Eric Owens has long been a dear friend
of the New York Philharmonic and it
seemed only natural to to make him our
next artist in residence I got to know
him years ago in Philadelphia when I was
a student there and it was apparent
already then that this was a this was a
man this was an artist with incredible
appetite for all aspects of music he is
someone who approaches music as as
something that is really about people in
about life eric is some whom I've always
seen as the perfect photon of course his
triumph in in the ring as alberta's is
well known and made waves kind of all
around the globe I see him as a kind of
quintessential vote on his voice is I
think perfect for the role for him to be
able to do this role will give him the
chance to be as heroic as he can be but
also show a vulnerable side and a
tortured side which is I think essential
to the role
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