In this episode, hear directly from tuba soloist TJ Graf on how he ended up in a rare spot – center stage for Wynton Marsalis’ jazzy Tuba Concerto. Plus: Composer Joshua Cerdenia talks about infusing fire into Feuertrunken, and guest conductor Fawzi Haimor and TFO trombonist Ross Holcombe dig into Duke Ellington’s groundbreaking Black, Brown and Beige and spotlight the real star of Gershwin’s An American in Paris: taxi horns. 

In TFO’s Pre-Concert Conversations, get the real story behind the composers and their music, straight from the conductor and soloists for Masterworks concerts.

Recorded live at Straz Center for the Performing Arts on January 6, 2023