Karina Canellakis | Conductor
b"In this episode of the Music to my Ears podcast, BBC Music Magazine speaks to\\xa0Karina Canellakis, who is currently chief conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and principal guest conductor of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, and has been recently appointed as principal guest conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.\\nKarina was born and brought up in a very musical family in New York. She initially studied and began her career as a violinist and played in a number of the world\\u2019s leading orchestras, and it was while she was playing with the Berlin Philharmonic as a member of its Orchester-Akademie that she was encouraged to take up conducting by Sir Simon Rattle. From that moment, she has never looked back, and has since led top ensembles across the globe, including the Dallas Symphony Orchestra where she held her first post, as assistant conductor. She is equally at home in opera, and has conducted major productions of works by composers ranging from Mozart to Maxwell Davies.\\nKarina talked to BBC Music Magazine\\u2019s deputy editor Jeremy Pound over Zoom during the second period of lockdown, and talked to him about the thrill of of working with contemporary composers, the rarity of female role models and the sheer joy of Wagner.\\nRecordings featured:\\nProkofiev: Peter and the Wolf Op. 67 No. 5\\nAlexander Armstrong (narrator), Richard Casey, Ian Buckle (piano duet)\\nRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko\\nWarner Classics 9029575952\\nWagner: Die Walk\\xfcre: Prelude\\nWolfgang Windgassen (Tristan), Birgit Nilsson (Isolde), Christa Ludwig (Brang\\xe4ne), Martti Talvela (King Marke), Eberhard Waechter (Kurwenal), Peter Schreier (Seemann Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Karl B\\xf6hm\\nDG 4497722\\nWagner: Tristan und Isolde (Act III): 'Denn einer nur freie die Braut'\\nVienna Philharmonic/Georg Solti\\nDecca 4786192\\nStephen Sondheim: Sweeney Todd\\nBryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Paul Daniel\\nDG 4778554\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"