Dear Lara with Lara St John

About this episode

Gareth Houston interviews Canadian violinist and filmmaker Lara St John about her documentary 'Dear Lara' on sexual abuse in classical music conservatories.

Canadian violinist and filmmaker, Lara St John, sat down with me in Cologne to talk about her upcoming film, Dear Lara. Having received rave reviews at the Santa Barbara Film Festival earlier this year, Dear Lara is a documentary on sexual abuse at major classical music conservatories in orchestras across the world. I loved chatting to Lara, but it goes without saying this episode might be triggering to some of you. If you’re not in the headspace for topics of abuse and trauma, perhaps give this one a miss and come back next week. Grma x For all news and updates on Dear Lara go to: www.dearlara.film Inline G Merch ⭐️ www.Inlineg.myshopify.com Inline G Patreon ⭐️ www.patreon.com/TheInlineGFlutePodcast Inline G will ALWAYS be free of charge, but signing up to the Patreon helps let this podcast reach new heights, if you can afford it. You'll also get to ask questions to upcoming guests as well as get early access to some episodes. Or if you'd rather not spend money, subscribing to my YouTube channel and following me on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok is a HUGE way to support the podcast. It'll cost you nothing, and it really makes a difference to the algorithm gods. So please…

People in this episode

Host: Gareth Houston

Guest: Lara St John

Topics covered

• documentary
• sexual abuse
• classical music
• film
• interview

Keywords

• Lara St John
• Dear Lara
• sexual abuse
• classical music
• documentary
• Santa Barbara Film Festival

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Santa Barbara Film Festival

Books & works: Dear Lara

Places: Cologne

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