Conducting With Empathy: Lina González Granados

03/04/22 • 32 min

What role does empathy play in your life? For Lina González-Granados, it’s a core value for daily living, as well as a musical superpower that’s been instilled in her artistic practice by more than one mentor.

On this episode of the HearTOGETHER Podcast, conductor Lina González-Granados joins host Tori Marchiony for a heartfelt interview about what it took to follow her dreams across the world, her status as a high-profile Latina in classical music, and how the pandemic has shifted her priorities. Music in this episode is from The Philadelphia Orchestra, 2021-22 (122nd Season), non-subscription concert #6
Lina Gonzalez-Granados, conductor
Branford Marsalis, saxophone
Dvořák: Serenade in D minor, Op. 44, for winds, cello, and double bass
Glazunov: Concerto in E-flat major for Saxophone and String Orchestra, Op. 109 (13')
Villa-Lobos: Fantasia, for saxophone and orchestra (14')

Mixed by Teng Chen
Editorial Council, Tim German & Noel Dior

The Philadelphia Orchestra’s HearTOGETHER series is generously supported by lead corporate sponsor Accordant Advisors. Additional major support has been provided by the Otto Haas Charitable Trust.

Mixed by Teng Chen
Editorial Council, Tim German & Noel Dior

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HearTOGETHER Podcast - Conducting With Empathy: Lina González Granados

Transcript

TORI MARCHIONY (Voiceover): Hello! And welcome back to the HearTOGETHER Podcast from The Philadelphia Orchestra. I’m your host, Tori Marchiony. And this is a space to hear from the artists and activists working to create a more equitable future- inside and outside the concert hall.

The music you just heard in the intro was Dvořák’s Serenade in D minor, performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra and conducted by our guest today, Lina González-Granados. In the