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0:00 Intro and hello 2:32 Passing the Coordinator of the Composition Program at Yale University role to Christopher Theofanidis
5:02 Working with Robert van Sice on Grace, double marimba concerto
8:50 How to write for the marimba, considering its advantages and challenges
13:45 The concept of composers exploiting shortcomings of the instrument
17:16 How to approach composing openings of pieces
22:07 Martin’s music inspired by/married to other works of art
30:05 Should art be separated from (the morality and political ideologies of) the artist?
39:00 Martin’s chamber opera My Friend’s Story and Chekhov’s “Strakh”
40:58 Specificity of writing for percussion - Sō Percussion and Caprichos Enfaticos
42:34 Paul Lansky – a friend from High School of Music & Art in New York
43:56 Ben Charles: report on György Ligeti
52:44 Meeting Ligeti and early encounters
58:25 Ligeti’s Six Bagatelles – a little secret about Ligeti’s writing (Romanian folk song)
59:31 The becoming of Ligeti’s Le Grand Macabre
1:03:45 Ligeti’s Horn Trio
1:05:57 Ligeti – Magyarization of a German name
1:07:18 Nancarrow’s influence on Ligeti
1:08:26 Ligeti: “Martin, who do you think is the greatest living composer?”
1:13:40 A grand lesson from Ligeti
1:15:45 Ligeti’s 70th birthday and meeting Mandelbrot
1:22:30 Poème symphonique for 100 metronomes
1:25:00 Writing an autobiography?
1:26:10 Storytelling
@Percussion Podcast - 302 Roundtable Discussion
@Percussion 301 - Filmmaking Percussionists with Four/Ten Media
@percussion 300 - Playing on Broadway with Chihiro Shibayama
@Percussion - 299 - Making a Marimba Career with Naoko Takada
@Percussion - 298 Chad Crummel
@Percussion - 297 - Starting Your Chamber Group with Fabian Ziegler
@Percussion - 296 - Technology in Percussion Education with Robby Burns
@Percussion - 295 - How to Practice with Josh Jones and Colin Hill
@Percussion - 294 Recording and Entrepreneurship with Nicholas Sardello
@Percussion - 293 - Working in Film with Aleksandra Šuklar
@Percussion - 292 Composition with Pius Cheung and Gene Koshinski
@Percussion - 291 Roundtable Season End
@Percussion - 290 Donnie Johns
@Percussion - 289 Jenny Klukken
@Percussion - 288 Tim Genis
@Percussion Podcast - 287 Matt Jordan
@Percussion - 286 Caitlin Jones
@Percussion - 285 Diana Loomer
@Percussion - 284 Jauvon Gilliam
@Percussion - 283 Tim Palmer
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