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BBC Young Musician

BBC Young Musician

BBC Radio

Jess Gillam hosts the podcast about young musicians, for young musicians. Special guests every episode, with a new show every week.

18 - Making a life in music
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  • 18 - Making a life in music

    Our guest for the finale of S2 is *GASP* Sir Simon Rattle! He joins us with inspiring stories from his amazing conducting career, plus tips on keeping your confidence and why it's very important to understand who pays National Insurance. We have literally never been this starstruck.

    Fri, 30 Nov 2018
  • 17 - Let's work together

    Because everyone knows that playing with other people is the best part of being a musician. The excellent (and hilarious) violinist Pekka Kuusisto is our guest for this episode on musical collaboration, where we learned how it feels to be a sixth desk violinist.

    Fri, 23 Nov 2018
  • 16 - Improvisation

    Jazz trumpeter Alexandra Ridout is our guest for this totally spontaneous episode (in which Sam, predictably, is the most chillaxed member of the BBCYM podcast team). Does anyone... sing?

    Fri, 16 Nov 2018
  • 15 - How to record an album

    OK, so we're not even gonna pretend that we manage to crack this in the time available – but we did call up the lovely Miloš, who gave us some helpful pointers. Plus: Sam's new single and WHO IS THAT WOMAN IN ZEYNEP'S GARDEN?!

    Fri, 09 Nov 2018
  • 14 - Feel the fear (and do the gig anyway)

    Zeynep is scared of heights. Sam is scared of falling. So whose brilliant idea was it to record this episode on the London Eye? The amazing composer Anna Meredith is our guest for this special edition on FEAR. Also featured: Jess and Zeynep playing the podcast theme tune on a TEENY TINY PIANO

    Fri, 02 Nov 2018
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