How Baudelaire’s poem “L’irreparable” and an old man’s story inspired a new piece.
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Does size matter?
Who says opera should only be staged and performed by big opera houses?
Small opera companies have the capacity to refuel people’s attention on this art, breaking the rituals and engaging new and old audiences.
Creative dissonance
Composing is a reflection of everyday life and how you live your emotions throughout it. Live mildly and you’ll get bland notes out of your pen. But why do that when you can have no fear of right or wrong and listen to the radio in colors?
Twelve-tone technique and the failed revolution
Many of our preconceptions about music are a legacy of the late eighteenth century: a period in which music, both in...
Conducting Pills
A FREE video series with an analysis of structure, phrasing, and, of course, conducting tips of repertoire works: from Mozart to Brahms, from Beethoven to Debussy. A new episode every week!
