Julie Lyonn Lieberman

Feb 26

I was thrilled to have a fascinating chat with the inspiring and innovative multi-style violinist/vocalist, author, composer, producer and educator Julie Lyonn Lieberman. I first learned about her when I bought her book "You Are Your Instrument", which was the first book written about how to overcome and prevent musicians’ overuse injuries. In this conversation we discuss her unique path through world music, some of the research she’s done for her book and radio programs, illuminating the history of slave fiddlers and the evolution of improvised string playing and string education.   Video link   Podcast    Transcript                                                                                                                  Towards the end of the episode (timestamped), she plays two tunes in different styles, "Les trois rigodons" and "You'd be so nice to come home to" (melody by Cole Porter).

 September 2023: Bonus Catch-Up Episode with Julie, with an excerpt from the audio-book of her memoir, The Roaring Brook Fiddler   Video   Podcast      Transcript