An interview with NYC-based conductor Tara Simoncic, music director of the Louisville Ballet. We discuss her unique journey from being a serious trumpet player to becoming a conductor. Tara specializes in ballet and conducts major companies in America and internationally.
Highlights
- The past three months for New York - 5:33
- New York has been changing over the last months - 9:19
- Competition in a city like New York - 9:54
- Thinking like an optimist - 13:19
- The music director role in ballet - 19:20
- What's the real challenge? - 20:51
- The online season - 27:02
- Being a ballet conductor - 28:16
- How the ballet world is changing - 38:41
- 10 years of doing auditions - 44:53
- Loving the theatre - 49:09
- Having a connection with opera - 52:09
- Her early days - 53:20
- Dancers are smart musically - 1:11:19
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