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Wachtel On The Arts - Robert Carsen

Eleanor Wachtel talks to Robert Carsen, the Canadian who became the world's busiest director of operas. He's in Toronto with one of his most lauded...

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Wachtel On The Arts - Yoko Ono

A controversial, iconic figure, Yoko Ono is today regarded as a multi-media innovator. At 80, she remains an adventurous and committed conceptual artist and musician,...

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Wachtel On The Arts - Patti Smith

Eleanor Wachtel talks to American singer-songerwriter, poet, and visual artist Patti Smith. Patti Smith's influence on the music world never depended on cranking out hits....

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Wachtel On The Arts - Taryn Simon

Eleanor Wachtel, host of Writers & Company, speaks with Taryn Simon whose art mixes camera-work, writing and graphic design to raise questions about truth and...

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Wachtel On The Arts - Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Eleanor Wachtel speaks with 37-year-old Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the most successful conductor in Canadian history, who has just been made a Companion of the Order of...

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Wachtel On The Arts - Costa Gavras

Eleanor Wachtel speaks with legendary Greek-born director Costa Gavras, whose latest film, Capital, takes on the world of high finance. Known for his biting and...

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Wachtel On The Arts - Lera Auerbach

Eleanor Wachtel, host of Writers & Company, speaks with Lera Auerbach, a Russian-born American composer who's earned comparisons to Dmitri Shostakovich and has been declared...

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Wachtel On The Arts - Deepa Mehta

Deepa Mehta, one of Canada's most respected and cherished filmmakers, talks to Eleanor Wachtel about her life, her career, and her new movie Midnight's Children....

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Wachtel on the Arts - Frank Stella

Eleanor Wachtel talks to American painter Frank Stella. Since the late 1950s he's been at the forefront of the art world, constantly pushing new ideas...

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Wachtel on the Arts - Will Alsop

Eleanor Wachtel, host of Writers and Company talks to British architect Will Alsop. He's widely known as an enfant terrible in the architecture world, not...

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Wachtel On The Arts - Philip Glass

Eleanor Wachtel, host of Writer's and Company,  speaks with the American composer Philip Glass. Perhaps the most prominent composer of his generation, his works helped...

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Wachtel On The Arts - Catherine Malfitano

Listen to the interview or download the podcast Eleanor talks to Catherine Malfitano, a soprano who once sang Tosca to an audience of a billion...

Wachtel on the Arts - Olafur Eliasson

Listen to the interview or download the podcast Eleanor Wachtel, host of Writers & Company, talks to installation artist Olafur Eliasson. In works exhibited around...

Wachtel On The Arts - Marina Abramovic

Listen to the interview or download the podcast Eleanor Wachtel, host of Writers & Company, talks to Marina Abramovic, performance artist extraordinaire now living in...

Wachtel on the Arts - Frederick Wiseman

Listen to the interview or  Download the podcast Eleanor Wachtel talks to the master of American documentary film-making, Frederick Wiseman. His new movie, released this...

Wachtel On the Arts - Wim Wenders

Listen to the interview or  Download the podcastPhotographer and filmmaker Wim Wenders talks to Eleanor Wachtel, host of Writers & Company, about his career and...

Wachtel on the Arts - David Hockney

Listen to the interviewTo download the podcast visit CBC Podcasting.Eleanor Wachtel speaks to Britain's most popular living painter, David Hockney, about why his landscapes...

Wachtel On The Arts - Christopher Wheeldon

Listen to the interviewTo download the podcast visit CBC Podcasting.Eleanor Wachtel speaks with British choreographer, Christopher Wheeldon. Still in his thirties, he's already a...

Wachtel On The Arts - Marjane Satrapi

Listen to the interviewTo download the podcast visit CBC Podcasting.Eleanor Wachtel talks to the acclaimed Iranian graphic artist and filmmaker, Marjane Satrapi.  Her memoir...

Wachtel On The Arts

A monthly IDEAS feature with CBC Radio's celebrated arts journalist Eleanor Wachtel. Wachtel on the Arts is similar to Eleanor's program Writers & Company, but...