Symphosium

Akron Symphony Orchestra
Symphosium

Symphosium is a podcast about all things classical music produced by the Akron Symphony Orchestra. Hosted by Director of Marketing Thomas Moore, the podcast features interviews with musicians, guest artists, authors and newsmakers in the field of classical music.

Episodes

  1. 04/26/2021

    ASO Conversation: Pablo Sánchez-Pazos

    In this episode, we sit down with Pablo Sánchez-Pazos, a violinist with the Akron Symphony Orchestra, to talk about his career in music, his first season with the ASO, what he has been working on during the past year, and more as part of our ASO Conversation series. The episode concludes with Pablo’s solo performance of Bach’s Chaconne from Partita No. 2. Pablo Sánchez-Pazos is a violinist based in Cleveland. Born and raised in Montemorelos, México, Pablo began his studies at a young age as a student at the Conservatory of Music in Montemorelos, during which time he was a prize winner of the national Tomás Ruiz Ovalle competition in Zacatecas, México. As an avid chamber music player, Pablo enjoys playing chamber music with his quartet,  Antares, and has received instruction from members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center as well as members of the Takácks, Euclid and Latinoamericano string quartets. Pablo has received fellowships to attend the Aspen Music Festival and the Rocky Ridge Music Festival. Pablo is a graduate student at the Cleveland Institute of Music where he studies under Stephen Rose, as well as having chamber music sessions with numerous coaches, including Ilya Kaler, Keith Robinson and Si-Yan Darren Li. To learn more about all the ways that you can experience the Akron Symphony, visit our ASO at Home page. There you will find musical performances, musician interviews, podcast episodes, and a variety of educational resources.

    33 min
  2. Sometimes the Opposite is Also True

    04/12/2021

    Sometimes the Opposite is Also True

    In this episode, Tom is joined by special co-host Jerry Miskell for an interview with author Stephen Johnson about his latest work, The Eighth: Mahler and the World in 1910, which was named one of the best books about classical music in 2020 by the BBC. In the book, Stephen recounts the far-reaching effect of Mahler’s 8th Symphony on composers, conductors and writers of the time. Stephen re-assesses Mahler’s thoughts in the context of the prevailing thought of his age, not only in relation to the artistic and intellectual movements of the time, but through consideration of political climate and historical background, and on into science, medicine, technology, mass entertainment, and even the development of modern PR. Stephen Johnson is an author, composer and broadcaster, and has been called “The authoritative British voice of classical music.” He has been a frequent broadcaster for BBC Radio 3, Radio 4 and World Service, and has written regularly for the Independent, the Guardian, BBC Music Magazine and Gramophone. (Learn more at Stephen’s website.) Jerry Miskell is a viola player with the Akron Symphony Orchestra and chair of the music department at Mount Union University, where among his many duties he teaches an advanced class called Hearing Heaven: Death, Dying and Afterlife in the Music of Gustav Mahler. The 8th Symphony remains Jerry’s favorite work by Mahler, although it remains just one of the two he has not performed professionally. To learn more about all the ways that you can experience the Akron Symphony, visit our ASO at Home page. There you will find musical performances, musician interviews, podcast episodes, and a variety of educational resources.

    1h 14m

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Symphosium is a podcast about all things classical music produced by the Akron Symphony Orchestra. Hosted by Director of Marketing Thomas Moore, the podcast features interviews with musicians, guest artists, authors and newsmakers in the field of classical music.

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