Maya Badian

In the artist’s words: Describe one of your earliest musical memories in detail. At 5 1/2 years of age a beautiful, autumn, yellow leaf kept my attention. I instantly heard music within myself. I heard the melody was in e-minor. It included melody, rhythm, and even the piano’s timbre. It is my first original music, Autumn Leaf. What are your top 3 all-time favorite albums on Apple Music, and why? Why did you choose these three albums in particular? Maya Badian, Four Concertos by Maya Badian (Live) Maya Badian, Maya Badian: Children’s World Maya Badian, Orchestral Music by Maya Badian Children’s World, the series of 14 pieces for piano - arranged progressively from beginners’ to advanced levels, composed for young students assisting the development of their technical and interpretative skills while enjoying the piano playing. Find a song of yours on Apple Music that you love and tell us what makes it special. Tell us why you chose this song. “Marimba & Vibraphone Concerto: I. Preludio (Live)” Fortunately, the Beethoven was not the major work of the evening and, in fact, took a back seat to the percussion piece, Maya Badian’s Concerto for Marimba, Vibraphone, that gave the evening its character and identity - The Province, Vancouver Canada What’s one of the most memorable moments in your career so far? Since 1993, Maya Badian's complete creative and archival legacy has been preserved as THE MAYA BADIAN ARCHIVAL FONDS MUS 228 at Library and Archives Canada.