Ksenija Komljenovic and Liana Pailodze Harron of Vesna Duo stop by to talk about their (then) upcoming performance of Igor Stravinsky’s 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’s appearance on the podcast in 2020

Ksenija Komljenovic’s website

Liana Pailodze Harron’s 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