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Japanese violinist and pioneer of musical pedagogy (1898-1998)
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Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa (Book Review)
by Karl NehringMurakami, Haruki. Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 2016. The world of classical music lost a legendary figure earlier this month when the revered and beloved Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa (1935-2024) passed away at the age of 88. February 6 has long been a memorable day in my life, for it was my ETS day – the day I was discharged from active duty in the U.S. Army, way back in 1975. But from now on, February 6, the day of Seiji Ozawa’s passing, will have an additional memory attached to it, making it a bittersweet day of remembrance for the rest of my time here on this watery orb. My guess would be that most lovers of classical music have at least a few recordings in their collection that feature Maestro Ozawa. He was at the helm of the venerable Boston Symphony Orchestra […]
2024-02-18 12:27:00
Wake up and listen to the music
[…] one of a number of hugely talented but rarely performed composers whose cause is not helped by current classical programming which places more emphasis on click bait potential than artistic merit. John Cage and Philip Glass are the two modern composers usually linked to Buddhism. Whereas Philip Glass is associated with the esoteric school of Tibetan Buddhism, John Cage drew inspiration from the more austere Zen tradition. Zen scholar and teacher D. T. Suzuki inspired a generation of American Buddhists, and John Cage was particularly influenced by the teachings of the Heart Sutra on sunyata - emptiness. The Heart Sutra's core teaching that "form is emptiness, emptiness is only form", found expression in Cage's groundbreaking silent piece 4'33", Music of Changes, and the multi-media Black Mountain Happening. Zen was also a major influence on the Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu. Zen gardens were […]
2024-02-15 10:28:00
Madama Butterfly, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, 14 February 2024
Cio-Cio-San – Sonya Yoncheva Suzuki – Natalia Skrycka Kate Pinkerton – Rebecka Wallroth Pinkerton – Stefan Pop Sharpless – Carles Pachon Goro – Gonzalo Quinchahual Prince Yamadori – Taehan Kim Uncle Bonze – Grigory Shkarupa Commissioner – Dionysios Avgerinos Cio-Cio-San’s Mother – Verena Allertz Aunt – Michèle Cusson Uncle – Insoo Hwoang Child – Carl BeymeDirector – Eike GramssRevival director – Marcin ŁakomickiDesigns – Peter SykoraLighting – Irene SelkaStaatsopernchor Berlin (chorus director: Gerhard Polifka)Staatskapelle BerlinDomingo Hindoyan (conductor)Images (from the 1991 premiere): Gianmarco Bresadola Happy St Valentine’s Day! Ash Wednesday and an opera about sex tourism. Whatever we might think about the latter two, many will agree that the coincidence is well deserved by the pseudo-feast of heart-shaped balloons and ‘special menus’ at three times the price, a third of the culinary quality. In retrospect, or rather more or less as soon as I had arrived, I could not help but […]
Serenade (Western Classical Music in India)
2024-02-11 18:31:12
Suzuki, Einstein and India
Suzuki is a household name worldwide for any western music student or teacher. As someone invested in music education, the life of Shinichi Suzuki is endlessly fascinating to me. So I found ‘Suzuki: The Man and his Dream to Teach the Children of the World’ (2022) by Eri Hotta a gripping read. Hotta’s comprehensive biography also addressed the needless controversy created by American violin virtuoso and composer Mark O’Connor (whom I regard highly on both counts) when in 2014 he […] The post appeared first on Serenade.
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