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DH: You’ve collaborated with Caroline Goulding in the past. Can you describe what it’s like to work with her and what you are looking forward to in this upcoming concert?
JB: When I first met with Caroline it was very funny because I didn’t expect us to meet. I was at Tippet Rise working with Kathy Kasic and Mickey Houlihan on the
“Stainless Stealer” film. We finished the shooting, and Mickey told me, “There is this young violinist, Caroline Goulding. She is arriving tomorrow. Do you have a small composition of yours that you would like to play together?” And I said, “No, but I will think about it.” And then Caroline arrived, and for an afternoon, we developed ideas together.
I wrote on the day a piece for us to play. After this, we recorded it. It was a very touching experience.
I’m really grateful to Caroline to have joined this creative process. Normally in my world, musicians that I’ve been working with are preparing the score, they come for the rehearsal, and we play. Of course, we can work together, we can have ideas, but Caroline and I have been on this creative process. For the first time in my life, I experienced something that completely changed my perspective of the musical relationship that you can develop. After this afternoon, it was as if we already knew each other for our whole life. It was this kind of... wow. Nothing was written, and that’s the beauty of it. I like to see that, the continuity of an improvisation in the real life.
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