24 Mar 2021

Percussionist Sam Rich

From Upbeat, 12:30 pm on 24 March 2021
Samuel Rich

Samuel Rich Photo: Christina Glass

Sam Rich is a 26-year-old percussionist. He’s sub-principal percussionist in the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, and also the NZSO’s youngest member.

Sam talked to Upbeat about his love for percussion instruments, the subtleties of playing the triangle - which can sometimes be like "trying to whisper with two bits of metal" - and the orchestra’s upcoming concert in which the percussion section gets quite a workout.

Podium Series - Carnival
Hamish McKeich (conductor)
Stephen De Pledge (piano)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Ravel: La Valse
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major 
Anna Clyne: Masquerade
Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947 version)