This week's episode features San Francisco Symphony Cellist, Barbara Bogatin. Barbara has been a member of the San Francisco Symphony since 1994, and prior to joining San Francisco was principal cellist and soloist with the New Jersey and Milwaukee Symphonies and played frequently with the New York Philharmonic, New York Chamber Soloists, Chamber Music Northwest, The Amati Trio, and Aston Magna Music Festival.
She has given talks about music and meditation practice at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, The Juilliard School, and University of Nevada, as well as in a TEDX talk titled “The Art of Failure.” In collaboration with her husband, neuroscientist Clifford Saron, she has presented workshops at Esalen, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Stanford Symposium on Music and the Brain, Telluride Compassion Festival, Conference on Mindfulness in South Africa, Cortona Symposium in Italy, Mallorca Conservatory of Music, and Nirakara Institute in Madrid. She received Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School in New York.
Barbara has an incredible career and in this interview shares deeply about the path she has taken in her life of professional music and meditation. We discuss her journey from the Juilliard School to San Francisco Symphony, how she got introduced to meditation, the profound impact her practice has had on her daily and professional life, and so much more. Enjoy!
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