Egīls Šēfers is my guest for Episode 35. He joined me from his home in Riga to chat to me about performing with the Carion quintet during the pandemic, his musical journey growing up behind the Iron Curtain, how global travel broadens one's musical sound, as well as Latvian voices and music-making. We also talk about his hobbies he indulges in away from playing the clarinet and being director of the Latvian Music Information Centre and SKANi Records.
These days we seem to have brief slivers of time in which to enjoy sweet live performances, including my experience of finally performing in a chamber concert recently that was a long time in the making. Also featured is a disastrous flag-bearing anecdote from friend of the podcast, Jen Lang (Episode 34) from her time working at St Martin-in-the-Fields church.
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Special thanks to Victoria Taylor for her assistance in this episode.
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Mentioned in this episode:
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Episode 34: https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-fw6y6-f3e348
Episode 34: Jen Lang "Joining the dots"
Episode 33: Sarah Watkins "Keep those connections happening"
Episode 32: Violeta Vicci "It's our duty to transport people to a different world"
Episode 31: Daniel Rainey "The most important skills you'll probably ever have"
Episode 30: Lucia D'Avanzo-Lewis "Start to be aware of what you're throwing away"
Episode 29: Peter Brathwaite "You can't build your life around just practising"
Episode 28: Xuefei Yang "'Pioneer' sounds really fancy"
Episode 27: Justine Cormack "There's just so much wisdom that our bodies have"
Episode 26: Fred and Lily Scott "The gig goes on"
Episode 25: Nadine Benjamin "We tell stories"
Episode 24: Jennifer Pike "It's a long road"
Episode 23: Leon Bosch "I could either give up, or I could fight"
Episode 22: Fiona Gibbs "Be as creative as possible"
Episode 21: Jessica Cottis "Always music first"
Episode 20: Jessie Grimes "There's no ceiling in what you can do"
Episode 19: Robert and Verity Simmons (Estilo String Quartet) "Sh*t Christmas on the forest floor"
Episode 18: Rocío Bolaños "Open your mind, maybe?"
Episode 17: Amalia Hall "Music improves life quality"
Episode 16: John-Paul Muir "Finding strength, trust and faith in something that anchors you"
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