The proptotype of the anti-avant-garde, Dutilleux draws from the French tradition of Debussy and Ravel to build his personal language
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ARTax – music rEvolution
After almost 3 years, ARTax, a new company based in The Hague, NL, has finally become a reality
From Pickwick to picnic
Pickwick was a great program from RAI TV. Last December the same RAI TV humiliated the RAI Orchestra in an unprecedented way.
The rape of Opera
The recent production of Guillame Tell at ROH marked a threshold: the literalisation of a woman’s rape on stage. We...
Latin flavours
I’m writing this post listening to a great recording of Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic playing...
On singers’ size
Dear music critics of the London Times, I have read quite a few of your opera critiques: more often than not, they...
Is structure mandatory?
Some say it’s essential to have a structure before you start writing anything. I don’t quite share that opinion, at...
Gumption ‘n Rose
Rose Beuret, long life companion of Rodin, was not initially part of the plan. After all the opera already had two...
Creation’s fever
For a long time I thought it was just a myth, an old wives tale that people like to ramble about to look cool. Until I...
Conducting Pills
A FREE video series with an analysis of structure, phrasing, and, of course, conducting tips of repertoire works: from Mozart to Brahms, from Beethoven to Debussy. A new episode every week!
