Soundboard
The official Steinway & Sons podcast, Soundboard features conversations on artistry and craftsmanship with distinguished Steinway Artists, musicians, artists, and creatives. Soundboard seeks out inspiration, hones in on the creative process, parses influences, and attempts to diagnose artistic greatness.
Soundboard is produced and hosted by music journalist Ben Finane, Steinway & Sons’ Editor in Chief and Publisher/Editor in Chief of Steinway’s award-winning web magazine Listen: Life with Music & Culture.
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Soundboard — The 5 Browns
The five Juilliard–trained sibling pianists discuss Christmas with The 5 Browns, their album on the Steinway & Sons label .
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Soundboard — Mason Bates
Grammy-winning composer Mason Bates weds classical music and electronica. He discusses listening and writing orchestral music in the twenty-first century.
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Soundboard — Harry Connick, Jr.
Steinway Artist Harry Connick, Jr.’s album True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter finds Connick playing piano, singing, orchestrating, arranging and conducting. He speaks on the genius of Cole Porter and takes us on a deep dive into his original arrangements.
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Soundboard — Ralph Alessi
Trumpetist and composer Ralph Alessi discusses the practice of improvisation and the art of jazz.
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Soundboard — Robert Glasper (The Prequel)
Steinway Artist Robert Glasper launched the Soundboard podcast. In honor of the multi–Grammy winning jazz pianist's October takeover at Blue Note New York, we offer a prequel interview with Glasper, live from the Steinway Factory in New York City.
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Soundboard — Jesse Carmichael
Steinway Artist Jesse Carmichael took a year-and-a-half hiatus from the chart-topping pop-rock band Maroon 5 to pursue studies in music and the healing arts.
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Soundboard — Stewart Copeland
Stewart Copeland reflects on his experiences in and lessons gleaned from orchestral music.
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Soundboard — John O’Conor
Steinway Artist John O’Conor discusses his forthcoming album of Haydn sonatas for the Steinway & Sons label.
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Soundboard — David Fung
Steinway Artist David Fung discusses his forthcoming album of Mozart sonatas for the Steinway & Sons label.
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Soundboard — Regina Spektor
In advance of her five-concert Broadway residency, Steinway Artist Regina Spektor discusses the craft of songwriting.
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Soundboard — Olga Kern
Steinway Artist Olga Kern won the eleventh Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2001. She discusses her love for the music of Sergei Vasileyvich Rachmaninoff.
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Soundboard — Scott Price
Steinway Artist Scott Price is musical director for Céline Dion, one of the best-selling artists of all time. Price offers behind-the-scenes insight into working with the superstar diva.
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Soundboard — Michael Idov
Michael Idov’s fortunes as a writer dramatically changed for the better following the publication in 2005 of “Bitter Brew,” an article he penned for Slate.com about his failed business venture to launch a café in New York City.
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Soundboard — Sean Jones
Sean Jones, trumpeter and bandleader for Carnegie Hall’s Jazz National Youth Orchestra (aka NYO Jazz), talks jazz, race, and music education.
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Soundboard — Simon Mulligan
Steinway Artist Simon Mulligan is the most recorded pianist for the Steinway & Sons Spirio, the world’s finest high resolution player piano. Mulligan discusses his arrangements for the instrument, including songs by Queen.
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Soundboard — Moira Lo Bianco
Pianist/composer and Steinway Artist Moira Lo Bianco explores the imaginative possibilities of improvisation across musical genres and styles.
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Soundboard — Tim Berne
Jazz alto saxophonist Tim Berne speaks on finding your groove in improvisation.
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Soundboard — Reid & Sara Farrington
A husband-and-wife / director-and-playwright New York City theater team discuss Marlon Brando, Truman Capote, and creating theater from unlikely sources.
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Soundboard — Natasha Paremski
Natasha Paremski discusses tackling Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and premiering Fred Hersch’s Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky — and speaks to the greatness of Sviatoslav Richter.
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Soundboard — Marc-André Hamelin
Marc-André Hamelin discusses the music of Debussy, Feinberg, Haydn, Liszt, Ives and more.
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Soundboard — Davell Crawford
Davell Crawford discusses the rich jazz tradition of New Orleans, the fall of New York, moving forward, and employing the multiple personalities that live within you.
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Soundboard — Bill Murray
Bill Murray discusses American Letters, Mark Twain, James Thurber, absurdity vs. ridiculousness, failure, getting to work, writing vs. acting, rhythm and flow, and improvisation.
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Soundboard — Billy Joel
Living legend Billy Joel talks about the staying power of his music, the alchemy and process of songwriting, the origins of his aesthetic, Beethoven and The Beatles, and what he’s trying to learn now.
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Soundboard — Paul Lewis
Steinway Artist Paul Lewis talks his recent deep dives into Beethoven and Schubert — as well as Mussorgsky’s Pictures At An Exhibition.
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Soundboard — Robert Glasper
Robert Glasper holds forth on crossing over, showing all your sides, Radiohead, jazz reference points, hip-hop and the ancient art of the loop, and Thelonious Monk.
