Robert Treviño & Julia Siciliano

Jennifer Johnston’s guests this week are conductor Robert Treviño and his wife, the pianist Julia Siciliano, who talk to her from their home in Malmö. Although the rest of Europe has locked down in the face of Covid-19, Sweden has remained open and so Robert, Chief Conductor of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra, has become a pioneer in trialling how to keep live performances going in this new age of social distancing. You’ll hear him speak powerfully about what he thinks the classical music industry will have to do to stay relevant and alive, he’ll talk about his childhood in poverty in Texas, and movingly, impart his beliefs about living a life of service and his own mortality. We’ll also find out who does the cooking in their household and how important choc chip cookies have been.

Notes From Musicians’ Kitchens is a subscription-only online cookbook and mixology resource written by musicians from all over the world, sharing their food traditions and tastes, to raise money for Help Musicians U.K.

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