#14 - Maya Fridman, cellist, singer, researcher

Photo by Brendon Heinst.

Photo by Brendon Heinst.

Russian/Dutch musician Maya Fridman, found some time during her busy days to have a talk about playing the cello and being a musician...

00:00 'The Song of Songs' by Karen Tanaka, from the album 'Red Velvet' (2017)

00:30 Introduction

01:39 Maya introduces herself

03:00 Presence during performance

07:55 Practising and scheduling, mental practice and Bach

13:35 Productivity, phD, daily routines, and making music for a living

18:55 Cello and beyond

21:38 'Heroin' by Lou Reed (arr. for cello by David Lang) from the album 'REIÐ' (2019)

22:06 Social media, rituals, albums and 'Rituals'

29:16 Books, podcasting, yoga and posture

33:20 What it means to be a musician

35:29 'Hell 1' by Giovanni Sollima from the album 'REIÐ' (2019)

35:56 Inspiration, and more cello

44:04 'Reið - Hagall - Bjarkan' by Fjóla Evans from the album 'REIÐ' (2019)

44:30 Where to find Maya

45:16 Outro

Link to her crowdfunding campaign

Maya's website

Purchase Maya's albums on Bandcamp

Maya on Instagram

Maya on Facebook

Podcast soundtrack by Mohamed Amer.

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Ragnhild Wesenberg

Cellist - finding ways of making a living by doing what I love.

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