Episode 4: Orchestral Musicians Covid Conversations: Life in a Time of Corona

Covid Conversations Episode 4 features two world-class musicians from two of the world’s greatest orchestras.

Mark Kosower is Principal Cello with the Cleveland Orchestra. He has been with the orchestra since 2010. Matthew Hunter is a violist with the Berlin Philharmonic. He has lived in Germany for 25 years, but he was born in Ohio and spent some years working in the state, though he was raised in Massachusetts.

As well as playing with their respective orchestras, both Mark and Matthew perform as soloists and chamber ensemble players and are teachers. Among the subjects they discuss during this episode are their approaches to live-streamed performances and concerns regarding hand sanitizers with respect to their musicianship and instruments.

Some of Mark Kosower’s online performances can be accessed via the following links: www.youtube.com/channel/UCiTBAKeujunlSKDdRIyfbHw
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008328842166

For more information about the Cleveland and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestras, including their online concert programming, please visit https://www.clevelandorchestra.com and https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/.

Covid Conversations is funded by an OSU Global Arts and Humanities Discovery Theme grant. It is produced and presented by radio producer and folklorist Rachel Hopkin. Episode 4 was recorded on Tuesday, 1st December, 2020.

To find out more about Rachel Hopkin, please visit www.rachelhopkin.com.