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For Good Measure, by Ensemble for These Times (E4TT)
Episode 168: Rajna Swaminathan - Part 4
In this week’s episode, we talk to Rajna Swaminathan about her performance experience in India and how her performance practices have evolved with her interests. If you enjoyed today’s conversation and want to know more about Rajna Swaminathan, check her out here: https://www.rajnaswaminathan.com/. This episode was originally recorded in January 2024.
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Intro music: “Trifolium” by Gabriela Ortiz, performed by E4TT (Ilana Blumberg, violin; Abigail Monroe, cello; Margaret Halbig, piano), as part of “Below the Surface: Music by Women Composers,” January 29, 2022
Outro music: “Lake Turkana” by Marcus Norris, performed by E4TT (Margaret Halbig, piano), as part of “Alchemy,” October 15, 2021
Transcription courtesy of Otter.ai.
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1. Rajna Swaminathan - Part 4 (00:00:00)
2. In this week's episode, we continue our conversation with Rajna Swaminathan, who we spoke to in January 2024. (00:00:22)
3. I would love if you're willing, for you to circle back and talk more about what it was like being in India, both the culture and the tradition that you were wanting to be a part of, and decided to incorporate, rather than being mainstream for yourself... (00:00:31)
4. Does one instrument or practice call to you more strongly, or is that fairly fluid? (00:02:52)
5. So did you play all three? Play for the voice, all three simultaneously, really simultaneously, or did you lay down each track? (00:04:47)
6. So circling back a little bit, do you want to talk any about being in India or what that was like, or... (00:06:30)
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