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

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