Dress Rehearsal
by Lorenzo Marasso
Dress Rehearsal is a Classical music program that airs every Friday morning at 8am PST and every Sunday afternoon at 5pm PST on 107.3 KBFG in Seattle. It is hosted by Italian Pianist and Conductor Lorenzo Marasso. The podcast portrays a living or past composer or performer, offers live interviews to up and coming as well as established artists in the field of composition and musical performance as well as offer great listening experiences of music that may not find its way through the mainstream media.
Episodes
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#70 - Interview with Bulgarian Pianist Ivo Varbanov
My guest on the 70th episode of Dress Rehearsal is Bulgarian pianist Ivo Varbanov, who is a leading figure of Bulgarian music and culture abroad. After a forced hiatus from performing between 2009 to 2012 due to leukaemia he has returned to the stage with impressive performances at the Royal...
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#69 - Interview with pianist Eleonor Bindman
My guest on the 69th episode of "Dress Rehearsal", is New York-based pianist Eleonor Bindman, who is also an educator and a recording artist. Originally from Riga, Latvia, Ms. Bindman is known worldwide for her continued passion with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and for her dedication in...
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#68 - Interview with Pianist Danny Holt
My guest on the 68th episode of "Dress Rehearsal" is Pianist Danny Holt, who has been called “phenomenal” by the late music critic Alan Rich and hailed as one of the “local heroes” of the Los Angeles music scene, pianist Danny Holt brings his boundless energy and wit to unique interpretations of...
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#67 - Interview with Korean Pianist Yerin Kim
My guest on the 67th Episode of "Dress Rehearsal", is Pianist Yerin Kim, who has been praised by the International Piano Magazine as a “pianist of beautiful finesse and golden tone” and “powerful and engaging, poetic and expressive with some truly original interpretive insights, all performed…
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#66 - Happy Birthday Johann Sebastian Bach
In this episode of Dress Rehearsal we listen to some of Bach's music rendered through a less orthodox instrument, the Moog synthesizer. From the famous "Switched on Bach", a great album of the eighties, during the hour also featuring "The Art of Moog", a UK-based band that uses the Moog…
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#65 - Interview with British Violist Annette Isserlis
My guest on the 65th episode of "Dress Rehearsal" is British Violist, Educator and Record Producer, Annette Isserlis, who is a founder member of Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s English Baroque Soloists and the Orchestra Revolutionnaire et Romantique as well as a member of the Amsterdam Baroque…
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#64 - Interview with Italian Fortepianist Gian Maria Bonino
My guest on the 64th episode of "Dress Rehearsal" is Italian pianist, fortepianist and harpsichordist, Gian Maria Bonino, who graduated in piano performance at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan with Prof. Lydia Arcuri and at the Lucerne Conservatory with Maestro Myeczislaw Horszowski. He...
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#63 - Sir Andras Schiff revisits Brahms Piano Concerto #1 on an historical instrument
Sir András Schiff in conversation about the Piano Concertos of Johannes Brahms performed on a historical piano with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. To fully bring out the characteristics of Brahms’s music Schiff’s choice of instrument is a Blüthner piano built in Leipzig around 1859…
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#62 - Interview with Violinist Valeria Zorina
My guest on the 62nd episode of "Dress Rehearsal" is violinist Valeria Zorina, who is an award winning performer and educator currently living Madrid, Spain. Ms. Zorina recently released a CD dedicated to the "scordatura" in violin repertoire through the centuries. The "scordatura" is defined by...
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#61 - Interview with Italian Harpsichordist Enrico Baiano
My guest on the 61st episode of "Dress Rehearsal" is Italian harpsichordist, clavichordist and fortepianist, Enrico Baiano. Maestro Baiano is considered one of the most complete and interesting interpreters on the ancient music scene. In his interpretative approach, historical-stylistic rigor,...
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#60 - Interview w/ British Composer Edward Cowie
The 60th episode of Dress Rehearsal, on 107.3 KBFG Seattle, featured British composer Edward Cowie, whose first BBC Proms commission was titled Leviathan, a large-scale orchestral work premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra in 1975. This occasion marked the first major event in a career that…
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#58 - Interview w/ Italian Fortepianist Stefania Neonato
The 58th episode of Dress Rehearsal, on 107.3 KBFG Seattle, welcomed Italian pianist and fortepianist Stefania Neonato, who has dedicated her life and musical career to historical keyboards and historically informed performance. Stefania graduated in piano performance at the Trento Conservatory…
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#57 - Pianist Glenn Gould talks about Pianist Arthur Schnabel
The 57th episode of Dress Rehearsal, on 107.3 KBFG Seattle, featured an instalment of a CBC program titled "The Art of Glenn Gould", in which Mr. Gould interviews Pianist Claude Frank about Artur Schnabel and plays Beethoven Piano Concerto 4 in G, Op.58, in the studio recording with Leonard...
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#56 - Interview w/ American Conductor Anna Edwards
The 56th episode of Dress Rehearsal, on 107.3 KBFG Seattle, welcomed Seattle-based Anna Edwards, whose career as a violinist, educator, and symphony conductor has been inspired by her commitment to core values of high-quality musical performance, development of musicians and composers through…
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#55 - Interview w/ Italian pianists Riccardo Zadra & Federica Righini
The 55th episode of Dress Rehearsal, on 107.3 KBFG Seattle, welcomed Italian pianists Riccardo Zadra and Federica Righini, who are partners in music as well as in life! Riccardo and Federica, for over twenty-five years, have shared an intense activity as concert performers and teachers with a...
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#53 - Listening to New Complexity in Music
The 52nd episode of Dress Rehearsal, on 107.3 KBFG Seattle, featured musical movement called "New Complexity", which is characterized by the use of complex musical notation. During the hour we will listen to Michael Finnissy's entire English Country-Tunes. As Arnold Whittall reviewed it on...
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#52 - Remembering Italian Composer Salvatore Sciarrino
The 52nd episode of Dress Rehearsal, on 107.3 KBFG Seattle featured Italian composer Salvatore Sciarrino, who recently turned 75! A native of Palermo in Sicily, the young Sciarrino was attracted to the visual arts, but began experimenting with music when he was twelve. Though he had some lessons…
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#51 - Interview w/ Composer Nimrod Borenstein
The 51st episode of Dress Rehearsal, on 107.3 KBFG Seattle, welcomed composer Nimrod Borenstein, who in the past few years has been enjoying a great number of works being commissioned, recorded and premiered across the globe. His compositions are performed at some of the most prestigious venues…
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#50 - Reading Norman Cousins' The Anatomy of an Illness
The 50th episode of Dress Rehearsal reflects on the theme of Health vs Disease through the eyes and experiences of American Journalist Norman Cousins, who was given no chances of recovery from a seemingly incurable disease and who devised his own cure mainly by "laughing" and watching funny…
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#49 - Glenn Gould's Idea of North
The 49th episode of Dress Rehearsal featured Glenn Gould's "The Idea of North", which is part filmed docudrama, part fantasy, part forerunner of music television. Based on the radio play by famed Canadian pianist, North's montage of words, images and music tells a universal story of the quest for...
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#48 - Featuring Italian Composer Roberta Vacca's "Imaginary Dialogues"
The 48th episode of Dress Rehearsal featured Roberta Vacca's new CD titled "Imaginary Dialogues". The new release of this project comes from the collaboration of visual artist Pierpaolo Mancinelli and Composer Roberta Vacca. The aim was to create a "bi-sensorial" work. "Imaginary Dialogues"...
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#47 - Interview w/ Pianist Beverly Gilbert about Hungarian Pedagogue Ilonka Deckers-Kuszler
The 47th episode of Dress Rehearsal, on 107.3 KBFG Seattle, welcomed Pianist Beverly Gilbert, who has been performing and teaching in the Atlanta region and also collaborated in chamber music with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra members and as a pianist with the Atlanta Symphony. With Beverly we...
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#45 - Interview w/ American Composer Jack Van Zandt
The 45th episode of Dress Rehearsal, on 107.3 KBFG Seattle, welcomes Composer Jack Van Zandt who is a Los Angeles and Ireland-based composer of music for concerts, public spaces, gallery installations, television, film, and advertising. He has composed more than 300 works and his concert music…
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#44 - Pianist Dejan Lazic creates Johannes Brahms' Third Piano Concerto
The 44th episode of "Dress Rehearsal" features Brahms' Third Piano Concerto. But, didn't Brahms only compose two piano concertos? Yes he did, in fact the Third is an arrangement of Brahms's Violin Concerto done by Croatian Pianist Dejan Lazic, who spent six years transcribing and adapting for the...
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#43 - Intervista al Critico Musicale Luca Chierici (in Italiano)
The 43rd episode of Dress Rehearsal, on 107.3 KBFG Seattle, welcomed Italian Critic Luca Chierici, who has dedicated his life to studying the pianistic literature and follow the development of pianism throughout the years. Sometime in the seventies he began attending concerts of the great…
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#42 - Remembering Bulgarian Composer Dimitar Nenov
The 42nd episode of Dress Rehearsal, on 107.3 KBFG Seattle, featured Bulgarian composer Dimitar Nenov and his monumental Piano Concerto written in 1936. In line with the recent podcast on Iannis Xenakis, in Nenov we find a similar polymath, as he, other than a composer and a pianist, was also a...
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#40 - Featuring Unusual Christmas Music
The 40th episode of Dress Rehearsal, on 107.3 KBFG Seattle, features some Unusual and unknown Christmas Music and music inspired by the birth of Jesus. In every city in this country there are probably several performances of Handel’s Messiah being presented. If you are tired of listening every…
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#39 - Featuring Russian Pianist Alexei Lubimov
The 39th episode of Dress Rehearsal, on 107.3 KBFG Seattle, featured Russian pianist Alexei Lubimov, who has explored throughout his career not only the piano but also the fortepiano, the harpsichord and the clavichord. Lubimov attracted notice with his performances of modern scores. In 1968 he...
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#38 - Interview w/ Timpanist Jason Haaheim
The 38th episode of Dress Rehearsal, on 107.3 KBFG Seattle, features MET Opera's Principal Timpanist Jason Haaheim! Jason was appointed at the Met in 2013 and his route to the Met was all but a linear one. In fact, prior to becoming a full-time musician Jason used to work at a nanotech lab in...
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#37 - Remembering French/Greek Composer Iannis Xenakis
The 36th episode of Dress Rehearsal, on 107.3 KBFG Seattle, featured Greek Composer Iannis Xenakis and in particular his early electro acoustic compositions. Prior to becoming a composer Xenakis graduated in structural engineering and architecture and his mathematical background informed his...
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#36 - Intervista con la Compositrice Italiana Roberta Vacca (Versione in Italiano)
Il 36esimo episodio del podcast "Dress Rehearsal", presso la stazione 107.3FM KBFG di Seattle, negli Stati Uniti, ha visto protagonista la Compositrice Italiana Roberta Vacca che si è diplomata in Pianoforte, Composizione e in Musica Corale e Direzione di Coro nonche' in Lingue e Letterature...
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#36 - Interview w/ Italian Composer Roberta Vacca (Version in English)
The 36th episode of Dress Rehearsal on 107.3FM KBFG Seattle, featured Italian Composer Roberta Vacca. Roberta graduated in Piano, Composition and in Choral Music and Choir Direction. She also attended courses in Composition with Maestro Azio Corghi. Winner of numerous competitions, Roberta has…
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#35 - Remembering Russian Composer and Pianist Samuel Feinberg
The 35th episode of Dress Rehearsal, on 107.3 KBFG Seattle, featured Russian Pianist and Composer Samuel Feinberg, who from an early age exhibited an extraordinary talent on the piano. At his graduation recital Feinberg performed the entire Well-Tempered Clavier by Johann Sebastian Bach by heart...
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#34 - Interview w/ American Composer Nina C. Young
The 34th episode of Dress Rehearsal, on 107.3 KBFG Seattle welcomed composer and sonic artist Nina C. Young, who creates works ranging from acoustic concert pieces to interactive installations, that explore aural architectures, resonance, timbre, and the ephemeral. Her music has garnered...
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#32 - Interview con il fortepianista Costantino Mastroprimiano (versione in Italiano)
Il 32esimo episodio del podcast "Dress Rehearsal", presso la stazione 107.3FM KBFG di Seattle, negli Stati Uniti, ha visto protagonista il fortepianista italiano Costantino Mastroprimiano, che è una delle figure di spicco della "performance storica". Mastroprimiano è specializzato nelle opere di...
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#32 - Interview w/ Italian fortepianist Costantino Mastroprimiano (version in English)
The 32nd episode of Dress Rehearsal on 107.3FM KBFG Seattle, welcomed Italian Fortepianist and Musicologist Costantino Mastroprimiano, who is one of the leading figures of the "historic performance". Mr. Mastroprimiano specializes in 18th- and 19th-century piano music, especially the works of...
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#31 - Remembering Finnish Composer Einojuhani Rautavaara
The 31st episode of Dress Rehearsal features Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara, probably the most notable Finnish composer since Jean Sibelius, Rautavaara wrote a great number of works spanning various styles. These include eight symphonies, nine operas and twelve concertos, as well as...
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#30 - Interview with British Pianist Freddy Kempf
The 30th episode of Dress Rehearsal welcomes pianist Freddy Kempf, who is one of today’s most successful pianists performing to sell-out audiences. Exceptionally gifted with an unusually broad repertoire, Freddy has built a unique reputation as an explosive performer who is not afraid to take...
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#28 - Interview w/ American Guitarist Kevin Gallagher
The 28th episode of Dress Rehearsal welcomes NY-based Guitarist Kevin Gallagher who began playing rock guitar in his formative years, but his musical appetite quickly led him to study jazz and ultimately, classical guitar. Kevin was the first-prize winner in the 1993 Guitar Foundation of America,...
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#27 - Remembering Italian Composer Sylvano Bussotti
The 27th episode of Dress Rehearsal was dedicated to the recently deceased Italian composer Sylvano Bussotti, who passed away last on September 19th 2021. Bussotti was not only a composer but was also a painter, a scenographer and a theatre director. He made large use of graphic notation in his...
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#26 - Interview with Malaysian Pianist Dennis Lee
In the 26th episode of "Dress Rehearsal", my guest is Malaysian Pianist Dennis Lee, who is currently recording the complete piano works by Claude Debussy for UK independent label ICSM Records. Dennis Lee studied at the Royal College of Music in London, at the Akademie in Vienna and in Milan…
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#25 - Music, Power and the Soviet Anti-Formalism Campaign
The 25th episode of Dress Rehearsal is dedicated to "Music, Power and the Soviet Anti-formalism Campaign" and explore how composers like Dmitri Shostakovich and Sergei Prokofiev suffered constant coercion and defamation from the Kremlin for writing "formalist" music that was not the prescribed…
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#24 - Interview w/ American Flutist Emily Skala
In the 23rd episode of "Dress Rehearsal", my guest will be Emily Skala, former Principal Flutist of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Emily is a very accomplished player and educator having been with the BSO for over 30 years and having also taught at Peabody Conservatory for 28 years. Recently,...
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#23 - Remembering Canadian Composer Raymond Murray Shafer
The 23rd episode of Dress Rehearsal is dedicated to the recently deceased Canadian composer Raymond Murray Schafer, who died this past August 14th, 2021. Murray Schafer was not only a musician but also a writer, an educator and an environmentalist, best known for his World Soundscape Project and...
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#22 - French Conductor Ludovic Morlot
The 22nd episode of "Dress Rehearsal" is dedicated to Seattle Symphony's Conductor Laureate, Ludovic Morlot. Trained as a violinist, Ludovic studied conducting at the Pierre Monteux School (USA) and at the Royal Academy of Music in London and then at the Royal College of Music as a recipient of…
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#21 - Listening to the Pedal Piano
The 21st episode of "Dress Rehearsal" focuses on a peculiar instrument known as the "pedal piano", a piano that includes a pedalboard like an organ. The instrument gained success as composers like Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt and Charles Valentin Alkan found it useful as an...
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#20 - Interview w/ Author Pedro de Alcantara
The 20th episode of "Dress Rehearsal" welcomes Cellist, Pianist, Composer and Author, Pedro de Alcantara, who grew up in Brazil, studied cello in NY, spent 7 years in London, and then settled in Paris. His life has been of constant transformation. He started his career as a classically trained...
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#19 - The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross
The 19th episode of "Dress Rehearsal" focuses on the "Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross", the biblical story of Jesus uttering seven short phrases, from the four Gospels narrating the Crucifixion. Composers throughout the centuries have written musical settings of the seven sayings. During...
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#18 - Interview w/ American Composer Elliott Miles McKinley
The 18th episode of "Dress Rehearsal" welcomes Composer Elliott Miles McKinley with whom we discuss about his life growing up with another composer in the house (his father, William Thomas McKinley, was also a fine composer). We'll also extensively speak about music education and how his mission…
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#17 - American Composer Frederic Rzewski
The 16th episode of Dress Rehearsal is dedicated to American pianist and composer Frederic Rzeswki, whose passing on June 26th 2021 left a big void in the contemporary history of music. We'll talk about his fundamental anarchism, his refusal of seeking any forms of retribution and royalties for…
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About this show
Dress Rehearsal is a Classical music program that airs every Friday morning at 8am PST and every Sunday afternoon at 5pm PST on 107.3 KBFG in Seattle. It is hosted by Italian Pianist and Conductor Lorenzo Marasso. The podcast portrays a living or past composer or performer, offers live interviews to up and coming as well as established artists in the field of composition and musical performance as well as offer great listening experiences of music that may not find its way through the mainstream media.
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