#14 - Maya Fridman, cellist, singer, researcher
Photo by Brendon Heinst.
Russian/Dutch musician Maya Fridman, found some time during her busy days to have a talk about playing the cello and being a musician...
00:00 'The Song of Songs' by Karen Tanaka, from the album 'Red Velvet' (2017)
00:30 Introduction
01:39 Maya introduces herself
03:00 Presence during performance
07:55 Practising and scheduling, mental practice and Bach
13:35 Productivity, phD, daily routines, and making music for a living
18:55 Cello and beyond
21:38 'Heroin' by Lou Reed (arr. for cello by David Lang) from the album 'REIÐ' (2019)
22:06 Social media, rituals, albums and 'Rituals'
29:16 Books, podcasting, yoga and posture
33:20 What it means to be a musician
35:29 'Hell 1' by Giovanni Sollima from the album 'REIÐ' (2019)
35:56 Inspiration, and more cello
44:04 'Reið - Hagall - Bjarkan' by Fjóla Evans from the album 'REIÐ' (2019)
44:30 Where to find Maya
45:16 Outro
Maya's website
Purchase Maya's albums on Bandcamp
Maya on Instagram
Maya on Facebook
Podcast soundtrack by Ani Amer.