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Birth Place: New York City, NY
Education: BA (Art History) Rutgers University,
MSt (Music) Oxford University
1. Are any of your family members musicians? If
so, what do they do?
Yes, I grew up in a very musical house. My father is a pianist, having studied
composition at Juilliard, and my sister is an oboist.
2. What has been the highlight of your One World
Symphony career to date?
The orchestra's Town Hall debut was particularly memorable. It was a well-deserved
opportunity for the orchestra, but it was also a personal thrill for me,
as I had been out of the country prior to the concert, and was ushered home
in the grandest way possible.
3. What would you say is your favorite piece of
music?
I feel I can't ever get away from the Beethoven symphonies, no matter how
much other wonderful music exists. My specialty is Baroque music, especially
early opera and madrigals. I've been really interested in Elizabeth Jaquet
de la Guerre recently, a 17th-century composer who wrote marvelous music
for harpsichord.
4. What's your favorite One World Symphony moment?
Whenever I'm able to play in a OWS concert I not only have a very satisfying
musical experience, but I am surrounded by the like-minded: people who
share a compassion for music-making, for craft and for beauty. In other
words, I am surrounded by friends.
...And the worst moment (if any)?
Marathon opera-making in an unairconditioned church in June! But the sweat
somehow makes it all the more fun.
5. What music do you listen to in the car or subway?
People are constantly asking me questions about jazz, assuming that, because
I am a musician, I will be able to comment assiduously upon it.... but
realizing that I had frightfully little to say, I've started to edify myself,
and as I walk. And jazz, I have realized, is really conducive to urban
wanderings.
6. What is your favourite drink?
Still Earl Grey tea, now a habit I cannot and will not shake -- every afternoon.
7. What was the most recent book you read?
I find myself lately reading a lot about 19th-century Vienna, having recently
enjoyed a book on Klimt. Schnitzler's short stories are particularly charming.
I also adore 19th-century Russian literature.
8. When you do have some free time, how do you
relax?
I love writing letters to friends, most of whom live quite far away. Letter-writing
is a dying art! I also enjoy playing the viola da gamba and reading. I'm
trying to break into music criticism, so writing also demands much of my
time.
9. If you had the opportunity to time travel,
when and where would you prefer to live?
I would like very much to be a viola da gamba student of Marin Marais, to
see how he lived, to observe his technique, and well, to just marry him.
Actually, I think I would have married Mahler had it not been for Alma.
10. If you weren't a musician what would you be?
I would probably be an art historian, which is actually what I do in my other
life... Or why not just be a Parisian?
11. Why would you recommend to other musicians
and public to participate with One World Symphony?
One World is a young orchestra with so much potential. It is exciting to
be part of it in its earliest conceptions.
Qui de sentiment ne fait
Son dit et son chant contrefait.
-- Guillame de Machaut
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