Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 324 - Vesna Duo

Published: Dec. 22, 2022, noon

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Ksenija Komljenovic and Liana Pailodze Harron of Vesna Duo stop by to talk about their (then) upcoming performance of Igor Stravinsky\\u2019s The Rite of Spring at PASIC 2022 and the origins of their version of the work (05:35), the challenges of arranging this, along with comparing to the two-piano version of the same work (20:40), the intense experience of recording their album (29:25), piano and percussion as a genre, and the popularity of their version (38:50), and the origins of their duo name, the strength of their partnership, and shooting photos in NYC (48:10).

Finishing with a Rave on the documentary The Conductor (58:45).

Links:

Vesna Duo website

The Rite of Spring - Vesna Duo

Ksenija Komljenovic\\u2019s appearance on the podcast in 2020

Ksenija Komljenovic\\u2019s website

Liana Pailodze Harron\\u2019s website

Mitya Nilov

The Rite of Spring - 2 piano version (Lucas and Arthur Jussen)

Michael Burritt

Ivan Trevino on the podcast in 2022

Concerto No. 1 for marimba - Ney Rosauro

Vesna: Goddess of Spring

\\u201cThe Ever Evolving Etude\\u201d - Avishai Cohen

Raves:

The Conductor trailer

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