Martha: When you have multiple performances like this weekend, when you play a piece many times each one is different…it changes. Talk a little about what makes a change or how does it evolve? How does it feel night to
Q&A Onstage with Karina Canellakis
Audience: Have you had the idea before of becoming a conductor during your violin years? How did this [switch to conducting] occur? I’m very happy you did, {audience laughter} but I was just curious as to how conducting came about
Q&A Onstage with Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Karen Gomyo, and Martha Gilmer.
Martha: How many times have you conducted the Rite of Spring? Mirga: Including the 3 performances now?…..Four. Audience: “I’m a musician, and that was a great collaboration, and I want to know if you two ladies know your relative