More proof that classical music is excited about the wrong things is provided by the lack of coverage for Eva Soltes' important new film Lou Harrison: A World of Music. Now back to the breaking news about that armless Chinese pianist...
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2 comments:
Thank you for alerting us to the existence of this film. I had heard not a thing about it, and am very excited to attend a screening.
Jorge Birrueta asks via Facebook "why no exciment abou Conlon Nancarrow also?? He was born 100 years ago".
A fair point, although London's Southbank Centre is celebrating Nancarrow - see link 1 below.
My interest in gamelan music and Lou Harrison was sparked many years ago by the Festival Hall gamelan - see link 2 below. 2013 is the tenth anniversary of Lou Harrison's death. Let us hope that the Southbank Centre and other venues around the world celebrate the anniversary in appropriate fashion.
http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/festivals-series/impossible-brilliance-the-music-of-conlon-nancarrow
http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/gamelan-at-southbank-centre
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