Podcast appearances and mentions of Jennifer Koh

Music from our current times helps write the story of our world. Experience these three pieces, performed by the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra with prestigious soloists and guest conductors at Walk Festival Hall, to reflect on what it means to make music today.This episode features: Jennifer Koh, Clarice Assad and Third Coast Percussion with the Grand Teton Music Festival OrchestraClarice AssadBonecos de OlindaMiguel Harth-Bedoya, conductorMissy MazzoliViolin Concerto, “Procession”Jennifer Koh, violinDalia Stasevska, conductorClarice AssadPLAY! (GTMF Co-Commission)Third Coast Percussion with Clarice Assad, vocalistDavid Danzmayr, conductorLive from the Grand Teton Music Festival is hosted by Music Director Sir Donald Runnicles and GTMF General Manager Jeff Counts. Episodes premiere on Wednesdays at 8 PM MT on Wyoming Public Radio and are available the next day wherever you get your podcasts.The Grand Teton Music Festival, founded in 1962, unites over 250 celebrated orchestral musicians led by Music Director Sir Donald Runnicles in Jackson Hole, Wyoming each summer. Stay connected for the latest Festival updates: Instagram Facebook Email List GTMF Website

Loki chats with Jennifer Koh about the notion of "risk" in western classical spaces, the importance of commissioning new work, and her upcoming collaboration with the Kennedy Center. Loki reads from the autobiography of Huey P. Newton and responds to the outcome of the 2024 presidential election.Jennifer KohARCO Collaborative Fortas Chamber Music ConcertsEchorus by Philip Glass (perf. Jennifer Koh and Jaime Laredo)Her Latitude by Wang Lu (perf. Jennifer Koh and Wang Lu)Huey P. Newton reflects on the Black Panther Party ★ Support this podcast ★

Jennifer Koh talks about the emotions we face as we serve in areas of injustice, and how they can be sparks to fuel good work.

Jennifer Koh talks about the emotions we face as we serve in areas of injustice, and how they can be sparks to fuel good work.

Join Rain on LaunchLeft today as they welcome Oscar-nominated Son Lux to kick off Qasim Naqvi's launch. Tune in for an engaging conversation with Ryan, Ian, Rafiq, and Qasim Naqvi as they discuss their unique experiences and creative processes in music-making. This versatile group excels as a live band, studio recording artists, and composers, embracing various aspects of the art they cherish. As a special treat, you'll have the privilege of hearing Qasim Naqvi's captivating performance of "The Curve" at the end of the episode. -----------------  LAUNCHLEFT OFFICIAL WEBSITEhttps://www.launchleft.com  LAUNCHLEFT PATREON https://www.patreon.com/LaunchLeft  TWITTER https://twitter.com/LaunchLeft  INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/launchleft/  FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/LaunchLeft  --------------------- LaunchLeft Podcast hosted by Rain Phoenix is an intentional space for Art and Activism where famed creatives launch new artists. LaunchLeft is an alliance of left-of-center artists, a curated ecosystem that includes a podcast, label and NFT gallery. --------------------- IN THIS EPISODE: [02:23] Ryan tells how he and Rafiq came to collaborate.  [08:25] Ian explains how they became composers for Everything, Everywhere, All At Once.  [10:26] Rafiq shares what they have been working on recently.  [12:39] Ryan comments on the reward versus the work and how the work won out.  [17:42] Qasim Naqvi reveals how he met the members of Son Lux, and they all reflect on their times together.  [25:02] Ryan talks about how their music is visual, and Qasim Naquiv discusses the modular synthesis while they land on making music with what they have.  [40:03] Listen to “The Curve” by Qasim Naqvi.    KEY TAKEAWAYS:  The difference between performing on stage and recording in a studio is night-and-day. When you find like-minded artists who appreciate each other's talents, you have a winning combination. Sometimes it’s the accident that makes the music. It’s called working with what you have.   BIOGRAPHIES::  SON LUX BIO: From the start, Son Lux has operated as something akin to a sonic test kitchen. The Academy Award® and BAFTA-nominated band strives to question deeply held assumptions about how music is made and reconstruct it from a molecular level. What began as a solo project for founder Ryan Lott expanded in 2014, thanks to a kinship with Ian Chang and Rafiq Bhatia too strong to ignore. The trio strengthened their chemistry and honed their collective intuition while creating, releasing, and touring six recordings, including Brighter Wounds (2018) and the triple album Tomorrows (2021). The result is a carefully cultivated musical language rooted in curiosity and balancing opposites that largely eschews genre and structural conventions. And yet, the band remains audibly indebted to iconoclastic artists in soul, hip-hop, and experimental improvisation who themselves carved new paths forward. Distilling these varied influences, Son Lux searches for an equilibrium of raw emotional intimacy and meticulous electronic constructions. Son Lux has most recently scored the new Daniels film for A24, Everything Everywhere All at Once (March 2022). The full score album features new collaborations with Mitski, David Byrne, Randy Newman, and Moses Sumney, among others. Based in New York, Rafiq Bhatia is the first-generation American son of Muslim immigrant parents who trace their ancestry to India through East Africa. Early influences such as Jimi Hendrix, John Coltrane, and Madlib—as well as mentors and collaborators including Vijay Iyer and Billy Hart—prompted him to see music as a way to actively shape and represent his own identity, not limited by anyone else’s prescribed perspective. When Ian Chang describes his creative process, the phrase "third culture” keeps coming up. Born in the colony of Hong Kong in 1988, Chang has lived a nomadic life. Stationed out of New York for ten years and since relocated to Dallas, Texas, he built an impressive roster of progressive pop collaborators such as Moses Sumney, Joan As Policewoman, and Matthew Dear, among others, all while performing internationally and recording as a member of Son Lux and Landlady. Ryan Lott makes his home in Los Angeles but grew up all over the United States. Music was the one constant in his formative years spent at the piano. In addition to an extensive career writing music for dance, he has become a sought-after composer for advertising, television, and film. Lott’s feature film credits include The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (2014), Paper Towns (2015), and Mean Dreams (2017). He has co-produced and co-written music for and with Woodkid, Sufjan Stevens, and Lorde.   BIOGRAPHY: QASIM NAQVI  Qasim Naqvi is a drummer and founding member of Dawn of Midi. Outside of his role in D.O.M., Qasim works on various projects, from electronic music to composing for orchestras, chamber groups, dance and film.  His concert music has been performed/commissioned by The BBC Concert Orchestra, Jennifer Koh, The London Contemporary Orchestra, Stargaze, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Crash Ensemble, The Now Ensemble, The Erebus Ensemble, yMusic, The Helsinki Chamber Choir, Alexander Whitley, Cikada, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra(MusicNOW Season) and others. He has been a featured composer at the Musica Nova Festival in Helsinki, the Spitalfields Festival in London, Ultima Festival, Southbank Centre and the Rest is Noise Festival in Holland.   Qasim's soundtracks for the film have appeared on HBO, NBC, PBS, Showtime, New York Times Op-Docs, VICE Media, at The Tribeca, Sundance, Toronto, Rotterdam and London Film Festivals, at dOCUMENTA 13 and 14, The Guggenheim Museum, The Tate Britain (Turner Prize 2018), MOMA P.S. 1, IDFA, Berlinale and others. He has worked with such notable filmmakers as Laura Poitras, Mariam Ghani, Marc Levin, Naeem Mohaiemen, Smriti Keshari, Prashant Bhargava and Erin Heidenreich. Acoustic trio Dawn of Midi has released two albums. Their most recent Dysnomia was acclaimed by Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Spin, The Guardian and the New Yorker. Radiohead personally picked Dawn of Midi as their support band for two sold-out concerts at New York's Madison Square Garden for their Moon Shaped Pool tour.    Qasim earned his B.F.A in performance from the New School Jazz and Contemporary Music program and his M.F.A in composition and performance from California Institute of the Arts. He studied drums and performance with Andrew Cyrille, Joe Chambers, Reggie Workman, Buster Williams, Ralph Peterson Jr., Charlie Haden and Rashied Ali and composition with Wolfgang von Schweinitz, James Tenney, Morton Subotnick, Marc Sabat, Wadada Leo Smith, Michael Jon Fink and Anne LeBaron. He is a 2016 N.Y.F.A Fellow in Music and Sound and has received other fellowships and awards from Chamber Music America, The Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Mid-Atlantic Arts Council, Harvest Works, The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, S.T.E.I.M. and Art OMI. Presently, Qasim lives in Brooklyn, New York and works on various projects as a freelance composer and drummer. He is represented by Erased Tapes Publishing.   RESOURCE LINKS Podcast - LaunchLeft   SON LUX LINKS: Son Lux Music - Website Son Lux - Instagram Son Lux - Twitter Son Lux - Facebook Son Lux - YouTube Son Lux - Soundcloud   QASIM NAQVI LINKS: Qasim Naqvi - Website Qasim Naqvi - Instagram Qasim Naqvi - Twitter Qasim Naqvi - Bandcamp  

Heralded as "[one] of the most powerful voices of our time" by the Los Angeles Times, bass-baritone Davóne Tines has come to international attention as a path-breaking artist whose work not only encompasses a diverse repertoire but also explores the social issues of today. As a Black, gay, classically trained performer at the intersection of many histories, cultures, and aesthetics, Tines is engaged in work that blends opera, art song, contemporary classical music, spirituals, gospel, and songs of protest, as a means to tell a deeply personal story of perseverance that connects to all of humanity. Davóne Tines is Musical America's 2022 Vocalist of the Year. During the 2022-23 season, he continues his role as the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale's first-ever Creative Partner and, beginning in January 2023, he will serve as Brooklyn Academy of Music's first Artist in Residence in more than a decade. In addition to strategic planning, programming, and working within the community, this season Tines curates the “Artist as Human” program, exploring how each artist's subjectivity—be it their race, gender, sexuality, etc.—informs performance, and how these perspectives develop throughout their repertoire. In the fall of 2022, Tines makes a number of important debuts at prominent New York institutions, including the Park Avenue Armory, New York Philharmonic, BAM, and Carnegie Hall, continuing to establish a strong presence in the city's classical scene. He opens his season with the New York premiere of Tyshawn Sorey's Monochromatic Light (Afterlife) at the Park Avenue Armory, also doubling as Tines' Armory debut. Inspired by one of Sorey's most important influences, Morton Feldman and his work Rothko Chapel, Monochromatic Light (Afterlife) takes after Feldman's focus on expansive textures and enveloping sounds, aiming to create an all-immersive experience. Tine's solo part was written specifically for him by Sorey, marking a third collaboration between the pair; Sorey previously created arrangements for Tines' Recital No. 1: MASS and Concerto No. 2: ANTHEM. Peter Sellars directs, with whom Davóne collaborated in John Adam's opera Girls of the Golden West and Kaija Saariaho's Only the Sound Remains. Tines' engagements continue with Everything Rises, an original, evening length staged musical work he created with violinist Jennifer Koh, premiering in New York as part of the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival. Everything Rises tells the story of Tines' and Koh's artistic journeys and family histories through music, projections, and recorded interviews. As a platform, it also centers the need for artists of color to be seen and heard. Everything Rises premiered in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles in April 2022, with the LA Times commenting, “Koh and Tines' stories have made them what they are, but their art needs to be—and is—great enough to tell us who they are.” This season also has Tines making his New York Philharmonic debut performing in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, led by Jaap van Zweden. Tines returns to the New York Philharmonic in the spring to sing the Vox Christi in Bach's St. Matthew Passion, also under van Zweden. Tines is a musician who takes full agency of his work, devising performances from conception to performance. His Recital No. 1: MASS program reflects this ethos, combining traditional music with pieces by J.S. Bach, Margaret Bonds, Moses Hogan, Julius Eastman, Caroline Shaw, Tyshawn Sorey, and Tines. This season, he makes his Carnegie Hall recital debut performing MASS at Weill Hall, and later brings the program to the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, Baltimore's Shriver Hall, for the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and as part of Boston's Celebrity Series. Concerto No. 1: SERMON is a similar artistic endeavor, combining pieces including John Adams' El Niño; Vigil, written by Tines and Igée Dieudonné with orchestration by Matthew Aucoin; “You Want the Truth, but You Don't Want to Know,” from Anthony Davis' X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X; and poems from Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, and Maya Angelou into a concert performance. In May 2021, Tines performed Concerto No. 1: SERMON with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He recently premiered Concerto No. 2: ANTHEM—created by Tines with music by Michael Schachter, Caroline Shaw, Tyshawn Sorey, and text by Mahogany L. Browne—with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. Also this season, Tines performs in El Niño with the Cleveland Orchestra, conducted by composer John Adams; a concert performance of Adams' Girls of the Golden West with the Los Angeles Philharmonic also led by Adams; and a chamber music recital with the New World Symphony.Going beyond the concert hall, Davóne Tines also creates short music films that use powerful visuals to accentuate the social and poetic dimensions of the music. In September 2020, Lincoln Center presented his music film VIGIL, which pays tribute to Breonna Taylor, the EMT and aspiring nurse who was shot and killed by police in her Louisville home, and whose tragic death has fueled an international outcry. Created in collaboration with Igée Dieudonné, and Conor Hanick, the work was subsequently arranged for orchestra by Matthew Aucoin and premiered in a live-stream by Tines and the Louisville Orchestra, conducted by Teddy Abrams. Aucoin's orchestration is also currently part of Tines' Concerto No. 1: SERMON. He also co-created Strange Fruit with Jennifer Koh, a film juxtaposing violence against Asian Americans with Ken Ueno's arrangement of “Strange Fruit” — which the duo perform in Everything Rises — directed by dramaturg Kee-Yoon Nahm. The work premiered virtually as part of Carnegie Hall's “Voices of Hope Series.” Additional music films include FREUDE, an acapella “mashup” of Beethoven with African-American hymns that was shot, produced, and edited by Davóne Tines at his hometown church in Warrenton, Virginia and presented virtually by the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale; EASTMAN, a micro-biographical film highlighting the life and work of composer Julius Eastman; and NATIVE SON, in which Tines sings the Black national anthem, “Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing,” and pays homage to the '60s Civil Rights-era motto “I am a man.” The latter film was created for the fourth annual Native Son Awards, which celebrate Black, gay excellence. Further online highlights include appearances as part of Boston Lyric Opera's new miniseries, desert in, marking his company debut; LA Opera at Home's Living Room Recitals; and the 2020 NEA Human and Civil Rights Awards.Notable performances on the opera stage the world premiere performances of Kaija Saariaho's Only the Sound Remains directed by Peter Sellars at Dutch National Opera, Finnish National Opera, Opéra national de Paris, and Teatro Real (Madrid); the world and European premieres of John Adams and Peter Sellars' Girls of the Golden West at San Francisco Opera and Dutch National Opera, respectively; the title role in a new production of Anthony Davis' X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X with the Detroit Opera (where he was Artist in Residence during the 2021-22 season) and the Boston Modern Opera Project with Odyssey Opera in Boston where it was recorded for future release; the world premiere of Terence Blanchard and Kasi Lemmons' Fire Shut Up In My Bones at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis; the world premiere of Matthew Aucoin's Crossing, directed by Diane Paulus at the Brooklyn Academy of Music; a new production of Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex at Lisbon's Teatro Nacional de São Carlos led by Leo Hussain; and Handel's rarely staged Aci, Galatea, e Polifemo at National Sawdust, presented in a new production by Christopher Alden. As a member of the American Modern Opera Company (AMOC), Tines served as a co-music director of the 2022 Ojai Music Festival, and has performed in Hans Werner Henze's El Cimarrón, John Adams' Nativity Reconsidered, and Were You There in collaboration with composers Matthew Aucoin and Michael Schachter.Davóne Tines is co-creator and co-librettist of The Black Clown, a music theater experience inspired by Langston Hughes' poem of the same name. The work, which was created in collaboration with director Zack Winokur and composer Michael Schachter, expresses a Black man's resilience against America's legacy of oppression—fusing vaudeville, opera, jazz, and spirituals to bring Hughes' verse to life onstage. The world premiere was given by the American Repertory Theater in 2018, and The Black Clown was presented by Lincoln Center in summer 2019.Concert appearances have included John Adams' El Niño with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin under Vladimir Jurowski, Schumann's Das Paradies und die Peri with Louis Langrée and the Cincinnati Symphony, Kaija Saariaho's True Fire with the Orchestre national de France conducted by Olari Elts, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with Michael Tilson Thomas leading the San Francisco Symphony, Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Royal Swedish Orchestra, and a program spotlighting music of resistance by George Crumb, Julius Eastman, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Caroline Shaw with conductor Christian Reif and members of the San Francisco Symphony at SoundBox. He also sang works by Caroline Shaw and Kaija Saariaho alongside the Calder Quartet and International Contemporary Ensemble at the Ojai Music Festival. In May 2021, Tines sang in Tulsa Opera's concert Greenwood Overcomes, which honored the resilience of Black Tulsans and Black America one hundred years after the Tulsa Race Massacre. That event featured Tines premiering “There are Many Trails of Tears,” an aria from Anthony Davis' opera-in-progress Fire Across the Tracks: Tulsa 1921.Davóne Tines is a winner of the 2020 Sphinx Medal of Excellence, recognizing extraordinary classical musicians of color who, early in their career, demonstrate artistic excellence, outstanding work ethic, a spirit of determination, and an ongoing commitment to leadership and their communities. In 2019 he was named as one of Time Magazine's Next Generation Leaders. He is also the recipient of the 2018 Emerging Artists Award given by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and is a graduate of The Juilliard School and Harvard University, where he teaches a semester-length course “How to be a Tool: Storytelling Across Disciplines” in collaboration with director Zack Winokur.The Truth In This ArtThe Truth In This Art is a podcast interview series supporting vibrancy and development of Baltimore & beyond's arts and culture. To find more amazing stories from the artist and entrepreneurial scenes in & around Baltimore, check out my episode directory. Stay in TouchNewsletter sign-upSupport my podcastShareable link to episode ★ Support this podcast ★

On today's show, a conversation with violion virtuoso Jennifer Koh. Plus, better understanding human trafficking issues in NWA, Welcoming Week, and our regular roundups with Michael Tilley, Becca Martin Brown, Courtney Lanning, and much more.

Jennifer Koh was awarded the Grammy for Best Instrumental Solo. But she is also an amazing collaborator. She preforms tonight at The Momentary at 8:00.

In this episode, we look at the soundtrack of the 2009 mini-series of Jane Austen's Emma, written by Samuel Sim. We look at how the main theme tells Emma's journey and how it changes for her love story with Mr. Knightley. We compare the use of the cello for Mr. Knightley and Mr. Elton, look at how the clarinet is used for Emma just as it was in the 1996 movie, and the variety of themes and styles to tell the story and reflect the characters, including the use of electronics for memories. Music included in podcast: "Piano Concerto No. 26 in D, K 537 "Coronation": 1. Allegro" - Mitsuko Uchido - Mozart: Piano Concertos, music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, performed by English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate & Mitsuko Uchido, 1988 "Emma Woodhouse was born" - Emma (Original Television Soundtrack), music by Samuel Sim, 2019 "Emma Main Titles" - Emma (Original Television Soundtrack), music by Samuel Sim, 2019 "Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: I. Prelude" - Six Evolutions - Bach: Cello Suites, music by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Yo-Yo Ma, 2018 "Knightley's Walk" - Emma (Original Television Soundtrack), music by Samuel Sim, 2019 "Love Story" - Emma (Original Television Soundtrack), music by Samuel Sim, 2019 "The Last Dance" - Emma (Original Television Soundtrack), music by Samuel Sim, 2019 "Blind Endeavors" - Emma (Original Television Soundtrack), music by Samuel Sim, 2019 "Without Suspicion" - Emma (Original Television Soundtrack), music by Samuel Sim, 2019 "The Seaside" - Emma (Original Television Soundtrack), music by Samuel Sim, 2019 "Dolls" - Emma (Original Television Soundtrack), music by Samuel Sim, 2019 "Expansion Project" - Emma (Original Television Soundtrack), music by Samuel Sim, 2019 "Playing Harriet" - Emma (Original Television Soundtrack), music by Samuel Sim, 2019 "Cello Sonata in C minor, G. 2: III. Allegro" - Boccherini Cello Sonatas, music by Luigi Boccherini, performed by Jesper Christensen, Gaetano Nasillo, Alessandro Ciccolini & Marco Vitali, 2012 "Superior Men" - Emma (Original Television Soundtrack), music by Samuel Sim, 2019 "Mr. Elton" - Emma (Original Television Soundtrack), music by Samuel Sim, 2019 "Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 27, No. 2: 1. Prelude "Obsession"" - Bach and Beyond Part 1, music by Eugene Ysaye, performed by Jennifer Koh, 2012 "Walk of Shame" - Emma (Original Television Soundtrack), music by Samuel Sim, 2019 "The World has Left Us Behind" - Emma (Original Television Soundtrack), music by Samuel Sim, 2019 "Rescued by the Gypsies" - Emma (Original Television Soundtrack), music by Samuel Sim, 2019 "Secrets" - Emma (Original Television Soundtrack), music by Samuel Sim, 2019 "Danse Macabre, Op. 40" - Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre, music by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Philharmonia Orchestra & Charles Dutoit, 1981 "Arrival of Little Knightleys" - Emma (Original Television Soundtrack), music by Samuel Sim, 2019 "It's Snowing and Heavily" - Emma (Original Television Soundtrack), music by Samuel Sim, 2019 "Biscuits Darling" - Emma (Original Television Soundtrack), music by Samuel Sim, 2019 "A Ball" - Emma (Original Television Soundtrack), music by Samuel Sim, 2019 "The Town Square" - Emma (Original Television Soundtrack), music by Samuel Sim, 2019 "The Ship's Cook" - Emma (Original Television Soundtrack), music by Samuel Sim, 2019 "The Bluebells of Scotland" - Raised on Songs and Stories, music by Dora Jordan, performed by John McDermott, 2015 "Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 "Waldstein": I. Allegro con brio" - Beethoven: Favorite Piano Sonatas, music by Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by Vladimir Ashkenazy, 1997 "World of Soundtracks" - title music by Edith Mudge, graphics by Lindsey Bergsma

Violin powerhouse Jennifer Koh discusses her new Tchaikovsky album; modern vs. classic works and the secret that her first violin teacher kept from her for 25 years.

Composer Nina Shekhar joins us to chat about her work exploring identity, vulnerability, love, and laughter in her work and her process for exploring such complex aspects of humanity in seemingly mundane experiences, such as the car horns on the streets of India. We talk about how she approaches the business side of a professional career in composition, and how her work as a flutist, saxophonist, and pianist has informed her comfort with a wide array of compositional styles. And we speak about how we can all be more mindful to empower and promote the agency of composers and performers from marginalized communities and avoid the risks of exploiting any individual's otherness. Nina Shekhar is a composer who explores the intersection of identity, vulnerability, love, and laughter to create bold and intensely personal works. Described as “tart and compelling” (New York Times), “vivid” (Washington Post), and “surprises and delights aplenty” (LA Times), her music has been commissioned and performed by leading artists including LA Philharmonic, Albany Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, New World Symphony, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Eighth Blackbird, International Contemporary Ensemble, JACK Quartet, New York Youth Symphony, Alarm Will Sound, The Crossing, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, ETHEL, violinist Jennifer Koh, saxophonist Timothy McAllister, Ensemble Échappé, Music from Copland House, soprano Tony Arnold, Third Angle New Music, The New York Virtuoso Singers, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Lyris Quartet, Ray-Kallay Duo, New Music Detroit, and Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra. Her work has been featured by Carnegie Hall, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Walt Disney Concert Hall (LA Phil's Noon to Midnight), Library of Congress, National Gallery of Art, National Sawdust, National Flute Association, North American Saxophone Alliance, I Care If You Listen, WNYC/New Sounds (New York), WFMT (Chicago), and KUSC and KPFK (Los Angeles) radio, ScoreFollower, and New Music Detroit's Strange Beautiful Music. Upcoming events include performances by the New York Philharmonic, LA Philharmonic (joined by soloists Nathalie Joachim and Pamela Z), Minnesota Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, and her Hollywood Bowl debut with the LA Philharmonic. Current projects include commissions for the Grand Rapids Symphony, 45th Parallel Universe Chamber Orchestra (sponsored by GLFCAM), and Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA) (sponsored by LA Phil and New Music USA). Nina is the recipient of the 2021 Rudolf Nissim Prize, two ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards (2015 and 2019), and the 2018 ASCAP Foundation Leonard Bernstein Award, funded by the Bernstein family. The transcript for this episode can be found here. For more information about Nina Shekhar, please visit her website, Facebook, and Instagram.

Korea24 – 2022.05.10. (Tuesday) News Briefing: President Yoon Suk Yeol pledged to rebuild the nation to one that truly belongs to the people, based on a liberal democracy and the market economy. He made the remarks in his inauguration address after he was sworn into office. (Eunice KIM) In-Depth News Analysis: President Yoon Suk Yeol takes office with a KBS poll showing 52.2% of respondents expect him to manage state affairs well, which is the lowest among recent presidents in comparative polls. With that in mind, we discuss the challenges that lie ahead for the Yoon administration and ask ‘What do the Korean people want from a Yoon Presidency?’ with Karl Friedhoff, the Marshall M. Bouton Fellow for Asia Studies at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Special Inauguration Day Segment with Jenny Suh: To mark Inauguration Day, instead of Korea Trending today, we take a look back at the inauguration speeches of past South Korean presidents, from Rhee Syng-man to Moon Jae-in, and see how they reflect the spirit of the times, as well as offer a glimpse into a president’s vision for his five years in office. Touch Base In Seoul: Korean-American violinist Jennifer Koh joins us via video for this week, to talk about her Grammy Award winning work, “Alone Together”, created in response to the hardships faced by artists during pandemic. She also tells us about how she started her journey in music, what motivates her, and her latest project, “Everything Rises”, with bass-baritone Davone Tines that explores their experiences in classical music as people of color. Morning Edition Preview with Richard Larkin: - In tomorrow’s Korea Herald, Park Ga-young reports on how two Grammy-winning artists, violist Richard Yongjae O’Neill and violinist Hilary Hahn, are scheduled to perform in South Korea in the next couple of months.

Everything Rises, an original staged musical work featuring Grammy-award winning violinist Jennifer Koh and singer Davone Tines, will make its world debut tomorrow evening in UC Santa Barbara's Campbell Hall. KCSB's Ashley Rusch joins composer and UC Berkeley professor Ken Ueno to discuss the performance. Tickets are $35 for community members and free for UCSB students. For more information, head to artsandlectures.ucsb.edu. Music Credit: Kosta T's Informality Jazaar's Flood Retribution Gospel Choir's Electric Guitar

Please enjoy an audio release of a recent video EC Roundtable featuring our EC team as well as three phenomenal soloists in Jennifer Koh, Carter Brey, and Orion Weiss.  Hear their honest and frank conversation about working with conductors, being soloists, developing special projects important to them, and working on new commissions. If you missed the video version, this is truly worth a listen!

Actor Denzel Washington talks about his turn as Lord Macbeth in the new film The Tragedy of Macbeth, and what the legacy of the late Sidney Poitier means to him. TV writer and producer Kurt Smeaton (Schitt's Creek, Kim's Convenience) discusses his latest comedy series, Children Ruin Everything, and how being a father informs his funniest work. Neuroscientist, author and musician Daniel Levitin tells us how Joni Mitchell encouraged him to make a new album, Sex & Math. Violinist Jennifer Koh discusses her album, Alone Together, based on a project of the same name she launched during the pandemic to help emerging composers.

In advance of WFMT's 70th Anniversary on December 13, 2021, WFMT celebrates two of the adults behind the Chicago area's finest young performers: violin and viola teachers Almita and Roland Vamos. Their past students include Rachel Barton Pine, Jennifer Koh, Benjamin Beilman, and Ryan Meehan of the Calidore Quartet; and their present students appear on Introductions rather frequently, as well ... The post 70th Anniversary Special: Interview with Almita & Roland Vamos appeared first on WFMT.

Filmmaker Danis Goulet talks about the real-life inspiration behind her debut feature film, a dystopian sci-fi thriller called Night Raiders. Violinist Jennifer Koh discusses her latest album, Alone Together, based on a project of the same name she launched during the pandemic to help emerging composers. Country star Kane Brown chats about his new single with H.E.R., Blessed & Free, and what it's like to be named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine. Full Frontal host Samantha Bee reflects on her work in political comedy.

durée : 00:05:41 - Classic & Co - par : Anna Sigalevitch - C'est la création conçue par le metteur en scène Bob Wilson et la violoniste Jennifer Koh, chorégraphiée par Lucinda Childs, réunissant en scène Jennifer Koh, quatre danseurs et Lucinda Childs autour de l'intégrale des sonates et partitas pour violon seul de Bach.

Pittsburgh Symphony cellist Will Chow talks about his recording of Zoltan Kodaly's Cello Sonata made Center Stage at Heinz Hall. Will picks a favorite recording of the Kodaly among many. In this discussion with Jim Cunningham he recalls his work with the Pittsburgh Symphony since joining in 2016, an appearance on From the Top with Chrisopher O'Riley, heading out with Curits on Tour during his workk at the Curtis Institute, recording Two by Four for the Cedille label with Jaime Laredo and Jennifer Koh and looks forward to working with fellow Curtis scholar conductor Earl Lee in the Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations at Hartwood Acres this summer.

Jennifer talks about how she grew up as a violinist. She discusses how important the works of an early music teacher were to her. She discusses finding her way amongst elite musical communities. She highlights challenges that classical music faces: Celebration of multi-hundred year bloodlines, wider gender pay gap than other industries, racism, pushback against genre evolutions, grant organisations that don't actually get the money out to artists. She projets what a post-pandemic landscape can look like. Jennifer Koh is a violinist who started the arts organization ARCO collaborative. ARCO is an artist run organization that aims to elevate voices that aren't typically heard in traditional contexts. https://jenniferkoh.com/ https://arcocollaborative.org/ https://www.lincolncenter.org/lincoln-center-at-home/show/emour-time-is-nowem-329 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jammingin/support

Our seventh and final episode of season 3 of the Korean American Perspectives podcast features Jennifer Koh, Internationally-Acclaimed Violinist and Founder & Artistic Director of ARCO Collaborative. To speak with her, we have world-class concert pianist and music educator Alpin Hong as our guest host.   In this interview, Ms. Koh shares with us her many musical accomplishments as a gifted violinist and how her own family history and Chicago upbringing have shaped her tireless efforts to promote diversity and inclusivity in the arts.   Join us as our distinguished guests candidly discuss the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the performing arts community and explore Ms. Koh's newly commissioned works which bring together women and other artists of color to tell their stories.

An Honest Look: Jennifer KohThe violinist Jennifer Koh is one of today's most fearless soloists. In this episode of An Honest Look, she discusses her commitment to keeping classical music vibrant through new commissions, especially by female composers and composers of color; her project “Alone Together,” launched just after the pandemic hit; and how small decisions can change the course of history.*2:05 – [musical excerpt: Missy Mazzoli's “A Thousand Tongues” for violin, piano, and electronics] – on breaking down stereotypes and creating solidarity through music*6:03 – [musical excerpt: Qasim Naqvi's “The Banquet” for violin and modular synthesizer] – on strengthening the art form by telling unheard stories*8:40 – [musical excerpt: Lisa Bielawa's “Sanctuary Songs” for violin and voice] – the commissioning project “Alone Together” and surviving the pandemic*14:02 – [musical excerpt: John Harbison's “For Violin Alone”] – more reflections on “Alone Together” and the importance of community*17:08 – [musical excerpt: Vijay Iyer's “The Diamond” for violin and piano] – the New American Concert project and finding purpose in contemporary musicExcerpts from “Limitless” – featuring Jennifer Koh on violin alongside composers performing their own music – provided courtesy of Cedille Records. Excerpts from “Bach & Beyond Part 3,” featuring Jennifer Koh on solo violin, provided courtesy of Cedille Records.Intro and outro composed by Miguel Kertsman.

On this new episode of the CommonsCast Dean Gresalfi discusses taking care of each other and reaching out to help others and when you need help. Anna drops the Commons Calendar of events for the week ahead, and she has a terrific interview with fellow first-year student Jennifer Koh.

Tom's next guest is the internationally acclaimed violinist, Jennifer Koh. Before the pandemic took hold, she was concertizing around the globe, in demand as one of the most brilliant artists of her generation. But when the pandemic began, bookings vanished. A New York Times profile published the day after Christmas referred to the “Cultural Depression” that Jennifer and legions of other performers were experiencing, as unemployment among performing artists outpaced the rest of the workforce, including restaurant and hospitality workers. Most theaters and concert venues throughout the US remain closed, and while the US Labor Department reported that non-farm payrolls increased by 916,000 workers last month, freelance artists continue to be left out of the ever-so gradual economic recovery, even as vaccinations against COVID 19 become more commonplace. Jennifer Koh has maintained an on-line presence throughout the pandemic. This Sunday, April 11th at 5:30pm, she’ll be playing a live on-line recital that will be streamed by the Shriver Hall Concert Series. Ticket holders to the digital concert will have access to the performance for a week. Click here for more information. Jennifer Koh joins us today from New York, on Zoom… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission is meeting this week to try and protect the fish species. European vessels take home the biggest proportion of the stock, meaning local fishing communities often miss out, and tuna levels are depleting. Adam Ziyad is director general of the Maldives fisheries ministry, and vice-chair of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, and discusses the potential impact of over-fishing. And we get wider context from John Burton, from conservation organisation the International Pole and Line Foundation. Also in the programme, last year the commodities trader Mercuria paid $36m for 10,000 tonnes of copper blister, which is the impure form of the metal. But on delivery, it turned out to be painted paving slabs instead, and we find out more from Andy Hoffman, who has been covering the story for Bloomberg. Plus, as the full force of coronavirus lockdowns hit last year, we spoke to three professional musicians from different continents, to hear how they'd been impacted. We get an update from New York-based violinist Jennifer Koh, Guillem Bolto of Barcelona-based lockdown band Stay Homas, and singer Berita Khumalo, who was born and raised in Zimbabwe, but is now based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Acclaimed African-American composer, pianist and native New Orleanian, Courtney Bryan, is the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra's first Creative Partner. She is releasing a new work on the LPO digital series, Orpheum Sessions. It's a violin concerto she calls Syzygy. Courtney joins us by phone. Courtney Bryan's violin concerto, Syzygy, will be performed by Jennifer Koh on Friday, March 12th @ 7:00 pm, as part of a digital concert which will also feature works by Carlos Simon an Aaron Copland. More info @ lpomusic.com

Jennifer Koh is a law professor, attorney, and member of the Newsong community with expertise in immigration law. Hope her words inspire us to be brave as we identify with and expand our community to include those who have experienced injustice.

We’re championing a new generation of younger artists who were also looking at ways to make this art form relevant, contemporary, and even more equitable” Author - Melanie SmithIn this episode, our featured voice is Melanie Smith, President of San Francisco Performances. San Francisco Performances is an innovative curator of established classical music, jazz, and dance artists as well as a leading supporter of the next generation of performance artists with a commitment to equity for all. Their artist’s residencies provide opportunities for public school students who encounter music and dance for the very first time—to engage personally with artists and gain a deeper understanding of their work.The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a very big economic impact on performance organizations and the performing art community with an estimated 50% unemployment rate for performance artists on a national level. The financial impact will continue since the gathering of people in theaters will be one of the last business sectors to re-open in the San Francisco Bay Area.  To Melanie and John’s point performing art organizations are being forced to develop new models of live streaming of shows and when small socially distanced audiences can come back into the theater the creation of hybrid performances of both on-line and in person could become the new theater experience. To find out more about how you support San Francisco Performances 41st season go to sf performances dot org.

Episode 40 - Jennifer Koh / Bach & Beyond Part 3 by Cedille Records

The Kingston Chamber Music Festival - Concert 3: SCHUBERT ADDS A BASS (AND A TROUT) Beethoven Sonata for Violin and Piano, No. 5 in F Major,  Op.24 (“Spring”) Schubert:  Quintet in A Major, D.667, “Trout” Featuring...Jennifer Koh and David Kim, violin; Burchard Tang, viola; Thomas Kraines, cello; Hal Robinson, double bass; Charles Abramovic and Natalie Zhu, piano   https://www.kingstonchambermusic.org/watch_and_listen/  

⭐ Revolutionary alternatives to tokenistic diversity programmes ⭐ Deconstructing boundaries between jazz and classical and freeing yourself to make the music you want to make ⭐ Methods for sneaking improvisation in front of classical musicians without them freaking out Vijay Iyer is an ECM-signed artist. He has worked with Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, written violin concertos for Jennifer Koh, and music for the LA Phil New Music Group. He has been ‘Jazz Artist of the Year’ more times in more magazines than it is polite to count and it is my immense honour to welcome him to Classical Music Now. If you want to access the work for yourself and check go to https://en.schott-music.com/shop/autoren/vijay-iyer Links and Show Notes MixTape by Vijay’s students Wadada Leo Smith Fluxus movement Mutations – Vijay Iyer Shepard tone demonstration Probably the most famous use of it in music Time, Place, Action – Vijay Iyer (extracts) Still Life With Commentator – Mike Ladd, Vijay Iyer Vijay Iyer presents Ritual Ensemble at Wigmore Ensemble Vijay’s conversation with Georgina Born We didn’t really dig into Vijay’s views on genre and community, but they're really good so if you're interested you can hear him talking about it in an interview for the Ojai Music Festival, where he was musical director in 2017 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUtV9E5AB_I Music played in this episode Emergence – Vijay Iyer Read Hugh’s article on Emergence that sparked this episode! — Get new podcast episodes straight to your inbox and a piece recommendation every month Acknowledgements Vijay Iyer EMERGENCE Published by Schott Music Corporation, New York NY Emergence was commissioned by the National Forum of Music in Wroclaw, Poland which organizes Jazztopad Festival. It was premiered by the NFM Leopoldinum Chamber Orchestra in April 2016.

It's hard to believe it, but we've reached the end of Season 2 of The Mind Over Finger Podcast!!!  To celebrate, I have a great treat for you.  I'm speaking with one of the most acclaimed and frequently performed composers working today: Jennifer Higdon! It was an incredible honor to have the chance to sit with Jennifer and to soak up her wisdom and this wonderful energy that she's got!  Among many other things, you'll get to hear about her unusual path to a career as a composer, how she approaches the compositional process, her view on the classical music world today, and she tells us about the habit that has contributed to her success.   Mindful efficient practice can completely transform the way you perform and feel about-music making! If you think this would change your life…… then this is for YOU! Dr. Renée-Paule Gauthier invites you to join : THE MUSIC MASTERY EXPERIENCE A TRANSFORMATIONAL JOURNEY TO LOVING THE PRACTICE ROOM, ROCKING THE STAGE, WINNING THE JOB, AND TAKING YOUR CAREER TO NEW HEIGHTS A 3-month experience for all musicians, starting June 1st, 2020 BOOK A CALL AND LET'S SEE HOW WE CAN GET YOU RESULTS!   MORE ABOUT JENNIFER HIGDON: Website: http://jenniferhigdon.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jennifer+higdon Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Jennifer-Higdon-127096427366514/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BwFJrDGB2sZ/   Pulitzer Prize and three-time Grammy-winner Jennifer Higdon taught herself to play flute at the age of 15 and began formal musical studies at 18, with an even later start in composition at the age of 21. Despite these obstacles, Jennifer has become a major figure in contemporary Classical music. Her works represent a wide range of genres, from orchestral to chamber, to wind ensemble, as well as vocal, choral and opera. Her music has been hailed by Fanfare Magazine as having "the distinction of being at once complex, sophisticated but readily accessible emotionally", with the Times of London citing it as "…traditionally rooted, yet imbued with integrity and freshness." The League of American Orchestras reports that she is one of America's most frequently performed composers. Higdon's list of commissioners is extensive and includes The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Chicago Symphony, The Atlanta Symphony, The Cleveland Orchestra, The Minnesota Orchestra, The Pittsburgh Symphony, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, as well such groups as the Tokyo String Quartet, the Lark Quartet, Eighth Blackbird, and the President's Own Marine Band. She has also written works for such artists as baritone Thomas Hampson, pianists Yuja Wang and Gary Graffman, violinists Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Jennifer Koh and Hilary Hahn. Her first opera, Cold Mountain, won the prestigious International Opera Award for Best World Premiere in 2016; the first American opera to do so in the award's history. Performances of Cold Mountain sold out its premiere run in Santa Fe, North Carolina, and Philadelphia (becoming the third highest selling opera in Opera Philadelphia's history). Upcoming commissions include a chamber opera for Opera Philadelphia, a string quartet for the Apollo Chamber Players, a double percussion concerto for the Houston Symphony, an orchestral suite for the Made In America project, and a flute concerto for the National Flute Associations' 50th anniversary. Higdon received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in Music for her Violin Concerto, with the committee citing the work as "a deeply engaging piece that combines flowing lyricism with dazzling virtuosity." She has also received awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Academy of Arts & Letters, the Koussevitzky Foundation, the Pew Fellowship in the Arts, The Independence Foundation, the NEA, and ASCAP. As winner of the Van Cliburn Piano Competition's American Composers Invitational, Higdon's Secret & Glass Gardens was performed by the semi-finalists during the competition. Higdon has been a featured composer at many festivals including Aspen, Tanglewood, Vail, Norfolk, Grand Teton, and Cabrillo. She has served as Composer-in-Residence with several orchestras, including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Fort Worth Symphony. She was honored to serve as the Creative Director of the Boundless Series for the Cincinnati Symphony's 2012-13 season. During the 2016-17 and 2017-18 academic years Higdon served as the prestigious Barr Laureate Scholar at the University of Missouri Kansas City. Most recently, Higdon received the prestigious Nemmers Prize from Northwestern University which is awarded to contemporary classical composers of exceptional achievement who have significantly influenced the field of composition. Beginning in 2018, Higdon will complete two residences at the Bienen School of Music as the Nemmers Prize recipient. Also in the 2018-19 season, Higdon will be in residence at University of Texas, Austin, as part of the Eddie Medora King Award. Higdon enjoys more than 200 performances a year of her works. Her orchestral work, blue cathedral, is one of the most performed contemporary orchestral works in the repertoire, more than 600 performances since its premiere in 2000. Her works have been recorded on over 60 CDs. Higdon has thrice won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Classical Composition: first for her Percussion Concerto in 2010 and in 2018 for her Viola Concerto. Dr. Higdon received a Bachelor's Degree in Music from Bowling Green State University, an Artist Diploma from The Curtis Institute of Music, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. She has been awarded honorary doctorates from the Hartt School and Bowling Green State University. Dr. Higdon currently holds the Rock Chair in Composition at The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Her music is published exclusively by Lawdon Press.   Visit www.mindoverfinger.com and sign up for my newsletter to get your free guide to a super productive practice using the metronome!  This guide is the perfect entry point to help you bring more mindfulness and efficiency into your practice and it's filled with tips and tricks on how to use that wonderful tool to take your practicing and your playing to new heights! Don't forget to visit the Mind Over Finger Resources' page to check out amazing books recommended by my podcast guests, as well as my favorite websites, cds, the podcasts I like to listen to, and the practice and podcasting tools I use everyday!  Find it here: www.mindoverfinger.com/resources!   And don't forget to join the Mind Over Finger Tribe for additional resources on practice and performing! If you enjoyed the show, please leave a review on iTunes!  I truly appreciate your support!     THANK YOU: Most sincere thank you to composer Jim Stephenson who graciously provided the show's musical theme!  Concerto #1 for Trumpet and Chamber Orchestra – Movement 2: Allegro con Brio, performed by Jeffrey Work, trumpet, and the Lake Forest Symphony, conducted by Jim Stephenson. Also a HUGE thank you to my fantastic producer, Bella Kelly!   MIND OVER FINGER: www.mindoverfinger.com https://www.facebook.com/mindoverfinger/ https://www.instagram.com/mindoverfinger/

durée : 00:01:36 - Musique connectée du mercredi 08 avril 2020 - par : Suzanne Gervais - De son appartement, la violoniste Jennifer Kof prends les commandes de compositeurs et les rémunère, postant les créations sur les réseaux sociaux ! Voilà de quoi aider le monde de la musique à survivre en ce temps de crise.

Jennifer Koh Limitless CD release Music: The Banquet by Qasim Naqvi and Vespers by Missy Mazzoli

Brilliant violinist Jennifer Koh discusses her upcoming album on this episode of Cedille's Classical Chicago podcast! 'Limitless' showcases commissioned works of eight highly accomplished contemporary composers who perform the pieces side-by-side with Koh. Listen to Limitless here: https://CedilleRecords.lnk.to/UaCVLlXPID

Acclaimed classical violinist Jennifer Koh joins us live from the studios of NPR in New York City. Not only is she a virtuoso player, she is one of the great champions of contemporary composers, having commissioned more than 70 works from a brilliant and diverse group of composers from all over the world. Ms. Koh will be playing a concert on Sunday, January 27 at 5:30pm at Baltimore's Hebrew Congregation, performing a program of Beethoven Sonatas and a modern piece by Vijay Iyer, with her frequent concert partner, pianist Shai Wosner, as part of the Shriver Hall Concert Series. We're delighted to welcome Jennifer Koh to Midday, today. She talks about her art and her upcoming concert, and performs two short solo pieces: “Kinski Paganini,” by Missy Mazzoli, and the Sarabande from the Violin Partita in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach. The show's closing music today is from the first movement of Beethoven's Sonata for Violin and Piano No 1. in D Minor, Op. 12, performed by Jennifer Koh and Shai Wosner at the Aspen Music Festival and School, in July 2015

On today's show we talk with Professor of Law and Director of the Immigration Clinic at Western State College of Law Jennifer Koh about her work at the intersection of immigration law and criminal law, her new nonprofit project - the Orange County Justice Fund - and being cited in a Supreme Court ruling by the Notorious RBG.

Violinist Jennifer Koh discusses her new Cedille album, "Saariaho X Koh."

Virtuosic violinist Jennifer Koh is known for her commanding performances and technical assurance. Although she performs Tchaikovsky and Bach she's interested in finding the connection between the arts and music of all eras from traditional to now. Jennifer Koh tells us about some of the 60 works that have been written especially for her including a new work by Kaija Saariaho. Hosted by Seth Boustead Produced by Sarah Zwinklis Music Bedeviled by Phil Kline Jennifer Koh, violin Sense by Kaija Saariaho Jennifer Koh, violin The Singing Rooms by Jennifer Higdon Jennifer Koh, violin; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra ; Robert Spano, conductor Graal théâtre: Delicato and Impetuoso by Kaija Saariaho Jennifer Koh, violin; Conner Covington, conductor; Curtis 20/21 Ensemble

Episode 6 - Jennifer Koh / Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra by Cedille Records

A Memory Palace is a technique for memorizing long lists of names or places by associating each list item with an object in your imaginary “memory palace”. This is derived from the method of loci developed in ancient Greece and Rome. Many composers have been inspired by this technique and have written pieces with this title. Hosted by Seth Boustead Produced by Sarah Zwinklis Music Memory Palace by Elizabeth Brown Elizabeth Brown, flute; Greg Hesselink, cello; Margaret Kampmeier, piano Memory Palace by Michael Small Momenta Quartet String Quartet in F Major by Maurice Ravel Parker Quartet Helix Spirals, mvt. I Loci, Memory Palace by Augusta Read Thomas Parker Quartet Memory Palace, mvts. I Harriman and III Foxhurst by Chris Cerrone Ian David Rosenbaum, percussion; Jennifer Koh, violin; Shai Wosner, piano

April 30, 2016. David Plylar interviews composer Frederic Rzewski and violist Charlton Lee of the Del Sol String Quartet about their collaboration at the Library of Congress. Rzewski received a Library of Congress McKim Fund commission for "Satires," a work for violin and piano. The world premiere was given at the Library of Congress with Rzewski on piano and violinist Jennifer Koh on April 30, 2016. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=7572

Violin soloist Jennifer Koh has never cancelled a gig. Even when she had pneumonia, bronchitis and strep throat... at the same time. That drive comes through in the intensity of her live performances and the fierceness of her determination. In this conversation, Davis speaks with her colleague in the recent revival of Philip Glass and Robert Wilson's epic opera Einstein on the Beach about the toll her exacting performance takes on the body, the empathy required for a truly transcendent live show, and trusting that your personal perspective and experiences will resonate for others.p> “You can just feel the edge of somebody’s hair. You’re with them and they’re with you. It’s a shared empathy and shared visceral communication.” -Jennifer Koh on being in the moment. Subscribe to Helga on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts, and follow Helga Davis on facebook.

Holy 150th episode, Batman! Because we are so stoked to have reached this milestone, we bring you not one, but two treats: A new Classical Classroom show intro, and the comedic stylings of violinist Jennifer Koh. Jennifer was Musical America’s Instrumentalist of 2016 and recently put out an album of Tchaikovsky’s complete works for violin and orchestra. Some of Tchaikovsky’s pieces are commonly referred to as, “…the most daunting works in the violin repertoire.” Jennifer explains why a composer would write something that musicians consider intimidating to play, and why musicians like her have fun feeling the fear and doing it anyway. Also in this episode, bear witness to astonishingly inept sports talk, and the best story about a violinist playing softball ever. All music in this episode from Jennifer Koh’s CD, Tchaikovsky’s Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra. Audio production by Todd “Birthday Boy” Hulslander with assistance from Mark DiClaudio and parkour by Dacia Clay. Many thanks to our listeners for all the love and listening so far! You guys rawk. This episode brought to you by the following fake organization:

Violin powerhouse Jennifer Koh discusses her new Tchaikovsky album; modern vs. classic works and the secret that her first violin teacher kept from her for 25 years.

In the sixth episode of Cedille's Classical Chicago Podcast, violinist Jennifer Koh sits down with Steve Robinson to discuss her latest release, Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra. She describes the inspiration behind the album, growing up as the child of Korean immigrants, and reveals why her violin teacher lied to her when she was a young student. Jennifer Koh, Musical America’s 2016 Instrumentalist of the Year, headlines an album of Tchaikovsky’s complete works for violin and orchestra. It’s the “remarkable . . . thoughtful and vibrant” (Strings Magazine) American violinist’s first recording of music by Tchaikovsky, who has figured prominently in her rise to the top ranks of violinists worldwide. Tchaikovsky’s Concerto in D Major is one of the most celebrated and daunting works in the violin repertoire. The subdued Sérénade mélancolique illustrates the composer’s ear for orchestral color. The delicate Valse-Scherzo melds old-fashioned elegance with spirited playfulness. Souvenir d’un lieu cher’s poignant, nostalgic mood gives way to a delightful finale. Koh shared the top prize in the 1994 Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow, where she played the Tchaikovsky (and Brahms) concerto and won three special prizes, including for the best performance of Tchaikovsky’s work. The star violinist has a long history with her album collaborators, Denmark’s Odense Symphony Orchestra and its chief conductor, Alexander Vedernikov. In recent years, audiences have heard Koh perform the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the Munich Philharmonic under Lorin Maazel, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Carlos Miguel Prieto, Japan’s NHK Symphony under Vedernikov, and the Odense Symphony Orchestra under Christoph Poppen.

Chris Felcyn speaks with violinist Jennifer Koh for a preview of her new album, the complete works for violin and orchestra by Tchaikovsky, which releases on September 9th.

I am so thrilled to bring you this Meet the Composer Bonus Track! We are extremely lucky to present this recording of Kaija Saariaho's piano trio Light and Matter, taped live at the Coolidge Auditorium in the Library of Congress, just this past May 22 by the world-class ensemble of violinist Jennifer Koh, cellist Anssi Karttunen and pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute. It's lovely, colorful, and you are some of the first people to hear it... after Justice Ginsburg, of course! The composer’s program note is below: "The starting point for the music is light kinetic energy, which is then developed into more dramatic gestures and rapid exchanges among the three instruments. The piece advances in spinning motion, moving from the original luminous fabric into more thematic patterns or towards the inertia of slow choral textures, 11 before returning into the original weightlessness and starting a new flickering spin. As a result, we hear three musical elements–kinetic texture, thematic motives and slowly moving choral material–in constantly changing combinations and orchestrations. I wrote this piece in New York, while watching from my window the changing light and colors of Morningside Park. Besides providing me with the name for the piece, perhaps that continuous transformation of light on the glinting leaves and the immobile trunks of the solid trees became the inspiration for the musical materials in this piece." I hope you enjoy!-Nadia Sirota Light and Matter (2014) is published by Chester Music, Ltd. Commissioned by the Library of Congress Dina Koston and Roger Shapiro Fund for New Music (in honor of the 90th anniversary of Concerts from the Library of Congress), Britten Sinfonia and Norrbotten NEO, and co-commissioned by the Aeolian Chamber Players in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Bowdoin International Music Festival. Engineering credits: Michael E. Turpin

Relevant Tones partners with the Santa Fe Opera to feature a sneak preview of Jennifer Higdon's soon-to-be-premiered first opera, Cold Mountain, based on Charles Frazier's best-selling novel. Hosted by Seth Boustead Produced by Jesse McQuarters Jennifer Higdon: String Poetic, III (excerpt) Jennifer Koh, v.; Reiko Uchida, p. Jennifer Higdon: Cold Mountain (excerpts) “The Metal Age has Come” “Listen” “A Fence is a Good Thing” “I Don't Know Why” “Come Back to Cold Mountain” Recorded live at the Guggenheim Museum, NYC, 3/30/2015 Jarrett Ott, baritone; Emily Fons, ms.; Isabel Leonard, ms.; Jay Hunter Morris, ten.; Kevin Burdette, bass; Roger Honeywell, ten.; Lisa Keller, p. Jennifer Higdon: Cold Mountain (excerpts) “Why Can't We?” “What Was His Name?” “Ada's Aria” “Orion Duet” Recorded live at the Curtis Institute of Music

This week's program features violin concertos, with performances by Jennifer Koh and Rachel Barton Pine.

This week's show features our new release for April, "Two x Four," with violinists Jennifer Koh and her mentor, Jaime Laredo, along with a look back at the digital playlist we launched in February: "The Virtuoso Paperno"

In conjunction with WFMT’s monthly theme for February, this week’s show is, “The Animal Kingdom, Part 2,” with music representing creatures large and small. AARON COPLAND (1900-1990) The Cat and the Mouse(1920)(3:25) From Copland Piano Music: Romantic and Modern Cedille Records CDR 90000 021 (Track 8) Ramon Salvatore, piano ROBERT KURKA (1921-1957) The Good Soldier Schweik Act II, Scene lll (7:58) From Robert Kurka: The Good Soldier Schweik Cedille Records CDR 90000 062 (Disc 2 Tracks 10-12) Jason Collins, tenor Marc Embree, baritone Kelli Harrington, soprano Stephen Noon, tenor Alvaro Ramirez, bass Robert Boldin, tenor Alexander Platt, conductor Chicago Opera Theater FREDERIC RZEWSKI (b. 1938) Les Moutons de Panurge (1969) (11:38) From fred: Music by Frederic Rzewski Cedille Records CDR 90000 084 (Track 7) eighth blackbird FELIX WHITE (1884-1945) The Nymph’s Complaint for the Death of her Fawn (1921) (8:08) From Poetic Inspirations Cedille Records CDR 90000 102 (Track 8) Alex Klein, oboe Richard Young, viola Ricardo Castro, piano ALAN RIDOUT (1934-1996) Ferdinand the Bull (10:43) From Capricho Latino Cedille Records CDR 90000 124 (Track 14) Rachel Barton Pine, violin Héctor Elizondo, narrator LOU HARRISON (1917-2003) Grand Duo (1988) II. Stampede (5:44) From String Poetic Cedille Records CDR 90000 103 (Track 8) Jennifer Koh, violin Reiko Uchida, piano  

This week’s program showcases Cedille's two new releases for October. Playlist for October 23, 2013 Two New Releases LEOŠ JANÁCEK (1854–1928) Sonata for Violin and Piano JW VII/7 I. Con moto (4:48) II. Ballada: Con moto (5:13) From signs, games + messages Cedille Records CDR 90000 143 (Tracks 1–2) Jennifer Koh, violin Shai Wosner, piano GYÖRGY KURTÁG (b. 1926) In Nomine — all’ongherese (from Signs, Games and Messages) (4:51) From signs, games + messages Cedille Records CDR 90000 143 (Track 17) Jennifer Koh, violin Shai Wosner, piano BÉLA BARTÓK (1881–1945) First Sonata for Violin and Piano, Sz. 75 III. Allegro (10:17) From signs, games + messages Cedille Records CDR 90000 143 (Track 20) Jennifer Koh, violin Shai Wosner, piano ATANAS OURKOUZOUNOV (b. 1970) Folk Song Variations (6:54) From Out of Africa ... and Around the World Cedille Records CDR 7005 (Track 1) Denis Azabagic, guitar VOJISLAV IVANOVIC (b. 1959) Café Pieces Funny Valse (3:37) Nostalgia (4:23) From Out of Africa ... and Around the World Cedille Records CDR 7005 (Tracks 3 & 5) Denis Azabagic, guitar ALAN THOMAS (b. 1968) Out of Africa Morning Dance (3:05) Cradle Song (3:03) From Out of Africa ... and Around the World Cedille Records CDR 7005 (Tracks 11 &14) Denis Azabagic, guitar

In continued conjunction with WFMT’s September monthly theme of duets and duos, this week’s program is devoted to duos with strings.  Featured are violinists Rachel Barton Pine and Jennifer Koh, and cellist Wendy Warner. Playlist for September 18, 2013 Duos with Strings BOHUSLAV MARTINU (1890–1959) Duo No. 2 (1958) (10:08) I. Allegretto II. Adagio III. Poco allegro From Double Play: Twentieth Century Duos for Violin & Cello Cedille Records CDR 90000 047 (Tracks 1–3) Rachel Barton Pine, violin Wendy Warner, cello ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856) Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105 (1851) I. Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck (7:55) From Schumann: The Sonatas for Violin and Piano Cedille Records CDR 90000 095 (Track 1) Jennifer Koh, violin Reiko Uchida, piano JOHN ADAMS (b. 1946) Road Movies (1995) II. Meditative (6:17) From String Poetic Cedille Records CDR 90000 103 (Track 13) Jennifer Koh, violin Reiko Uchida, piano CECIL BURLEIGH (1885–1980) Four Rocky Mountain Sketches, Op. 11 (1913) (9:56) I. At Sunset II. The Rapids III. Up the Canyon IV. The Avalanche From American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell Cedille Records CDR 90000 097 (Tracks 15–18) Rachel Barton Pine, violin Matthew Hagle, piano VICTOR BÉRAUD (1840–??) arr. Edward Elgar (1857–1934) Petite Reine Berceuse (Lullaby for a Little Queen) (1886) (3:30) From Violin Lullabies Cedille Records CDR 90000 139 (Track 23) Rachel Barton Pine, violin Matthew Hagle, piano ALFRED SCHNITTKE (1934–1998) Musica Nostalgica, for Violoncello and Piano (1992) (3:22) From Russian Music for Cello & Piano Cedille Records CDR 90000 120 (Track 5) Wendy Warner, cello Irina Nuzova, piano SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873–1943) Sonata in G Minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 19 (1901) III. Andante (5:59) From Russian Music for Cello & Piano Cedille Records CDR 90000 120 (Track 9) Wendy Warner, cello Irina Nuzova, piano

This week features a program of musical depictions. Playlist: BÉLA BARTÓK (1881–1945) Two Portraits, Op. 5 (1911) (11:54) No. 1 “Idealistic” Andante sostenuto (9:43) No. 2 “Distorted” Presto (2:11) From Jennifer Koh: Portraits Cedille Records CDR 90000 089 (Tracks 5–6) Jennifer Koh, violin Grant Park Orchestra Carlos Kalmar, conductor JENNIFER HIGDON (b. 1962) Piano Trio (2003) Fiery Red (5:33) From Notable Women: Trios by Today's Female Composers Cedille Records CDR 90000 126 (Track 6) Lincoln Trio JENNIFER HIGDON String Poetic (2006) III. Blue Hills of Mist (7:41) From String Poetic Cedille Records CDR 90000 103 (Track 3) Jennifer Koh, violin Reiko Uchida, piano WILLIAM FERRIS (1937–2000) Bristol Hills (7:45) From Corridors of Light: Music of William Ferris Cedille Records CDR 7004 (Track 6) London Symphony Strings MARION EUGENIE BAUER (1882–1955) Up the Ocklawaha, Tone Picture for Violin, Op. 6 (1912) (5:30) From American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell Cedille Records CDR 90000 097 (Track 5) Rachel Barton Pine, violin Matthew Hagle, piano AARON JAY KERNIS (b. 1960) Symphony in Waves (1989) IV. Intermezzo (2:10) From Symphony in Waves Cedille Records CDR 90000 105 (Track 6) Grant Park Orchestra Carlos Kalmar, conductor LEO SOWERBY (1895–1968) From the Northland — Impressions of the Lake Superior Country IV. The Shining Big-Sea Water (5:07) From Prairie: Tone Poems by Leo Sowerby Cedille Records CDR 90000 033 (Track 7) Czech National Symphony Orchestra Paul Freeman, conductor

Our first show for July — “Art and Music” month on WFMT —  features compositions inspired by various forms of art including public parks, lithographs, and a fountain, plus a piece for which Cedille and violinist Jennifer Koh commissioned a work of video art.   Playlist for July 3, 2013 Music and Art JOHN CORIGLIANO (b. 1938) Midsummer Fanfare (2004) (5:49) From American Orchestral Works Cedille Records CDR 90000 090 (Track 5) Grant Park Orchestra Carlos Kalmar, conductor JOSÉ PABLO MONCAYO (1912–1958) Muros Verdes (1951) (6:36) From Carlos Chávez Piano Concerto Cedille Records CDR 90000 140 (Track 5) Jorge Federico Osorio, piano WILLIAM GRANT STILL (1895–1978) Mother and Child, No. 2 from Suite for violin and piano (6:18) From Violin Lullabies Cedille Records CDR 90000 139 (Track 24) Rachel Barton Pine, violin Matthew Hagle, piano DAVID LEISNER (b. 1953) Dances in the Madhouse (1982) (12:13) 1. Tango Solitaire (4:09) 2. Waltz for the Old Folks (2:05) 3. Ballad for the Lonely (3:38) 4. Samba! (2:10) From Acrobats: Music of David Leisner Cedille Records CDR 90000 096 (Tracks 6–9) Cavatina Duo ESA-PEKKA SALONEN (b. 1954) Lachen Verlernt (2002) (9:43) From Rhapsodic Musings: 21st Century Works for Solo for Violin Cedille Records CDR 90000 113 (Track 1) Jennifer Koh FRANZ LISZT (1811–1886) Les jeux d’eau a la Villa d’Este (1877) (7:12) From Debussy & Liszt Cedille Records CDR 90000 098 (Disc 2 Track 13) Jorge Federico Osorio

Cedille Chicago Presents performances by The Grant Park Orchestra and Carlos Kalmar. Subscribe to the Cedille Email List to receive one free music track from each week's show!  This week's download comes from: AARON COPLAND (1900–1990) Appalachian Spring Cedille Records CDR 90000 125   PLAYLIST SAMUEL BARBER (1910–1981) Toccata Festiva for Organ & Orchestra, Op. 36 (1960) (excerpt) From American Works for Organ and Orchestra Cedille Records CDR 90000 063 (Track 1) David Schrader, organ Grant Park Orchestra Carlos Kalmar, conductor MICHAEL COLGRASS (b. 1932) Snow Walker for Organ & Orchestra (1990) III. The Whispering Voices of the Spirits Who Ride with the Lights in the Sky (4:05) From American Works for Organ and Orchestra Cedille Records CDR 90000 063 (Track 7) David Schrader, organ Grant Park Orchestra Carlos Kalmar, conductor ROBERT KURKA (1921–1957) Symphony No. 2, Op. 24 (1953) III. Presto gioioso (6:36) From Robert Kurka: Symphonic Works Cedille Records CDR 90000 077 (Track 4) Grant Park Orchestra Carlos Kalmar, conductor BOHUSLAV MARTINU (1890–1959) Violin Concerto No. 2, H. 293 (1943) III. Poco Allegro (8:35) From Jennifer Koh: Portraits Cedille Records CDR 90000 089 (Track 4) Jennifer Koh, violin Grant Park Orchestra Carlos Kalmar, conductor JOHN CORIGLIANO (b. 1938) Midsummer Fanfare (2004) (5:49) From American Orchestral Works Cedille Records CDR 90000 090 (Track 5) Grant Park Orchestra Carlos Kalmar, conductor MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937) Sheherazade II. La flûte enchantée (3:00) From Royal Mezzo Cedille Records CDR 90000 104 (Track 7) Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano Mary Stolper, solo flute Grant Park Orchestra Carlos Kalmar, conductor AARON JAY KERNIS (b. 1960) Too Hot Toccata (1996) (5:53) From Symphony in Waves Cedille Records CDR 90000 105 (Track 2) Grant Park Orchestra Carlos Kalmar, conductor LEO SOWERBY (1895–1968) Praised be my Lord for all those who pardon one another... (2:47) From The Pulitzer Project Cedille Records CDR 90000 125 (Track 18) Grant Park Orchestra Grant Park Chorus Carlos Kalmar, conductor Christopher Bell, chorus director AARON COPLAND (1900–1990) Appalachian Spring Doppio movimento (3:11) From The Pulitzer Project Cedille Records CDR 90000 125 (Track 9) Grant Park Orchestra Carlos Kalmar, conductor

VIDEO: Jennifer Koh performs in the WQXR Café Somewhere along the way in her 20-some year career, Jennifer Koh jumped off the violin soloist treadmill in favor of less familiar paths and creative channels. She fashioned an ongoing recital series called “Bach and Beyond” that involves juxtapositions of Bach’s solo sonatas and partitas with contemporary works by composers like Phil Kline, Missy Mazzoli and Kaija Saariaho. She gives her New York Philharmonic subscription debut this week not with a beloved warhorse like the Tchaikovsky or Brahms Concerto but Lutoslawski’s Chain 2, a dark, knotty work composed for Anne-Sophie Mutter in 1984. And she has struck up a working relationship with the veteran theater and opera director Robert Wilson, which will expand this November in a staged version of Bach’s solo violin music in Paris. Koh came to know Wilson when she appeared in the title role in a new touring production of Einstein on the Beach, Philip Glass’s landmark opera that came to the Brooklyn Academy of Music in October. “I was quite scared going into the rehearsal process because I’ve never acted or done anything in that way,” Koh, 36, told Jeff Spurgeon. “I’ve never played a character. In fact, for me, performing and being a musician is about being more myself there than anywhere else in a sense and being more purely human. “I didn’t even know where stage right was. They were like, 'walk on to stage right' and I was like, 'which direction is this?’” In the five-hour opera, Koh doesn’t just perform Glass's churning "Knee Plays" but dons the full Einstein costume, complete with silver wig and mustache. Wilson's acting coaching made a strong impression on Koh. “In a way, I’ve been searching for a long time for this idea, [whether] doing 'Bach and Beyond,' or creating these projects," she said. "In the end it’s ‘how do you create an experience, and really create a journey for your audience?’ What Bob does with Einstein, with time, it changes your conception of that.” Koh’s career got off to a start more typical of a child prodigy: she made her debut with the Chicago Symphony at age 11, studied at Oberlin College in her teens, and took home a silver medal at the 1994 Tchaikovsky Competition, the latter while wearing a poofy green dress. But in recent years she's shown an increasingly adventurous streak, as the choice of the Lutoslawski for her Philharmonic debut suggests. "I believe it’s a great piece and it deserves to be heard more,” she said. “And more than that, the reason I’m happy to do it in New York is that so many of my composer colleagues and friends are in the city and there’s something about his music that is such an important voice that does need to be heard.” In the WQXR Café, Koh performs selections the final two movements of Ysaÿe's Sonata No. 2, a piece that she performed last year at an event for South Korea's First Lady Kim Yoon-ok, hosted by US First Lady Michelle Obama. “I remembered that I was so excited when I met her at the receiving line that I almost knocked over the first lady of Korea,” Koh recalled. "I just hopped towards Michelle Obama to give her a hug. Then I had to give my apologies to the first lady of Korea. She was very lovely.” Video: Amy Pearl; Sound: Ed Haber; Text & Production: Brian Wise; Interview Jeff Spurgeon

Jennifer Koh empowers women artists living in disadvantaged and at-risk circumstances around the world to re-discover their creative gifts and to make a significant difference in their families and communities. Jennifer helps these gifted and talented artists tap not only into the knowledge, skills, and courage required to develop sustainable enterprises, but also into the power of continued relationships with other women, advantaged and disadvantaged, who inspire them with their stories of hope, love, and possibility. Jenn was led to this work by own life challenges; her passion for dance, sculpting, writing, and coaching; and a powerful breathing technique known as "Kriya." Join us to hear more about Jenn’s vision to improve the life circumstances of others through the joy of art, beauty, and relationships. Jennifer Koh is an Organizational Development Consultant, Coach, Writer, Sculptor, Dancer, and Yoga Instructor who lives in Calgary, Canada. Her unique approach integrates a wide range of experiential tools such as clay-work, collage, yoga, storytelling, and film work to facilitate transformation and to assist people to discover the gifts so often present in challenge and change. Jenn earned a BA in Psychology and French and studied Marketing Management, Change Management, and Fiction Writing. Her deep love of humanity led her to work with the Art of Living Foundation, a non-profit humanitarian organization, and to launch the ‘Precious Women Project’ which aims to empower disadvantaged women around the world through arts, education, and community programs. This project has been entered into the Best Idea for Humanity contest for 2010.