Oct 10, 2019
Claire Chase was awarded the MacArthur Genius Grant in 2012 for her work, not only fostering the creation of new music, but for building organizations, forming community alliances and supporting educational programs reaching new audiences. That work is on display in Seattle this week when she is soloist with the...
Oct 10, 2019
We meet the occupant of the Charles Simonyi Principal Horn Chair in the Seattle Symphony. Jeffrey Fair has been playing in the SSO since 2003 when Gerard Schwarz was music director. In 2013 he won the principal horn position during Ludovic Morlot’s tenure as music director. Jeff Fair tells KING FM’s Dave Beck about...
Oct 10, 2019
Daniel Muller-Schott played the Dvorak Cello Concerto with the SSO in September, 2019. Born in Munich, Germany in 1976, Daniel Muller Schott came to international attention as a teenager winning the Tchaikovsky International Competition at age 15. That achievement brought him to the attention of the great...
Oct 2, 2019
Krishna Thiagarajan is the President and CEO of the Seattle Symphony. He spoke with Dave Beck during intermission of the Seattle Symphony’s opening night concert for 2019-2020, broadcast live on Classical KING FM. Krishna talks about how the Seattle Symphony’s community engagement efforts serve audiences...
Oct 2, 2019
Thomas Dausgaard is the energetic, Danish-born conductor who leads his first concerts as the new Seattle Symphony Music Director this month. He is brimming with enthusiasm about the future of the SSO and about the view of Seattle from his new apartment near Benaroya Hall. He loves the stunning view of the Olympic...