Insular Worlds with Peter Gregson
Insular Worlds with Peter Gregson, Dobrawa Czocher, Dom La Nena, Sebastian Plano
Peter Gregson leads the discussion; he took up cello at age four after seeing James Bond sled down a mountainside on a cello case in The Living Daylights. You may have heard his cello solos in the soundtrack to the 麻豆社's Sherlock series, or on the album 鈥樏� (Divide)鈥� by Ed Sheeran. He released his latest solo album 鈥楶atina鈥� in 2021.
Talking to him is Dobrawa Czocher, a Polish cellist who started playing at the age of 7. She鈥檚 an award-winning chamber and orchestra musician, and her motto is to never stop growing. At the start of 2023 she released her debut solo album 鈥楧reamscapes鈥�.
Next is Brazilian-born, Paris-based cellist Dom La Nena. She spent her teenage years studying cello in Buenos Aires with the renowned Christine Walevska before a pop apprenticeship backing Jane Birkin. She鈥檚 one half of Birds on a Wire and her stage name translates as 鈥淒om the Little Girl鈥�, an allusion to her time as a child prodigy.
And finally an Argentinian cellist, multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer, who is best known for his unique approach to music creation 鈥� uninterrupted nights playing and recording every single note by himself in his Berlin studio, layering each musical phrase at a time. It鈥檚 Sebastian Plano.
Together they鈥檒l be talking about working with new collaborators, overcoming creative blocks, and how to define success.
In part 2 of the show, Dobrawa Czocher will be taking us through a playlist she鈥檚 called 鈥楧eepest Cello Tones鈥�, a collection of tracks showcasing the best that the instrument has to offer, featuring tracks from Witold Lutos艂awski, Hildur Gu冒nad贸ttir, Stars Of The Lid and many more.
