Through her inventive programming, active composer collaborations, and precise yet impassioned interpretations, violinist Francesca Anderegg has earned renown as a musical explorer of the first order. She has performed extensively in South America, recently returning from a tour of Brazil and Argentina. She was awarded the McKnight Fellowship for Performing Musicians in 2016 and teaches at St. Olaf College. Her second album of contemporary music, Wild Cities, was released on July 8.

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Violinist Francesca Anderegg discusses her new album Wild Cities and the importance and role of new music, standing out, and working with composers.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Standing out in music
• Differentiating yourself
• Seth Godin (Ep 66)
• Having a dialogue between composer and performer
• The importance of clear notation
• Making a piece enjoyable for the performer
• Composers featured on the CD:
  • Ryan Francis, Remix
  • Hannah Lash, Adjoining
  • Clint Needham, On the Road
  • Ted Hearne, Nobody's
  • Reinaldo Moya, Imagined Archipelagos
• Communicating with the composer
• On-boarding players
• Marketing your piece to the players
• Having multiple stake holders
• Music advocacy
• Language
• Pandering
• Setting the audience's expectations
• Working through the dip
• Multiple streams of income

Website:

• www.francescaanderegg.com

Recommended Listening:

• Wild Cities
• György Ligeti, Violin Concerto

Recommended Reading:

• Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

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