084

Acclaimed Israeli-American pianist Orli
Shaham is a compelling performer, educator, and recording artist. A recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant, she is Chair of the Board of Trustees of Kaufman Music Center, Artistic Director of Pacific Symphony’s chamber series, and was Artist in Residence at Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. On this season 6 finale of Speaking Soundly, Orli sits down with David Krauss of the MET Orchestra Musicians to reflect on their early musical education together and her motivation to earn degrees from The Juilliard School and Columbia University at the same time. Our guest shares how she was fueled by focus and curiosity, two traits she gained growing up the daughter of scientists and in admiration of her older musical brothers. To close it out, Orli Shaham recalls how her relationship to performance changed once she became a mother, which led to her founding of the Orli Shaham's Bach Yard musical program for kids, and why her best collaborator is her husband, .

📸: Pacific Symphony/Matthew Morgan

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29/04/2025

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16/04/2025

Executive and Artistic Director of Carnegie Hall Clive Gillinson credits his previous career as a young cellist with the London Symphony Orchestra for shaping his creative approach to managing the world's most iconic concert hall. Clive sits down with David Krauss to discuss his kinship with musicians, how he became an arts administrator by mistake, and the secret to raising money. Reflecting on his early days as a musician, our guest shares why he was kicked out of the The National Youth Orchestra, the influence of his mother, and advice for young musicians. Listen now: https://apple.co/3C8Tv7X

15/04/2025

Don’t miss David Krauss’s interview with Carnegie Hall’s Clive Gillinson, available now!

02/04/2025

You know it’s gonna be a great week when Kayhan Kalhor joins us on the ! Listen to his full convo w/ MET Orchestra Musicians Principal Trumpet David Krauss (for free!) wherever you get your podcasts: https://apple.co/3C8Tv7X

Grammy Award winner Kayhan Kalhor is a world-renowned virtuoso of the kamancheh, the ancient Persian predecessor to the violin, as well as other instruments. He sits down with David to talk about the origins of the instrument, falling in love with it at age 10, and joining the Iranian National Radio and Television Orchestra at 13-years-old performing alongside musicians 4-times his age. Kayhan recalls how music took him to Europe—2,500 miles by foot with the kamancheh on his back—escaping the turmoil of the Iranian Revolution and ultimately landing at the New York Philharmonic with Yo-Yo Ma, and later Silkroad. To close it out, Kayhan reflects on how music is his anchor, refuge, and response to strife.

19/03/2025

It’s Alexa Tarantino week on the ! 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
🎷 Lincoln Center Discover Jazz Birdland Jazz Club

05/03/2025

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 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 vs. the 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

18/02/2025

Acclaimed 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

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 vs. a chamber musician.

📸: courtesy of Anne-Marie McDermott/Bravo! Vail.

29/01/2025

We can’t get enough of ! Catch the founding member of Brooklyn Rider in conversation w/ MET Orchestra Musicians principal trumpet David Krauss now, wherever you get your (for free!) at https://apple.co/3C8Tv7X

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