KCRW Berlin Amplified: Leitmotifs

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A monthly podcast hosted by opera singer Fredrika Brillembourg featuring interviews with musicians and other prominent figures from the world of opera and classical music. The conversations touch on each guest’s original attraction to classical music, talk about their connection to Berlin, and explore each guest’s “leitmotif," or the one thing that brings them back to the refrain over and over again.

Episode Date
Music critic Tim Page on his life-long obsession (Rebroadcast)
Dec 05, 2020
Benjamin Hochman: 'In Mozart's music, every note is in the right place'
Nov 02, 2020
Music critic Tim Page on his life-long obsession
Oct 02, 2020
Michael Naumann on supporting culture – there are ‘euros at the end of the tunnel’
Sep 12, 2020
Cellist Eckart Runge — Beyond the Artemis Quartet
Jul 18, 2020
Conductor without an orchestra – Marc Albrecht on finding a new passion in trying times
Jun 13, 2020
Donald Runnicles – ‘Music can be with you all the time’
May 16, 2020
‘I’m not an artist, I’m an enabler’ – Deutsche Oper’s Dietmar Schwarz on past productions and future challenges
May 02, 2020
When the stage falls silent
Apr 11, 2020
All about that bass – Dominic Seldis on musical blessings and theatrical success
Mar 14, 2020
Talking to soprano Alma Sadé
Feb 08, 2020
Award-winning opera director Nicola Raab on her recent production of La Traviata
Dec 14, 2019
Barenboim-Said Akademie dean Mena Mark Hanna on his journey to Berlin and ‘A New Divan’
Nov 16, 2019
Orchestra director Adrian Jones on the orchestra as a powerful organism
Oct 12, 2019
Conductor Paolo Bortolameolli on musical beginnings and sharing a passion with the world
Sep 14, 2019
Composer and musician Craig Urquhart on Bernstein, life changes and ‘Affirmation’
Jul 13, 2019
Alexander Polzin and Sommer Ulrickson on their collaborations in opera, theater and dance
Jun 15, 2019
Author and filmmaker Jamie Bernstein on being ‘Famous Father Girl’
May 11, 2019
Opera set designer Marsha Ginsberg on her career and ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
Apr 06, 2019
Interview with Anisha Bondy, assistant director at the Komische Oper Berlin
Mar 09, 2019