@Percussion - 297 - Starting Your Chamber Group with Fabian Ziegler

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Hosts: Ksenija Komljenović, Casey Cangelosi, Ben Charles, and Karli Viña
Producer: Ksenija Komljenović
Guest: Fabian Ziegler https://fabianziegler.ch/ of Trio Colores https://www.colorestrio.ch/

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00:00 Intro
01:16 Music History for September 16: 1887 Nadia Boulanger birthday, 1976 Elina Garanča birthday, 1977 Maria Callas death, 2006 Bob Dylan becomes the oldest person to top Billboard at age 65
04:05 Best-selling albums of classical music in this century
06:43 Guest intro: Fabian Ziegler
07:47 What’s up, where are you?
08:21 Starting Trio Colores in 2017
09:51 Defining success in a chamber music setting
11:03 How do you find the right people to play with?
12:43 Approach to selecting repertoire
17:13 Any repertoire that you tried arranging for percussion which did not work?
18:53 Roasting Ksenija begins (thanks, Ben)
19:32 Arranging percussion pop hits: Losa, Ghanaia, Catching Shadows
22:09 Why does it matter to come up with program themes?
28:21 Networking
32:05 The role of competitions in Colores Trio’s career
34:06 The importance of international competitions in expanding your career
36:16 How do you get to have such awesome videos?
38:18 How and when do you get management?
43:46 Casey joins and shares some wisdom on getting published/managed
48:42 Finances and chamber groups
53:40 The most challenging thing about having a chamber group
58:18 Upcoming projects to look out for