Music I Am #19 – David Starobin, guitarist and producer

The moment when you knew you wanted to be a musician:

Age 12, encountering the music of Edgard Varese for the first time.  It sealed the deal.

An important skill for a career in music that does not have anything to do with an instrument or making music:

Learning to listen better.

Two ways you stay motivated:

Waking up, and listening.

Latest Project :

Finishing up a recording of all of Beethoven’s piano trios.

What inspired it:

The scores and performers.

Who’s on it:

Yael Weiss, piano, Mark Kaplan violin, Peter Stumpf, cello

How do you discover new music?

Listening to less old music.

One living and one dead musician that deserves more attention:

Living:  William Bland; Deceased:  Sandor Jemnitz; both composers.

Where can we find you online?

I don’t have a web page, but am on FB.

BONUS:

Gunther Schuller and George Crumb were both composers with whom I had a long working relationship. Both wrote guitar music for me, though a few years after this Tanglewood photo was taken.

David’s latest solo album celebrates the wonderful Regondi.

An album that greatly influenced Aaron’s New Lullaby Project. A must listen!

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