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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 - 282 PAS New Music Research Committee
@Percussion 281 - Michael Laurello
@Percussion - 280 Daniel Levitan
@Percussion - 279 -Adam Tan
@Percussion - 278 - Vivi Vassileva
@Percussion - 277 - Roundtable
@Percussion - 276 Matt Keown
@Percussion - 275 Marta Klimasara
@Percussion - 274 -Jillian Baxter
@Percussion - 273 Agostinho Sequeira
@Percussion 272 - Steven Bryant
@Percussion - 271 - Dani Markham
@Percussion 270 - Sam Solomon
@Percussion 270 - Julie Strom
@Percussion - 268 Pedro Carneiro
@Percussion 266 - Marcelina Suchocka
@Percussion 265 - Allen Otte
@Percussion 264 - Kai Strobel
@Percussion - 267 Bonus Holiday RoundTable
@Percussion 263 - Cara Wildman
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