Joshua Weilerstein

<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Conductor Joshua Weilerstein chats about Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony, nerdy piano improvisation duels, and how cultural identity shapes our way of listening to music. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-weight:400;">Useful links:</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/217mzrrlT0ERI2hTbwCgfF?si=IkQ8ZL3hTg2c22aZNHj9NA">Spotify playlist for Joshua’s pieces</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3BRom90ebzqKrDudeVZtYo">Spotify playlist for main pieces</a> </span></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2rzB0a4C4nNjO0MR8VLQdQ"><span style="font-weight:400;">Spotify playlist for final question pieces </span></a></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-weight:400;">Other useful links:</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven">Ludwig van Beethoven</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><a href="https://www.ocl.ch/en/categorie-concerts/anniversaire-beethoven-en/">Lausanne Chamber Orchestra performs all of Beethoven’s symphonies</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><a href="https://www.classicfm.com/composers/beethoven/guides/daniel-steibelt/">Article explaining Beethoven’s challenging of Steibelt to a piano improvisation duel</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT8cBX893ic">Reenactment of a piano improvisation duel of Beethoven vs Steibelt in Vienna at the turn of the 19th century</a> </span></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._3_(Beethoven)"><span style="font-weight:400;">Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony </span></a></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><a href="https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5456722&t=1595963898117">NPR article about the Eroica Symphony</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22691267">The riot in the audience at the premier of Igor Stravin