“What we need is classical music radicalism. Classical music is about making great, challenging and rewarding music. It is not about chasing audiences. If the audience comes, that is great. If it doesn’t come and a financial crisis ensues, the current bloated celebrity-centric business model will have to go through a painful (for some) but…
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Seeing the movement, imagining the sound
We are about a week into the 48th Darmstädter Ferienkurse… Although never being able to respond and physically be present here for the Ferienkurse, his spirit and music, and influence, still manages to echo, through continuous mentions and performances of his music… So somehow sharing a silent recording of Schoenberg conducting Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4,…
Hichcock’s Definition of Happiness
“A clear horizon — nothing to worry about on your plate, only… things that are creative and not destructive and that’s within yourself. Within me… I can’t bear quarrelling, I can’t bear feelings between people. I think hatred is wasted energy. And it’s all non-productive. I’m very sensitive. A sharp word, said by, say, a…
Arm yourself with Art
Arm yourself. With right things. With art, music, expressions, impressions, sound, ideas, though, reflection… “Disarm”, turning decommissioned weapons into music instruments is an amazing, inspiring, work by Pedro Reyes. “The purpose of art is to come up with ways to transform the most negative instincts into creative instincts.” – Pedro Reyes “Disarm is a second…
Children need art and stories and…
“Children need art and stories and poems and music as much as they need love and food and fresh air and play… … We say, correctly, that every child has a right to food and shelter, to education, to medical treatment, and so on. We must understand that every child has a right to the…
Enchanting and whimsical: Suzanne Ciani’s Buchla Concertos, here to stay
The enchanting and whimsical “Buchla Concerts” (1975) of Suzanne Ciani – the untold story of the first woman on the proverbial moon. “… It was a manifesto and a gateway to a new world, that somehow never quite opened. If the unfamiliar, modernistic, melodic, pulses, tones and harmonics found on this 1975 live presentation/grant application/educational…
“some very nice things are prickly, I’ve heard”
“Some of us who write music today, we don’t write very far out music, we don’t write very populist music, we write what we believe in and to communicate a vision. … Our music is to be used, we write it for us and sometimes it’s a little prickly but some very nice things are prickly,…
“Show them life, and they’ll find within themselves the means to assess and appreciate it.”
“What is art?,” asked Tarkovksy. “Like a declaration of love: the consciousness of our dependence on each other. A confession. An unconscious act that none the less reflects the true meaning of life—love and sacrifice.” “Never try to convey your idea to the audience,” said Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky, “—it is a thankless and senseless…
Spotted: Composers Doing Normal Shit
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