Crossover

In an interview from 2009, Jill Pasternak speaks with Dan Franklin Smith about his work as music director of the chamber ensemble Elysium, and his career as a concert pianist.

• Dan Franklin Smith's website

Join Jill Pasternak for a candid interview from 2010 with the distinguished pianist Garrick Ohlsson. Since his triumph as winner of the 1970 Chopin International Piano Competition, Ohlsson has established himself worldwide as a musician of magisterial interpretive and technical prowess.

• Watch and Listen: Garrick Ohlsson plays Chopin Etude Op.10, No.1

Jill Pasternak interviews iconic film composer Michel Legrand. He has over 200 film scores to his credit, including the soundtrack for The Thomas Crown Affair featuring the standard, "The Windmills of Your Mind."

• Michel Legrand's website

Vocalist Anna Bergman, whose versatile career spans from Broadway to opera to cabaret, speaks with Jill Pasternak about her recent performance in honor of HM Queen Elizabeth's birthday, and more!

• Anna Bergman's website

Jill Pasternak speaks with violinist Angele Dubeau about her newest CD release with her string ensemble La Pieta - John Adams: Portrait - an interpretation of works by American composer John Adams.

Jill Pasternak speaks with Herbie Hancock. The music legend's Imagine Project is an international recording and film project featuring collaborations between a dozen superstars from every region of the planet, led by Hancock. It utilizes the universal language of music to express its central themes of peace and global responsibility.

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• Herbie Hancock's Imagine Project

The Canadian Brass stopped by our studios to talk with Jill Pasternak and perform live after their recent concert on the Temple campus. Musician and educator Michael J. Miles, who specializes in banjo and guitar, is our second guest. He's a self-described "musical documentarian."

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• Canadian Brass
• Michael Miles

Jill Pasternak speaks with Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Harpist Elizabeth Hainen about the upcoming Lyra Society concert featuring 30 harpists led by Maestro Charles Dutoit.

Four harpists will perform with Ms. Hainen during this Crossover show as a preview to the May 26th concert at Curtis' Field Hall.

In addition to Ms. Hainen, we'll hear Kimberly Rowe, Dani Xia, Elizabeth Morgan Ellis, and Gian Torrano Jacobs perform just for WRTI listeners.

Jill Pasternak speaks with Dolce Suono Ensemble Executive Director and flutist Mimi Stillman. Dolce Suono Ensemble has several concerts coming up on May 11 and 15 with bass-baritone Eric Owens.

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In honor of Jazz Appreciation Month, Jill Pasternak speaks with Warren Oree, co-founder of Lifeline Music Coalition.