“What I find interesting in Georges Aperghis’ works is his way of juggling elements that are all in some way chaotic as a way of writing music, his way of searching for possible creative focuses that assumes an absolute risk,” wrote the philosopher Félix Guattari. Recently, I spoke with the prolific composer, whose work moves beyond musical composition into the fields of contemporary art, theater, and philosophy. (All of which he is extremely well-versed in.) Aperghis spoke in metaphors, boiling down the abstract workings of his mind into digestible, relatable concepts and, in the end, was able to help me understand why his working process is so strikingly original.
Hidden Theater
An Interview with Georges Aperghis
