On a recent evening in Berlin, the pianist and composer Frederic Rzewski performed his virtuosic variations on a Chilean protest song, “The People United Will Never Be Defeated!” Physical and mental exhaustion are composed into the piece, and watching Rzewski play, I was struck by the similarities between the musical obstacles in his work and the political and social obstacles that always accompany change. An interview with a famous socialist who just wants to be writing music.
Space for the Wrong
An interview with Frederic Rzewski
