Abrams Interviewed for "I Care If You Listen"

Teddy Abrams was recently interviewed by A. Kori Hill for I Care If You Listen in advance of his performance with Ray Chen at the Curtis Institute of Music, for a program dominated by Curtis alumni.

Speaking about his past collaborations with Curtis alums, Abrams says: “We don’t necessarily make music the same way or see music the same way, but these folks and I have such a deep relationship to musical values that we have remained regular collaborators and very close friends since [our time at Curtis]… I work with these folks every year, multiple times a year, and that continues because we forged a deep bond for what we care about – not just because we like playing music together, but why we play music together.”

In addition to the Barber violin concerto, Abrams will lead the Curtis Symphony Orchestra in performances of TJ Cole’s Death of the Poet and George Walker’s Pulitzer-Prize winning Lilacs for Voice and Orchestra, closing out with the Third Symphony by Aaron Copland – a mentor to another Curtis alum, Leonard Bernstein.

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