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Composer Odaline de la Martinez on "Revolutions Per Minute"

A portrait of Odaline de la Martinez
Credit: Malcolm Crowther

On Sunday evening, Sarah speaks with Cuban-born composer and conductor Odaline de la Martinez about her groundbreaking operas, including Imoinda: A Story of Love and Slavery, set in 16th-century Africa, conducting orchestras around the globe, and the critical importance of discovering music on public radio.

Tune into Revolutions Per Minute this Sunday, May 3, from 6pm-8pm.

Sarah Cahill grew up in Berkeley, where her father had a rare records program on KPFA in 1949. She started a weekly music program at KPFA in 1989, under the guidance of then-music director Charles Amirkhanian. In 2002, she joined KALW with a weekly Sunday evening program. She has interviewed Richard Goode at the Metropolitan Museum and, for Counterstream Radio, produced joint interviews with Meredith Monk and Bjork and with Elliott Carter and Phil Lesh.