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Jun 18, 2013 | 53:59Wachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts: Phyllis Lambert AudioWachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts: Phyllis Lambert Jun 18, 2013 | 53:59Eleanor Wachtel speaks with the Canadian architect, philanthropist and social entrepreneur Phyllis Lambert.
May 21, 2013 | 54:00Wachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts: Robert Carsen AudioWachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts: Robert Carsen May 21, 2013 | 54:00Eleanor Wachtel talks to Canadian opera director Robert Carsen. He talks about his early life and about his philosophy of directing, bringing fresh and surprising interpretations to classic operas.
Apr 16, 2013 | 53:58Wachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts - Yoko Ono AudioWachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts - Yoko Ono Apr 16, 2013 | 53:58A 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, celebrated internationally. Eleanor Wachtel talks to Yoko Ono.
Mar 19, 2013 | 53:58Wachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts - Patti Smith AudioWachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts - Patti Smith Mar 19, 2013 | 53:58Eleanor Wachtel talks to American singer-songerwriter, poet, and visual artist Patti Smith.
Feb 19, 2013 | 53:59Wachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts - Taryn Simon AudioWachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts - Taryn Simon Feb 19, 2013 | 53:59Eleanor Wachtelspeaks with Taryn Simon whose art mixes camera-work, writing and graphic design to raise questions about truth and certainty.
Jan 15, 2013 | 53:58Wachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts - Yannick Nézet-Séguin AudioWachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts - Yannick Nézet-Séguin Jan 15, 2013 | 53:58Eleanor 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 Canada and recently took over the venerable Philadelphia Orchestra.
Dec 18, 2012 | 53:59Wachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts - Costa Gavras AudioWachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts - Costa Gavras Dec 18, 2012 | 53:59Eleanor 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 indicting movies like Z, Missing, and Amen, Gavras is credited with 'almost single-handedly creating the genre of the modern political thriller as we know it'.
Nov 20, 2012 | 54:00Wachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts - Lera Auerbach AudioWachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts - Lera Auerbach Nov 20, 2012 | 54:00Eleanor Wachtel speaks with Lera Auerbach, a Russian-born American composer who's earned comparisons to Dmitri Shostakovich and has been declared one of the most important classical music figures of our time.
Oct 16, 2012 | 53:59Wachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts - Deepa Mehta AudioWachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts - Deepa Mehta Oct 16, 2012 | 53:59Deepa 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. It's the first ever big-screen adaptation of a Salman Rushdie novel, and is Mehta's most ambitious work to date.
Sep 18, 2012 | 53:59Wachtel on the Arts Wachtel on the Arts - Frank Stella AudioWachtel on the Arts Wachtel on the Arts - Frank Stella Sep 18, 2012 | 53:59Eleanor 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 for abstract painting. He was the youngest artist ever to have a one man show at the Museum of Modern Art. Frank Stella's latest project is a series of sculptures, or three-dimensional paintings, as he calls them - responding to the harpsichord sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti.
Jun 19, 2012 | 53:59Wachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts - Will Alsop AudioWachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts - Will Alsop Jun 19, 2012 | 53:59Eleanor Wachtel talks to British architect Will Alsop. He's widely known as an enfant terrible in the architecture world, not bad for someone who just celebrated his 64th birthday. Will Alsop's designs are often brash and colourful, and always live up to his motto that architecture should be fun.
May 15, 2012 | 53:58Wachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts - Philip Glass AudioWachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts - Philip Glass May 15, 2012 | 53:58Eleanor Wachtel speaks with the American composer Philip Glass. Perhaps the most prominent composer of his generation, his works helped reinvent the sound of music for Western audiences from the late 1960s on. He's coming to Canada in June with a revival of his first opera, Einstein On the Beach, part of the celebrations for Glass' 75th birthday.
Apr 17, 2012 | 53:58Wachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts - Catherine Malfitano AudioWachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts - Catherine Malfitano Apr 17, 2012 | 53:58Eleanor Wachtel, host of Writers and Company, talks to Catherine Malfitano, a soprano who once sang Tosca to an audience of a billion people. Now she's an opera director in charge of the newest production at the Canadian Opera Company.
Mar 20, 2012 | 53:59Wachtel on the Arts Wachtel on the Arts: Artist Olafur Eliasson interview AudioWachtel on the Arts Wachtel on the Arts: Artist Olafur Eliasson interview Mar 20, 2012 | 53:59Eleanor Wachtel, host of Writers and Company, talks to artist Olafur Eliasson. In works exhibited around the world, Eliasson has created rainbows, waterfalls, mist and smoke - stretching the phrase "mixed media" beyond materials to include the immaterial: things like air temperature, a trick of the light.
Feb 21, 2012 | 53:59Wachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts: Marina Abramavic AudioWachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts: Marina Abramavic Feb 21, 2012 | 53:59Eleanor Wachtel talks to performance artist extraordinaire Marina Abramovic.
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