S1E5: David Tanenbaum | The tonebase Classical Guitar Podcast
A few weeks ago we launched the tonebase Classical Guitar Podcast with David Steinhardt. If you haven’t heard already, find out more about it here:
This week we had the pleasure of releasing Season 1, Episode 5 of the podcast, featuring an engaging discussion with one of today’s most avid commissioners of new guitar works and current chair of the guitar department at San Francisco Conservatory, David Tanenbaum.
The conversation dives deep into David’s experiences working with some of the biggest composers of the last decade including Toru Takemitsu, Steve Reich, and Hans Werner Henze.
One fascinating story David shares is how Henze asked him to construct many of the chords in his Guitar Concerto by initially providing him with 10 notes and saying…
“I kind of like all these notes, you make the chords!”
David also talks about the importance of actively commissioning new works for the classical guitar and ways to get modern composers excited about doing so.
About David Tanenbaum: In 1988, David became the first American guitarist to be invited to perform in China by the Chinese government. Throughout his career, David has worked with some of the most revered modern composers including Terry Riley and Aaron Jay Kernis, in addition to those listed above. David participated in the 1981 New York masterclass with Andres Segovia. He is a D’Addario strings artist.
Get inside the mind of this young up-and-coming artist with this week’s episode — now available below, or wherever you listen to podcasts!
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