“I Will Always Have a Place in this World”
An interview with Berlin Prize for Young Artists winner Joy Guidry
Conscious Decoupling
An interview with Berlin Prize for Young Artists winner Flora Marlene Geißelbrecht
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The musical is political
“All That Matters Is How Good It Sounds”
An interview with former El Sistema violinist Luigi Mazzocchi
“Club audiences are generally more under the influence of different chemicals than artsy audiences, which makes them less likely to process certain information clearly. On the other hand, artsy audiences are always invoking their interest in ‘social issues,’ yet doing so by confusing ‘political art’ for actual social organizing—which it is not—so there’s no win. This is why I see no particular value in performing, and would avoid it if I could.”
Terre Thaemlitz
Beyond the minor second
A Janáček Reader
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