Powerful use of videography and theatre, corresponded with the music of several composers. Netta Shahar went to see the Berlin-based Zafraan Ensemble in their hometown. [...]
I know him to be a fearless interpreter of both new music and standard repertoire. He’s a violinist who not only can play anything, but one who can play anything eloquently and elegantly. Between services in Santa Cruz, we sat down to talk about a life in music. [...]
What I really need, is a book titled “A Dreamer’s Guide to Perfection”. Unfortunately, not only that such book doesn’t exist, there seems to be a consensus that “there is no such thing as perfect”. [...]
Hong Kong-born conductor, Elim Chan, bypasses prejudice with her uncompromised professionalism. Her work shines brilliantly across Europe, the United States, as well as her home country of Hong Kong; though it all began almost by chance. [...]
Her music is both free and precise, conceptual and physical, and above all, highly emotional. A conversation with one of the most performed composers of our time, Chaya Czernowin.
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Featuring: Catherine Lamb, Christina Kubisch, Peter Kutin, Florian Kindlinger, Laraaji, Olga Neuwirth, Laurie Anderson and more. Mixed by Maya Shenfeld, illustrated by Omer Lavi. [...]
There is no orchestra like the West-Eastern Divan. Our conductor, Maestro Daniel Barenboim, has to live with the horrific noise of 100 loud Middle-Easterners kissing the air every few minutes.
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The human voice is apparently the most ancient musical instrument, the most accessible for humans, and the most developed among all musical instruments. [...]
I guess you want to know the revelations first? Well, in a nutshell, last summer I nearly gave up playing classical repertoire in favour of concentrating on the collaborations [...]
As instrumentalists, we face the danger of becoming, well, instruments. Like a pair of monitors – playing the music, but not being truly inside it – thus losing the art. [...]
