Valery Gergiev

Jet-Setting Conductor

Soundcheck | Feb 18, 2011

International jet-setting conductor Valery Gergiev takes a break from his busy schedule to tell us about bringing the London Symphony Orchestra to Lincoln Center. Plus: A discussion of "the world's first newspaper album" -- Radiohead's "The King of Limbs." And: the Scottish indie band Broken Records plays live.

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