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Thursday, November 2nd, 2006 - Norman and Vicki talk to mezzo-soprano
Denyce Graves. She made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in the 1995-96 season in the title role of Carmen.
She is currently on tour throughout the United States. She performs with the Madison Symphony Orchestra at Overture Hall
in Madison on November 3-5.
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Wednesday, October 19th, 2006 - Norman and Vicki talk to Russian concert pianist Olga Kern. Kern was the
Gold Medal winner of the 2001 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and made her New York City
debut in Carnegie's Zankel Hall in 2004. She is currently on tour throughout the U.S including the Wisconsin Union Theatre in Madison.
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Wednesday, October 18th, 2006 - Norman and Vicki talk to pianist, conductor, producer composer and retired UW-Madison professor
Karlos Moser. The interview focused on his three song cycles interpreting the love poetry of Cavafy, Rumi and Hafiz. Moser and his
wife Melinda are establishing an endowment fund for "opera opportunities" for students.
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Thursday, October 12th, 2006 - Norman talks with composer and double-bassist Edgar Meyer
who is playing with the Madison Symphony Orchestra from October 13-15th.
In 2000 Edgar Meyer became the only bassist ever to receive the Avery Fisher Prize. He is currently the Visiting Professor
of Double Bass at the Royal Academy of Music and at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.
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Tuesday, September 7th, 2006 - Vicki and Norman talk with pianist Horacio Gutiérrez
who is playing with the Madison Symphony Orchestra from September 8th-10th.
Since his professional debut in 1970 with Zubin Mehta and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Mr. Gutierrez has appeared
regularly with the world’s greatest orchestras.
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Tuesday, September 5th, 2006 - Vicki and Norman interview pianist Christopher Taylor about
balancing the classics, ragtime and the avant-garde. Taylor is currently Assistant Professor of Piano Performance at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
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Friday, September 1st, 2006 - Vicki and Norman talk with composer and Marimba soloist
Nathaniel Bartlett. Bartlett is a Madison native who has degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the Royal Academy of Music in London.
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Friday, August 25th, 2006 - Vicki and Norman interview composer
Jennifer Higdon along with Green Bay Symphony Orchestra conductor Bridget Reischl. Higdon is the composer-in-residence for the Green Bay Symphony this year.
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Friday, May 5th, 2006 - During our pledge drive, Vicki and Norman interviewed pianist
Stephen Hough who performed with the Madison Symphony Orchestra in their last concerts of the 2005/2006 season.
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Thursday, March 31st, 2006 - Vicki and Norman interviewed pianist
Matthias Kirschnereit who will perform in the Madison Symphony Orchestra's Mozart Birthday Bash concerts on
March 31st, April 1st and 2nd.
View WPR Studio Photo 1
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Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006 - Vicki and Norman interviewed violinist Caitlin Tully who will perform Vivaldi's The Four Seasons on
Friday, March 24th with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra.
View WPR Studio Photo 1 Studio Photo 2
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Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006 - Vicki and Norman interviewed violinist
Angéle Dubeau along with pianist & arranger Louise-Andre Baril. View a WPR Studio Photo
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Thursday, January 26th, 2006 - Vicki and Norman interviewed opera tenor Ben Heppner.
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2006 - Listen to the interview Bernstein Memories with Madison Symphony Orchestra Music
Director John DeMain.
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Thursday, January 19th, 2006 - Cellist Alisa Weilerstein joined Vicki Nonn on The Midday.
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