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An Opera Odyssey
Opera Odyssey is an amazingly inspiring journey, exploring the four centuries of opera from Peri to Bruči, in a massive video series.
Harold Farberman, adieu Maestro!
It took me quite a bit of time to write this post. I was really close to him, and honestly I’m still coping with his passing.
Podium Time Podcast (interview)
A couple of years ago or so, while guesting as a teacher at the Bard Summer Institute for Conductors, I met Jeremy D....
Music and artists in the new witch hunt era
The Weinstein case generated a snowball effect: no, I'm not talking about the lawsuits or the #metoo stories. I'm...
I hate Boulez. Long live Boulez.
Letter to an audience member Ye, I don't really hate anybody. What I really dislike is what the avantgarde...
The Tempest – Shakespeare and Johnson
The Tempest - William Shakespeare and Robert Johnson As we all know, 2016 marks the 400th anniversary of...
432Hz – Traditional vs natural tuning
432Hz - The eternal debate For a few years now we’ve assisted to a debate on the “correct” frequency to be used in...
Henri Dutilleux
Henri Dutilleux - Between worlds Diving into contemporary music, Henri Dutilleux is one of those figures that attract...
ARTax – music rEvolution
2016 - ARTax is born It took some time. Depending on the point of view, it took a lot of time. Everything goes back to...
From Pickwick to picnic
The art of losing ground Once upon a time, not that long ago, you could catch quite a few cultural programs on Italian...
Djamileh – origins and synopsis
Djamileh or Bizet's lost slave ere I am, yet again, deeming with the intricacies of a...
