I had a wonderful time speaking with A.Z. Madonna of The Boston Globe about climate change, Beethoven, pandemics, and what connects them all, about my piece, Jeder Baum spricht, its current ongoing performance with Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons (available on BSO NOW), as well as its premiere last year with the The Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nezet-Seguin, and much more.
You can read the article below:
Boston Symphony Orchestra, led by Maestro Andris Nelsons, will perform Iman Habibi’s Jeder Baum spricht as part of a virtual series named The Spirit of Beethoven. The event goes live on February 18th at noon, and is free to attend:
February 18, at noon: Andris Nelsons leads the BSO in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, Pastoral, and Iman Habibi’s Jeder Baum spricht; chamber music performance of Debussy’s Sonata for flute, viola, and harp, featuring BSO musicians Cynthia Meyers, flute; Danny Kim, viola; and Jessica Zhou, harp.