790: Bernardo Alviz on working through an injury

<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><a href= "https://bernardoalviz.com">Bernardo Alviz</a> was born and raised in Bogota, Colombia.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span> He started his music studies at the age of 17 and holds a Bachelor's degree from the Universidad Javeriana in Bogota as well as a Bachelor's and Master's degree from the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin in Germany.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Bernardo is a passionate performer of contemporary music and has performed in some of the most renowned festivals including the Lucerne festival in 2017 with Heinz Holliger and Mathias Pintcher as chief conductors; as principal bass with the Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop at the Donaueschingen Musiktagen in 2017 as well as at the Rainy Days music festival in Luxembourg 2014; as principal bass of the Staatskapelle Berlin during the Infektio! Music festival in Berlin in 2016; and as principal bass with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra at the Malmo International Chamber music festival 2016 in Sweden.</span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">We talk about growing up in Colombia, his training in Germany, meeting his wife <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/phoeberussell_bass">Phoebe Russell</a>, and their subsequent move to Australia, and getting established as a bassist there.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> We also dig into his struggles with a performance injury and the mystery surrounding it, the struggles and discoveries that have come from it, and his move into teaching a large studio of young bassists and doing a PHD in composition.</span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Enjoy, and be sure to check out <a href="https://bernardoalviz.com">Bernardo’s website</a> to learn more about this work!</span></p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p4"><span class="s2"><a href= "http://smarturl.it/cbcpodcast?ck_subscriber_id=90309136"><em>Subscribe to the podcast</em></a></span> <span class="s1"><em>to get these interviews delivered to you automatica