Natalia Paruz, Full Interview
Collection: This recording is part of the 30th Ave - A Year in the Life of a Street Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Natalia Paruz
Date: Time Period: 1980 - 2011; 2011-03-12; Interview recorded: March 12 2011
Material: Digital audio recording made using Olympus Linear PCM Recorder LS-10 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth CS5. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:13:53
Creator: Natalia Paruz interviewed by Annabel Short
Identifier: aql:18695 paruz_natalia_full
Description: Natalia Paruz was born in Israel and traveled a lot when she was young with her concert pianist mother and scientist father. She talks about how she came to play the musical saw, and her "quest for the ultimate-sounding saw." She did not know many people when she first moved to Astoria, but attended an event hosted by the Greater Astoria Historical Society and realized how much was going on in the neighborhood, so she started making friends. Natalia established the NYC Musical Saw Festival in Astoria. She talks about the experience of busking on the NYC subway, and how the police are more busker-friendly in Manhattan than in Queens.
Creator :
Natalia Paruz interviewed by Annabel Short
Date :
Time Period: 1980 - 2011; 2011-03-12; Interview recorded: March 12 2011
Summary/Description :
Natalia Paruz was born in Israel and traveled a lot when she was young with her concert pianist mother and scientist father. She talks about how she came to play the musical saw, and her "quest for the ultimate-sounding saw." She did not know many people when she first moved to Astoria, but attended an event hosted by the Greater Astoria Historical Society and realized how much was going on in the neighborhood, so she started making friends. Natalia established the NYC Musical Saw Festival in Astoria. She talks about the experience of busking on the NYC subway, and how the police are more busker-friendly in Manhattan than in Queens.
Subject :
Musical saw; Neighborhoods; Music festivals
Rights :
Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.
Coverage :
Locations discussed: Astoria, Queens, NY Astoria (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using Olympus Linear PCM Recorder LS-10 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth CS5.; Total running time: 0:13:53
Identifier :
aql:18695 paruz_natalia_full
Rights Notice
Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.
Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.
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