Composer Daniel Catán interviewed by Martin Perlich 10/7/2010, ten days after the triumphant premiere of his opera Il Postino at Los Angeles Opera.
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Martin Perlich’s The Self-Pity Chronicles topped Los Angeles literary institution Book Soup’s Bestseller Chart for the week of November 7-13. Martin read from his latest novel at Book Soup on November 9th.
John Schneider is a prince among men: composer, guitarist, founder of MicroFest, as well as host of the only remaining classical music radio show in the city. “Global Village” on KPFK-FM (90.7/LA) is one of my favorite shows on one of my favorite stations. John had guested on my “ARF!!” interview show and I’d been on his programs [...]
Dear Fellow Worshippers at the Shrine of St. Cecilia ~ My new novel, The Self-Pity Chronicles, is soon to be published, and I will be signing and reading from this at the amazing Book Soup on Sunset Blvd. on Saturday November 12th at 4:00 PM. Click here to read the event listing at Book Soup’s [...]
It was Viola Audition Day at Walt Disney Concert Hall, and no rooms suitable for a video interview were free…
You can ask LA Times music critic Mark Swed anything, and I did. Mainly he touched on: work on his book on John Cage, the history of LA New Music, student life at Berkeley in the 60s, and the role of critic/reviewer (beginning with Shaw).
I’d met Daniel in March 1994 at the American premiere of his opera Rappaccini’s Daughter in San Diego. I’d seen his next opera, Florencia en el Amazonas at the LA Opera in 1996, the next—a comic opera Salsipuedes—at the Houston Grand opera in Houston in 2004. Daniel had been an occasional guest on my public radio program, and we had become best friends.
