This week on Interplay, conductor Giancarlo Guerrero joins me in a Conversation In Music about his pathfinding discoveries in new American music and the influence of Serge Koussevitzky on that quest. As music director of the great Nashville Symphony and guest at the great orchestras of the world, Maestro Guerrero's elan and joyful spirit are irresistible and profound.

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On this week's INTERPLAY, Conversations in Music, Michael Shapiro talks to the extraordinary violinist Chee-Yun, whose wondrous and radiant playing has thrilled audiences worldwide.

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This week's Interplay is a conversation with the extraordinary conductor, Deborah Simpkin King, music director of Ember, a dynamic choral group in the metropolitan area that champions new music. Composers and audience just love Maestra King's musicianship which is full of life and deeply profound. In addition to her conducting, she is a widely read writer on music and promoter of additional performances of new choral work in her Project Encore series. Deborah enriches everything she touches with her wishes for joy and peace.

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This week's INTERPLAY is with the joyously profound Daron Hagen, composer, director, writer, producer, teacher, etc. infinitum. A delight in every way, Daron brings an expertise and joie de vivre to everything he touches. Enjoy this wonderful Conversation In Music and Daron's unique thoughts on music and Orson Welles!

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This weekend's INTERPLAY is with one of my favorite people, composer Jennifer Higdon. Jennifer is that rare artist, whose compositions reflect the very essence of her wondrous intellect, humanity, and warmth. I just loved doing this Conversation In Music and hope you will enjoy watching it as much as I had in talking about her remarkable music making!

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Conductor Michael Christie is an American treasure. Recently named music director of the New West Symphony, Maestro Christie has always been equally at home in opera and symphony. His championing of new American works is a mark of his dedication to the expansion and enriching of his art. With an unusual command and interest in bringing classical music to more people, he has an unmistakable warmth and connection.

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Blind Mississippi Morris is that rare kind of musician. Master of the Delta Blues and virtuoso of the harmonica, he is the King of Beale Street and anywhere he performs. Not only a unique Conversation In Music with a great artist, this is a special look into the origins of his music making and why his message to the world is so important and crucial now. I know that my life is forever blessed by his music making. You will never feel the same after experiencing his supreme gift.

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In this week's Interplay, Michael Shapiro talks to Ivan Fischer about his remarkable compositions, many centered in Jewish culture and European Kultur, his background as a renowned Hungarian musician, and the practical experience of the international conductor.

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Michael Shapiro talks to the extraordinary cellist Sara Sant'Ambrogio. Her joie de vivre is unmistakable, reflected in her vibrant and profoundly musical playing which comes directly from her magnetic personality and brilliance. A joyous conversation about her life and abundant zest for communicating. Rapturous!

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This INTERPLAY features a wonderful conversation with pianist Simone Dinnerstein, whose interpretations of music by Couperin and Bach to Gershwin and Glass are luminous and unique. Find out how she learns every work through deeply felt study. A remarkable look into the mind of a poetic artist.

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