Soundboard
The Steinway & Sons Podcast
Vera Anselmo
Vera Anselmo is founder and artistic director of The Piano School of New York City, a nonprofit organization which seeks to provide music instruction to children and adults regardless of talent level or ability to pay. She joins Soundboard producer/host Ben Finane, Editor in Chief at Steinway’s award-winning online music magazine listenmusicculture.com, to discuss music education for the underserved.
‘Music can bring hope, love, friendship, it only takes that one person — and it could be that piano teacher — to inspire you.’
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Soundboard — Ray Angry
Steinway Artist Ray Angry discusses his journey from classical pianist to polymath producer.
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Soundboard — Sandy Jimenez
Comic book artist and writer Sandy Jimenez pens illustrated stories about the South Bronx. He joins Soundboard to discuss his craft.
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Soundboard — John Corigliano
The Pulitzer Prize–winning composer discusses improvising at the keyboard, his compositional process, and a legacy of teaching.
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Soundboard — Amir Siraj
Young Steinway Artist Amir Siraj speaks to the intersection of music and astrophysics.
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Soundboard — Anne-Sophie Mutter
The violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter discusses arts advocacy, Beethoven, John Williams, and her process behind learning new music.
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Soundboard — Isaac Mizrahi
The fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi sees fashion as telling stories of women’s lives. He also discusses the intersection of music and fashion, couture vs. QVC, his new concert series — and becoming himself.
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Soundboard — Eric Whitacre
The Grammy Award–winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre discusses how he writes choral music — as well as his influences and technological ventures.
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Soundboard — Lauren Sclafani
Steinway & Sons piano technician and audio engineer Lauren Sclafani discusses her craft.
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Soundboard — Lenny Kravitz
Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, rockstar and designer Lenny Kravitz reveals the inspiration for his music and for the Kravitz Grand Limited Edition from Steinway & Sons.
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Soundboard — Kenneth Jones
Kenneth Jones, a New York City–based playwright, librettist and lyricist, talks about the craft of writing for the theatre.
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