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Between the entrances, bows, dramatic pauses and other wordless rituals of the concert stage, Randall Goosby ponders what truly connects him to his audiences. \u2018I look back at the audiences that I\u2019ve stood in front of, and I try and think about the things I have in common with them other than our interest in classical music,\u2019 he says. \u2018There are probably little to none. And I\u2019d like for there to be a little bit more of a real community around this music and more knowledge of the fact that this music really is by and for everyone.\u2019<\/p>\n
Goosby comes to his views not just as a Juilliard School-trained violinist who has studied with Itzhak Perlman, performed at Wigmore Hall and Carnegie Hall, and plays on a loaned \u2018Sennhauser\u2019 Guarneri del Ges\u00f9 from 1735<\/strong><\/a>. He is also the 24-year-old son of an African-American father and a Korean mother, who enjoys video games, cross-training workouts, the NBA, sushi and hip-hop. He believes there is an audience that shares such passions which has eluded traditional concert halls. \u2018As much as I love performing in big halls with big orchestras, I want to put the same level of commitment into performing and interacting,\u2019 he says. That means \u2018being with members of communities that are currently not really a part of this classical music community.\u2019<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/section> Goosby does regular outreach work in urban classrooms, hospitals and community centers, his relatable manner seen in the way he has donned a T-shirt featuring the former NBA star Dwyane Wade. Amid the social justice protests that followed the killing of George Floyd, Goosby helped to organise a series of online talks with prominent black musicians to discuss inequities in the field.<\/p>\n With his newly released debut recording on Decca Classics, Goosby says he seeks to \u2018amplify the black voices and the voices of those who didn\u2019t have a chance to have their music widely heard and appreciated during their lifetime.\u2019 Titled Roots<\/em>, the album<\/a><\/strong> features composers such as William Grant Still, Florence Price<\/strong><\/a> and Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, as well as those inspired by African-American culture, notably George Gershwin<\/strong><\/a> and Anton\u00edn Dvo\u0159\u00e1k<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Read our review of Randall Goosby\u2019s Roots here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\nRandall Goosby\u2019s first recording<\/h2>\n