Art Restart Podcast: Joshua Roman
Even before his diagnosis of long COVID in 2020, cellist Joshua Roman had carved a
unique niche in the classical music world.
A former principal cellist of the Seattle Symphony turned soloist and curator, Joshua built a career that combined artistic excellence with a passionate commitment to making music relevant and accessible.
In this episode of the Art Restart podcast, Joshua opens up about how chronic illness has deepened his artistic mission and the physical and existential recalibrations he’s made in order to keep performing. He also shares his hopes for a classical-music ecosystem that makes space for artists to be fully, honestly human — onstage and off.