KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ An Interview with Violinist Vera Beths
Analog Audio
Event Type
Interviews
Origin
KPFA
Identifier
AM.1981.08.22
Program Length
5 min
Dates
| broadcast
| 1981-08-22 | created
Description
A short interview with Dutch violinist Vera Beths, recorded during the 1981 Cabrillo Music Festival. In her discussion with Carl Stone, Beths describes how she came across the music of George Antheil and the difficulties she had in learning to play it. She also talks about her Stradivarius violin and her relationship with contemporary composers Philip Glass and John Adams.
Genres
New music
Subjects
New music
Acknowledgment
Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by Save America’s Treasures, a program of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.