Atlanta Symphony Orchestra second chair Lauren Roth-Gómez stopped by GPB to talk with Sarah Zaslaw about her history with the Bach Double and other bits of her background — including quite determinedly asking Santa for her very first instrument.
Many noted guest artists perform with the Atlanta Symphony each year, but it’s the musicians on the stage week in and week out who make the orchestra what it is. One of those is clarinetist Iván Valbuena.
You might expect Andrew Manze to be a bit of a music snob. But no, at heart, he just wants to hear music, make music, share it, tell stories about it, and let people clap whenever they want. He speaks with GPB's Sarah Zaslaw.
In February, 25-year-old cellist Sterling Elliott soloed for the first time with the Atlanta Symphony — a performance airing this week on The ASO on GPB. While he was in town, Elliott spoke with GPB's Sarah Zaslaw.
David Coucheron was just 25 when he landed the position of concertmaster of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Now, 15 years on, he joins GPB’s Sarah Zaslaw to talk about what a concertmaster does.
LISTEN: Roderick Cox, music director of the opera orchestra in Montpellier, France, came home to Georgia to lead the ASO in concert last fall. GPB’s Sarah Zaslaw caught up with Roderick remotely in December.
