tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post3683412047257584759..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Classical music's 'next big thing' obsession is misguidedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-20929760745985918102017-09-06T23:25:45.942+01:002017-09-06T23:25:45.942+01:00But David Helfgott introduces a show on radio 3But David Helfgott introduces a show on radio 3Graemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11007306140530173428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-80963785494778927342017-08-31T13:35:22.727+01:002017-08-31T13:35:22.727+01:00On Facebook music director of the Scottsdale-based...On Facebook music director of the Scottsdale-based MusicaNova Warren Cohen comments:<br /><br />'A brilliant post...<br /><br />As I have said elsewhere, "celebrity culture" and classical music don't really match very well. Everyone gets all excited when a so-called "classical" musician becomes a media star, but the people who are attracted to celebrity never delve deeper into classical music-they simply move on to the next celebrity. So the brief reign of the pathetic David Helfgott as a media star brought no one to classical music. Those people went on to the next Kardashian episode as soon as the thrill of a poor schizophrenic muttering to himself while playing Rachmaninoff was over. In fact, I doubt if most of those people even remember his name. Or Rachmaninoff's.'Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com