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Amelia Piano Trio: Web-Only Q&A with Cellist Jason Duckles

Fred Child and Jason Duckles
PT Host Fred Child chats with Jason Duckles. Credit: Nerissa Paglinauan, NPR Online

Q: Do you come from a musical family?

Jason: I come from a very musical family. My grandfather was a very famous musicologist, my father (cello), my mother (violin), and my brother (viola) are all professional musicians. I always wanted to be a cellist, and always hoped to play chamber music.

 

 

Q: What is your favorite book?

Jason: To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf.

Q: Favorite movie?

Jason: The Big Lebowski.

Q: Favorite TV show?

Jason: Iron Chef.

Q: What are your top 5 favorite CDs, CDs you can't live without?

Jason: Thelonius Monk Quartet
            Shades of Django (Stephane Grappelli)
            Bob & Doug McKenzie's Great White album
            Rubenstein Plays Schubert B-Flat Sonata
            Herbie Hancock, Headhunter

Q: Do you have a guilty pleasure in music? Something you don't quite want to admit that you listen to but you totally love?

Jason: Anthea loves the music from the movie The Piano.

 
Other Resources
  • Lee Duckles -- Jason's father

  • Andrew Duckles -- Jason's brother

     
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