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Noah Bendix-Balgley is a revered violinist—concertmaster with the Berlin Philharmonic and a soloist who performs with orchestras internationally. He's also a native of Asheville.I talk with him about the details on his ambitious, weeklong residency with the Asheville Symphony, beginning March 11. We talk about his training and career path and how his Jewish roots play into his music-making. We also talk about his long connection to ASO music director Darko Butorac and the personal significance he feels in showcasing a broad range of violin-centered works in his native city. SPONSOR: Greenland Pro Cleaning is a locally owned, eco-friendly, allergy-friendly cleaning company for homes, AirBnBs and offices. Use the code OVERLOOK at checkout for $60 off your first order with Greenland Pro Cleaning of Asheville. Support The Overlook by joining our Patreon campaign!Advertise your event on The Overlook.Instagram: AVLoverlook | Facebook: AVLoverlook | Twitter: AVLoverlookListen and Subscribe: All episodes of The OverlookThe Overlook theme song, "Maker's Song," comes courtesy of the Asheville band The Resonant Rogues.Podcast Asheville © 2023
We continue our week of episodes recorded in front of an audience at The Overlook Live with Asheville Symphony Orchestra music director Darko Butorac.We talk about how the orchestra pivoted this season after city officials deemed Thomas Wolfe Auditorium uninhabitable because of outdated and nonfunctional infrastructure. I ask why this orchestra only performs monthly programs and why he and other symphonic orchestra directors don't look to collaborate more with contemporary rock (special nod to Tool) and pop composers.Photo by Meredith Katz.Get five news headlines from around Asheville in your morning inbox. No ads, no spam—simple as that. Subscribe for free to the First Look newsletter from The Overlook. Support The Overlook by joining our Patreon campaign!Advertise your event on The Overlook.Instagram: AVLoverlook | Facebook: AVLoverlook | Twitter: AVLoverlookListen and Subscribe: All episodes of The OverlookThe Overlook theme song, "Maker's Song," comes courtesy of the Asheville band The Resonant Rogues.Podcast Asheville © 2023
The Overlook Live with Matt Peiken is my show's first event in front of a studio audience. It happens Wednesday, Sept. 27, inside the Tina McGuire Theater at the Wortham Center. I'll be recording three episodes in one night:The Resonant Rogues talk about and preview songs from their upcoming album.A panel discussion lays out where we are and aren't when it comes to reparations for Asheville's Black community. Asheville Symphony Orchestra music director Darko Butorac talks with us about an upcoming season already challenged by the forced closure of Thomas Wolfe Auditorium. Get tickets here.Fresh episodes of The Overlook return the Tuesday after Labor Day.Support The Overlook by joining our Patreon campaign!Advertise your event on The Overlook.Instagram: AVLoverlook | Facebook: AVLoverlook | Twitter: AVLoverlookListen and Subscribe: All episodes of The OverlookThe Overlook theme song, "Maker's Song," comes courtesy of the Asheville band The Resonant Rogues.Podcast Asheville © 2023
NOTE: This is the second in our two-part look at the outlook of the Asheville Symphony Orchestra during and after the Coronavirus pandemic. Since the order to shelter in place, Darko Butorac has stayed at his Asheville home, trying to remain creative during the pandemic while pondering the future of classical music after it--not just for the Asheville Symphony but for large orchestras everywhere. "The experience will change. This is too big to simply ignore and say we're going back to live (concert) situations," Butorac said. "So I think the changes might be in terms of how we approach concerts and how we communicate with audiences." Butorac is in his second season as music director in Asheville. He said his third season and almost certainly his fourth will be programmatically and, perhaps, even functionally shaped by the pandemic. The orchestra is planning and printing a brochure for its 2021 season at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, which it hopes to launch next February.
NOTE: This is the first in our two-part look at the outlook of the Asheville Symphony Orchestra during and after the Coronavirus pandemic. Darko Butorac is known as a musician and conductor. People didn't know him as a poet or video editor until a few weeks ago, when he produced what the orchestra called a "Musical Love Letter to Asheville." The video features a number of Asheville Symphony Orchestra musicians, from their separate homes, performing "Ashokan Farewell" by Jay Ungar. Board member Bill Gettys gives voice to Butorac's poem. "The idea behind the video was to go beyond just having a musical performance, but really being a love letter to all of Asheville," Butorac said. "Not just the classical music lovers, but to all of our community."
I have interviewed Darko Butorac, Music Director of the Missoula Symphony Orchestra, many times over the years. In fact during this interview we estimated probably around sixty times. This was the last interview before Darko heads off to his new position with the Asheville, North Carolina Symphony. He talks about his last two concerts this weekend and takes the time to thank The Trail 103.3 for our support. We'll miss you Darko. Craig
Here is the complete conversation between Darko Butorac, the new music director of the Asheville Symphony Orchestra, and Blue Ridge Public Radio arts and culture producer Matt Peiken.
The HFS studio is alive with the sound of music this week as Maestro Darko Butorac swings by to talk with Adrienne, Stefan, and Tuna all about carefully crafted air pressure waves. ------------------------- Panelists: Adrienne Burtin, Darko Butorac, Josef "Tuna" Metesh, Stefan Chin Producer, Sound, & Camera: Caitlin Hofmeister Editor: Josef "Tuna" Metesh Music Written & Arranged by: Michael Aranda Performed by: The Unsung ------------------------ Musical Machine Learning: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170309120651.htm Music & Language: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3439120/ Temperaments: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_intonation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_tuning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_temperament Mushroom Speakers: https://www.soundonsound.com/news/mushroom-speakers-designed-student ------------------------- Holy F*****g Science is a Podcast about science that is not for kids in which four people get together to try and astound and amaze each other with the realities of our glorious universe. Secondary goal: To make each other laugh. Follow us on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/holyfuckingscience iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hfs-podcast/id1200863480?mt=2 Google Play Music: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iyvl42whhlhj4gs6ijctlwdodbm RSS: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:273239668/sounds.rss Merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/holy-fucking-science
We’re wrapping up our interview with author, corporate speaker, and double bassist Justin Locke today. Justin is the author of Real Men Don’t Rehearse, a book filled with wonderful anecdotes about his life in the music business. Justin was a freelance double bassist in the Boston area for nearly two decades, working regularly during that time with the Boston Pops and other area ensembles. We began this interview on CBC 50 back in December 2007, so check out this episode for tales from Justin’s early years playing the bass and getting started on the Boston freelance scene. Justin shares some absolutely delicious stories from his book on this episode, and we also chat about how Justin came to develop his family concerts Peter VS the Wolf and The Phantom of the Orchestra. The Missoula Symphony recently performed Peter VS the Wolf, which was reviewed here in the Missoulian. Missoula arts critic Rob Chaney writes: The Missoula Symphony Orchestra unanimously convicted a canine predator of duckicide Friday, despite strong indications from the community that the suspect was innocent. Two packed theater-fulls of area fourth-graders were deeply divided in their verdict at the end of “Peter Versus The Wolf,” although they generally professed amusement at what was essentially a show trial. Symphony conductor Darko Butorac confessed afterward that the whole presentation was a ploy to entice local youth into greater interest in music. According to court records compiled by composer Sergei Prokofiev, David “Wolf” Mills-Low was accused of duckicide for allegedly devouring a semi-domesticated mallard “in a single gulp.” A farm boy named Peter (aka Eric Wills) was the chief witness. He testified that he was preventing a cat from eating a bird when Wolf made his unprovoked attack on the duck. Check out a video of the Missoula Symphony performing Justin’s concert program here. Justin also shares some really excellent advice for performing musicians on how they can better market themselves to contractors and the general public. Enjoy!