#16 - Interview w/ Icelandic Cellist Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir

In the 16th episode of Dress Rehearsal my guest will be the amazing Icelandic cellist Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir who will tell us about her life as a travelling musician and recording artist, busy learning and premiering cutting-edge new music written for her. Will also hear of her love for her native Iceland and of her ongoing collaborations with Icelandic composers. Will have a chance to listen to some tracks from her latest album titled "Vernacular", including music by Benjamin Britten (and the splendid and forgotten Cello Suites, commissioned by Mstislav Rostropovitch), Halldór Smárason (who in "Minni" takes the cello to sonic extremes that you may have never heard), Jane Antonia Cornish, Pall Ragnar Palsson and ending with the very atmospheric "Air to Breath" by Daniel Bjarnason. Would also recommend listening to this podcast with a good pair of headphones to catch all of the subtleties in Saeunn's playing. Don't miss it!