Soundboard
The Steinway & Sons Podcast
Steinway & Sons
Show overview
Soundboard has been publishing since 2016, and across the 10 years since has built a catalogue of 83 episodes. That works out to roughly 40 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a roughly quarterly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 23 min and 33 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-language Music show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 weeks ago, with 4 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2019, with 21 episodes published. Published by Steinway & Sons.
From the publisher
Soundboard features conversations on artistry and craftsmanship between Ben Finane, Director of Content at Steinway & Sons, and distinguished pianists, musicians, artists, and creatives. Soundboard seeks out inspiration, hones in on the creative process, parses influences, and attempts to diagnose artistic greatness.
Latest Episodes
View all 83 episodesSoundboard: Happy Birthday, Duke! (with Mercedes Ellington)
Soundboard: Alexandre Kantorow
Ep 81Soundboard: Sullivan Fortner
Steinway Artist Sullivan Fortner joins Soundboard to discuss coming up in jazz, ancient practices, the greats, urgency, and showing up to battle with a plan.
Ep 80Soundboard: The Van Cliburn Legacy
Reflections on Van Cliburn, on the Seventeenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, and on the legacy of classical music in America.
Ep 79Soundboard: Kris Davis
Jazz pianist and Steinway Artist Kris Davis takes us through her process, her love of Herbie Hancock, and what she gained from listening to other instruments.
Ep 78Soundboard: Yulianna Avdeeva
Chopin International Piano Competition winner and Steinway Artist Yulianna Avdeeva discusses her most recent recording project for Pentatone: Dmitri Shostakovich’s Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87.
Ep 77Soundboard: Sunny War
The songwriter Sunny War talks about her eclectic influences, when less is more, her Americana dream, and taking inspiration from her racist neighbors.
Ep 76Soundboard: Steve Roach
Ambient and electronic music composer Steve Roach discusses his musical philosophy and process.
Ep 75Soundboard: Nels Cline
Guitarist Nels Cline talks about having no fixed voice, Wilco, pretension, and going down with the set list.
Ep 74Soundboard: Joe Lovano
Saxophonist Joe Lovano joins Soundboard live from Big Ears Festival to discuss influence, tone, sound, improvisation — and what's in a name.
Ep 73Soundboard: John Paul Jones
Steinway Artist John Paul Jones, live from Big Ears Festival, talks about his influences, his sound, and his process.
Ep 72Soundboard: Christian McBride
Jazz bassist Christian McBride, live from Big Ears Festival, talks post-bop, remaining a bass-player-for-hire, bass-on-bass action, preparation, and jazz as democracy.
Ep 71Soundboard: Jason Moran
Jazz pianist and Steinway Artist Jason Moran, live from Big Ears Festival, talks hip hop, the next generation, the algorithm, Monk & Duke, visual art, and creative approach.
Ep 70Soundboard: Chessbrah
Grandmasters Aman Hambleton and Eric Hansen, the principal hosts of Chessbrah, talk techno and chess and what makes Magnus Carlsen the GOAT.
Ep 69Soundboard: Ádám György
Steinway Artist Ádám György will play his own transcription of the Union of European Football Associations Champions League Anthem at the UEFA Final Saturday June 10 in Istanbul. György joins Soundboard to discuss football and Franz Liszt.
Ep 68Soundboard: Alexander Krichel
Steinway Artist Alexander Krichel joins Soundboard to celebrate Sergei Rachmaninoff's 150th birthday.
Ep 67Soundboard: Anthony McGill
Anthony McGill takes us behind the scenes in his role as Principal Clarinet of the New York Philharmonic and speaks to the wonders of chamber music.
Ep 66Soundboard: Gerardo Teissonnière
Steinway Artist Gerardo Teissonnière discusses the wonder of Beethoven's Last Sonatas.
Ep 65Soundboard: Andrew Rangell
Steinway Artist Andrew Rangell discusses the keyboard music of Johann Sebastian Bach. His latest — of many — Bach releases is The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II on the Steinway & Sons label.
Ep 64Soundboard: Karen Walwyn
Steinway Artist Dr. Karen Walwyn speaks to the legacy and vibrancy of African American composer Florence Price.