Intro with Pekka Kuusisto

Why is Dessner's violin concerto athletic? Why does Pekka Kuusisto also have the score of Mahler's First with him in Zurich? And what is the "Lord of the Rings" effect? Find out in the new episode of our podcast "Intro". The Finnish violinist also reveals what special compositional challenge his brother left him. And which theme makes him develop devil horns.

Intro in English

00:00 Joint debut
00:50 Unwritten laws?
03:00 Absolute no-goes
04:15 Nerd stuff
04:45 Water and pilgrimage
05:15 Mahler and Knausgård
06:30 Dessner as counter-design
07:30 Review of the celebrated debut in Zurich
08:40 Castles and boxes
11:10 Free and edgy
13:15 Dessner's athletic violin concerto
15:10 Soloist, curator, conductor, composer
17:00 Magnetism
18:15 Dark forces and monsters
21:10 Conducting instead of playing
22:40 Masterclass with Mahler Erster
23:15 Partners in crime
24:00 New impulses and devil's horns

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