As part of a program that included, incongruously to my mind, Mozart’s Symphony No 35 and Stravinsky’s Petrushka Suite, The San Francisco Symphony gave a performance of Ades’ Polaris. The piece was created in collaboration with video artist Tal Rosner and received its world premiere at the New World Symphony’s new concert hall in Miami [...]
A Shot to The Foot: How The Arts Ed Field Can Be Its Own Worst Enemy
October 21, 2011 By
For about as long as I have been in this field, which is longer than I would now like to admit, I have witnessed the unfortunate tendency for us to shoot ourselves in the foot. It could be the arguments of discipline-based versus integration, it could be residencies versus field trips, aesthetic versus creative, blah, [...]
Beat the last retreat: high-handed conductor is finally fired
October 16, 2011 By
Mark Gorenstein was holding a post with Svetianov Orchestra. He abused an American soloist at the Tchaikovsky Competition. Due to this reason most musicians in Gorenstein’s orchestra refused to attend the rehearsal. Russian Ministry of Culture dismissed him from his post. The players wanted Valery Gergiev or Alexander Lazarev as their next chief. Read the [...]
Two Alike: The Cogent and Irrational Dance of Jack Ferver
October 13, 2011 By
The more I continue with criticism, the less I am interested in work that exercises reason, sound judgment, or good sense. Rationality bores me. I seek out the things that defy my own understanding, the ones that don’t make any sense. The more I write, the more I realize what I don’t know. This conundrum [...]
Now You See It, Now You Don’t
October 9, 2011 By
Mindless acquisition is the theme of Kimberly Bartosik’s I like penises: a little something in twenty-four acts—co-presented by the French Institute Alliance Française’s Crossing the Line Festival and Danspace, and performed at Saint Mark’s Church (September 12 through 14). Those generally likable body parts don’t even enter into the hoard-and-discard frenzy (luckily), although the title [...]
Compensation for competition losers?
October 6, 2011 By
compensation for competition lossers is actually not practice in the world because it is impossible for any human being because competion is an actualy an game or other form of education competion and exam conducted by the reputed agency or gover ment to find outhow much person wiil be win or loss the game or [...]