A great 08

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83 Personalites interviewed by John from January to December 2008:
Joseph Polisi
Anastasia Khitruk
Alex Shapiro
Gail Archer
Ed Rieke
Drew Stephen
Brent Watkins
Doc Severinsen
Owen Duggan
Kimball Gallagher
Nathaniel Stookey
Lee Trio
Andrea Bocelli
Ken Metz
Timothy Kramer
Diane Persellin
Yizhak Schotten
David Finkel
Charles Yang
Eric Owens
Chris Brubeck
JoAnn Falletta
Jennifer Higdon
Leonard Slatkin
Kurt Anderson (son of Leroy)
Eugene Drucker
Glen Roven
Ittai Shapiro
Rachel Barton Pine
Joshua Bell
James Galway
Peter Schickele
Stephanie Sant’ Ambrogio
David Heuser
Richard Danielpour
Philippe Entremont
Christopher Seaman
Ken David Masur
Christoph Campestrini
Alondra de la Parra
Scott Yoo
Jean-Marie Zeitouni
Orli Shaham
Ken Freudigman
Stephanie Key
Carolyn True
Ertan Torgul
Ruth Moreland
Irma Taute
Marguerite McCormick
Anya Grokhovski
Steven Stucky
Emmanuel Borok
Angela Maleek
Christopher O’Riley
Gene Scheer
Paul Phoenix, Kings Singers
David Hurley, Kingers Singers
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Michael Gordon
Sergio Assad
Carlos Alazraqui (officer James Garcia, Rocko, Lazlo)
Amanda Stewart
Augusta Read Thomas
Cynthia Lawrence
Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)
Nicole Narboni
Gabriela Montero
Jay Dunahoo
David Mairs
Peter Bay
Jessica Mathaes
Miguel del Aguila
Prazak Quartet
Rachel Ferris
Stephen Payne
Simone Pedroni
Stephanie Teply Westney
Sam Almaguer
Thomas Steigerwald
Mark Ackerman
Warren Jones
Leila Josefowicz

2007 numbers

In the spirit of last year's numbers, here are some stats for 2007:

Seven
The number of interviews I've already done for the next season of Composing Thoughts, starting March 23rd, 2008.

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Ninety-seven
The number of personalities interviewed in 2007

Composers (43)

John Harbison
Roxanna Panufnik
Lisa Bielawa
Libby Larsen
Robert Pound
Tigran Mansurian
Ralph Lehman
Peter Schickele
Jennifer Higdon
Derek Bermel
Eric Ewazen
James Brody
David Little
Richard Danielpour
Victoria Bond
David Chesky
Sebastian Currier
BJ Liederman
Daniel Asia
James Primosch
Robert Capanna
Daron Aric Hagen
Steven Stucky (seen right)
Scott McAllister
Mark O'Connor
Robert Beaser
Karel Husa
Andrew Bishop
Lukas Ligeti
Avner Dorman
Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)
Yehudi Wyner
Krzysztof Penderecki
Pero Šiša
Peter Boyer
Buzz Jones
Chris Whittaker
John Orfe
Pierre Jalbert
Jeremy Gill
Augusta Read Thomas
Mark Hayes
Scott Eggert

Conductors (11)
Donald Runnicles
Gerard Schwarz
JoAnn Falletta
Jose Serebrier
Rossen Milanov
Shizuo Kuwahara
Zlatan Sržić
Norman Nunamaker
Lewes Pedell
Robert Natter
Stuart Malina

Musicians (38, 41 if you count multiple interviews)
Janine Jansen
Helene Grimaud (below left)

Lisa Batiashvili
Christopher O'Riley
Karen Gomyo
Andrew Russo
Paul Neubauer
Andre-Michel Schub
Andrew Janss
Daniel Matsukawa
Elvira Galioulline
Elinor Frey
Neva Pilgrim
Chee Yun
student Alexander Englert
Ara Gregorian
Harold Robinson
Clipper Erickson
Claremont Trio (twice!)
Alison Balsom
Joshua Bell (twice!)
Quartetto Gelato
Arnold Steinhardt
Rolf Smedvig
Lucy Parham
Fry Street String Quartet
Gerard Reuter
Ernesto Tamayo (twice! on air and onstage!)
Lincoln & Shari Mayorga
Nathan Gunn
Simone Dinnerstein
Daniel Phillips
Jennifer Frautschi
Newstead Trio
Audobon Quartet
Five Browns
Wu Han
Kings Singers

Other personalities (5)
Alex Ross
Klaus Heymann
Paula Poundstone
poet Deborah Larsen
Sensei Tony Stultz

New York City, je t'aime

What a wonderful day talking with young composers. The day began with a discussion of music with Avner Dorman (pictured with me, left). He is one to watch out for!

I then went to Brooklyn and had a thought provoking interview with Lukas Ligeti. Yes, he is Gyorgy's son. What a great mind and stellar view (pictured right - you don't get the full effect because the view continues even further to the left and right, but you get the idea).