Ovidiu Marinescu on Finding Cosmopolitan Sounds for Contemporary Classical Music

Cellist, composer, conductor, and professor Ovidiu Marinescu discusses how he draws from influences across space and time – from 13th century Persia to 21st century New Orleans – to create musical experiences that are both sincere and imaginative. Listen to the episode here.

Find out more about Ovidiu Marinescu here.

Music

The Scene’s theme song is “Follow Me,” by Aly-US.

Musical interludes for this episode: “Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major: I. Prelude” by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Ovidiu Marinescu; “Suspended Between the Worlds” by Ovidiu Marinescu.