Paola Prestini, composer, executive director, and creative director of National Sawdust, and John Zorn, composer, arranger, producer, and saxophonist, talk about the opening weekend of the new performance space in a former sawdust factory in Williamsburg.

→ Hear more: Q2 Music streamed National Sawdust's opening performance. Click here to listen.

Paola Prestini, @NationalSawdust creative director, says she works w/ artists to create performance space they seek. pic.twitter.com/hXrHKa89NZ

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