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KUSC Interviews
KUSC brings you interviews with movers and shakers in the world of the arts.
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February 28, 2017
/RSS FeedJustin Hurwitz won the 2017 Academy Award for Best Original Score with his music for La La Land. Before the ceremony, he stopped by the KUSC studios to talk to Jim Svejda about creating new music that paid homage to classical musicals.
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November 18, 2016
/RSS FeedNewman talked to KUSC Contributor Sheila Tepper about the surprises that came when he studied both scores.
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November 17, 2016
/RSS FeedScott Dunn will take the podium when the LA Phil presents Rebel Without a Cause with score played live by the orchestra (part of a new collaboration between the LA Phil and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Dunn tells KUSC Contributor Sheila Tepper why he thinks the score is an underappreciated work of genius by Leonard Rosenman.
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November 15, 2016
/RSS FeedViolinist Hilary Hahn talks to KUSC’s Jim Svejda about several of her recordings projects, including the album of encores that she commissioned.
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November 14, 2016
/RSS FeedHarpsichordist Mahan Esfahani talks with KUSC’s Jim Svejda about his many recordings and how he keeps his instrument on the cutting edge.
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August 17, 2016
/RSS FeedFlorence Foster Jenkins was an American singer without parallel. She’s also the subject of a new movie starring Meryl Streep as Jenkins and directed by Stephen Frears. Frears joins KUSC’s Jim Svejda for a conversation about the film.
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August 8, 2016
/RSS FeedWhen Yuja Wang was in town to play at the Hollywood Bowl, she stopped by the KUSC studios to talk to The Evening Program’s Jim Svjeda about everything from the albums she’s recorded to what her neighbors think of her playing.