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Matt Alioto adjusts Cecil Lytle’s microphone.
John Menier and Marci Bretts assess the set-up in the monitor.
Cecil Lytle reads his narration, with Matt Alioto manning the camera.
The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library is transformed into…
John Menier and Marci Bretts assess the set-up in the monitor.
Cecil Lytle reads his narration, with Matt Alioto manning the camera.
The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library is transformed into a TV studio for “Liszt in the World.”
Host Cecil Lytle as he appears on-camera.
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La Jolla Music Society’s 2011 SummerFest series may be behind us, but three outstanding performances from their 25th anniversary season — plus plenty of behind the scenes interviews — live on Friday nights on UCSD-TV. Tune in for Mozart, Mendelsson and more from this celebrated music festival.
Plus bonus video and performances from past seasons at www.ucsd.tv/summerfest.
What does our democracy require of us? What are our shared values? How do we define and create a common good? Join the California Council for the Humanities and esteemed scholars, policy specialists. journalists, and more for thoughtful dialogue on the evolution of civic conversation and the changing nature of democracy. Broadcast schedule and online video at www.ucsd.tv/searchingfordemocracy
All programs repeat throughout the month. Visit the Program Schedule on our web site for additional air dates and times.
Health & MedicineResearch on Aging: Staying Physically Active/Challenges and Solutions
Taking Control of Your Diabetes: Sleep Apnea from A to Zzz
ScienceSubsidies, Aliens, and Ecologists: Connectivity at the Edge
Public AffairsPoint Loma Writers: An Evening with Bill McKibben
HumanitiesPoint Loma Writers: An Evening with Mary Karr
Arts & MusicLa Jolla Symphony & Chorus: Prometheus, the Poem of Fire
Frontiers in One Health – Disease Resurgence From Climactic and Ecological Change
Today the MacArthur Foundation announced its 2011 ‘genius’ grants and we were pleased to see two names familiar to UCSD-TV – cellist Alisa Weilerstein and percussionist Dafnis Prieto. Both artists will receive $500,000 in no-strings-attached support over the next five years. Alisa Weilerstein will make her UCSD-TV debut in La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest 2011 performance […]
2011 MacArthur Fellow Alisa Wielerstein, appearing on UCSD-TV October 7th
Today the MacArthur Foundation announced its 2011 ‘genius’ grants and we were pleased to see two names familiar to UCSD-TV – cellist Alisa Weilerstein and percussionist Dafnis Prieto. Both artists will receive $500,000 in no-strings-attached support over the next five years.
Alisa Weilerstein will make her UCSD-TV debut in La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest 2011 performance of “Mozart, The Sublime Spirit,” premiering October 7 at 8pm. Don’t miss this terrific opportunity to see a “genius” in action! We’ll be premiering two more SummerFest programs in October, including Commissions and Premieres (October 14) and the season’s 2011 finale (October 21). Visit our SummerFest series page for additional broadcast dates and more video from past SummerFest seasons.
Another recipient, percussionist Dafnis Prieto, is interviewed in the UCSD-TV documentary about the making of ”Lilith: The Opera,” which premiered in San Diego in 2010. Check out the video on our website.
2011 MacArthur Fellow Dafnis Prieto appeared in UCSD-TV's 2010 documentary, "Making Lilith"
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Sergio Fajardo, the former mayor of Medellín, Colombia, presents the remarkable transformation he achieved by investing heavily in schools, libraries and public spaces in his city’s poorest neighborhoods. llustrating his talk with before and after images, Fajardo attributes his success to transparency, lack of corruption, and efficient construction.
Fajardo was part of Political Equator III, a two-day conversation on border neighborhoods as sites of production, organized by Teddy Cruz of UC San Diego.
Political Equator III: Reconnecting Urban Policy and the Community’s Imagination with Sergio Fajardo
This month UCSD-TV brings you the latest in health care research, including an interview about heart health with the head of UCSD’s Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, an update on prostate cancer research from UCSD’s Dr. J. Kellogg Parsons, and a look at the use of integrative medicine in diabetes treatment.
Research on Aging: What’s New in Prostate Cancer Treatment
Taking Control of Your Diabetes: Role of Integrative Medicine in Diabetes Management
Getting help for an addiction or mental disorder is the first step to living a healthy and rewarding life, and the benefits ripple out across entire communities. This four-part series, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, explores the many facets of behavioral health and offers resources for individuals in recovery, families, loved ones, and friends.
All programs repeat throughout the month. Visit the Program Schedule on our web site for additional air dates and times.
Health & Medicine ScienceCoral Reefs in the Microbial Seas
Microbial Life in Polar Ice as a Record of Microbial Evolution in the Ocean
Public AffairsMoshe Halbertal and Raghida Dergham: Achieving a Two-State Solution
HumanitiesUCSD By Design: Charles Jencks (Extended Edition)
Arts & MusicUC San Diego Jazz Camp: Finale Concert 2011
Symphony of Clouds: Musical Adventures of the Boy Mozart
Research on Aging: The Aging Brain
Cecil Lytle and Betty McManus recently visited Weimar and Budapest to interview experts and delve deeper into the life and work of Franz Liszt. Follow along with their travels below. Cecil Lytle arriving by train in Weimar, Germany to interview Dr. Detlef Altenburg. An interview with Dr. Detlef Altenburg in his apartment at the Altenburg […]
Cecil Lytle and Betty McManus recently visited Weimar and Budapest to interview experts and delve deeper into the life and work of Franz Liszt. Follow along with their travels below.
An interview with Dr. Detlef Altenburg in his apartment at the Altenburg Castle. Franz Liszt lived in the castle from 1848 to 1861.
Lorant Leel-Ossy setting up lighting for the interview with Maria Eckhardt in the Franz Liszt Museum in Budapest.
Maria Eckhardt showing Cecil Lytle a newly discovered score of an oratorio by Franz Liszt (in the Franz Liszt Museum, Budapest, Hungary).
Dr. Csorba Laszlo being interviewed (in Hungarian) by David Zsoldos, Director of Fidelio Media in Hungary. By the way, David Zsoldos has strong UC ties. He was an exchange student at UC Santa Barbara.
Cecil Lytle seated at one of Franz Liszt’s pianos (a Chickering that was a gift to the Maestro in the 1880s) interviewing Dr. Zsusanna Domokos inside the Liszt Museum in Budapest.
Lorant setting up for the second part of the Domokos interview inside Liszt’s apartment at the Liszt Museum.