The Trinity International Hip Hop Festival takes place on April 6-8 in Hartford, Connecticut. The festival brings together artists, activists, DJs, and fans who make a difference in the world through hip hop and associated arts.

It is our pleasure at KadmusArts to feature a video trailer for the festival, as well as two related podcasts. The first, a WNPR interview with the festival founders, Magee McIlvaine and Jason Azevedo, discusses the role of hip hop on the international stage, as well as the goals of the festival. The second, a profile of the festival and its performers, was recorded by BBC reporter Andrew Purcell, as part of the radio program The Beat.

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Greg Sandow is a music critic and composer, whose interests encompass not only the creation and analysis of classical music, but also its future. After two decades of success as a classical and pop music critic for The Village Voice, Entertainment Weekly, and The Wall Street Journal, he returned to the world of classical composition, while simultaneously teaching at the Juillard School and the Eastman School of Music. His thoughts on the future of classical music are published on his blog, and form the basis for an upcoming book.

In this podcast, Greg Sandow talks with us about the makeup of the classical music audience, intelligence and complexity as a way of attracting a younger audience, and the rich evolution of the world of contemporary art.

This interview is part of an ongoing series with the Association of Performing Arts Presenters.

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Steven Tepper is Associate Director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy, and Assistant Professor of Sociology at Vanderbilt University. He co-edited the volume Engaging Art: The Next Great Transformation of America’s Cultural Life.

In this podcast Steven Tepper talks about how we arrived at this new era, who the winners and losers are, and what widely held beliefs about participation in cultural life need to be jettisoned.

This interview is part of an ongoing series with the Association of Performing Arts Presenters.

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The Asociación Festivales Musicales de Buenos Aires and the Academia Bach have been devoted to the promotion and diffusion of classical music in Argentina since 1976. Its artistic director, Mario Videla, is also an organist and conductor, and one of the most important figures of classical music in South America.

In this interview, Mario Videla talks about Festivales Musicales’ 2008 concert cycle, “Bach & the 20th Century”, and about the creation of the Academia Bach in 1983. He also recalls how Helmut Rilling, the director of the International Bach Academy of Stuttgart, inspired him to organize the extremely successful Conciertos Comentados (Concerts with Commentary) in Buenos Aires. Finally, Maestro Videla tells us about the radio program on Bach cantatas he has been doing for 10 years, which is also broadcast in Venezuela and Brazil.

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Desde 1976 la Asociación Festivales Musicales de Buenos Aires y la Academia Bach se han dedicado a la difusión y promoción de la música en sus más altas expresiones artísticas. Su director artístico, Mario Videla, es también organista y director y uno de los exponentes más importantes de la música clásica en Sudamérica.

En esta entrevista, Mario Videla habla del ciclo anual de conciertos 2008 llamado “Bach y el Siglo XX”, y de los comienzos de la Academia Bach en 1983. También recuerda cómo Helmut Rilling, director de la Academia Bach Internacional de Stuttgart, lo inspiró a organizar Conciertos Comentados en Buenos Aires, los cuales tuvieron un éxito inmediato. Finalmente, el Maestro Videla nos cuenta acerca del programa de radio sobre cantatas de Bach que realiza desde hace 10 años, y que también se transmite en Venezuela y Brasil.

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