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Archive: May, 2018
29 May 2018
In Search of the Obvious Good
Robert Levin, master pianist and Mozart expert, was fond of telling his students that Beethoven’s music caused people to run out of the concert hall and vomit. He told us the story of Haydn telling Beethoven to tone …
28 May 2018
A Triumph for Chinese Music
LIU Li — LIANG Nan — Zhang CHUN — Tan Dun
Beijing Modern Music Festival Hosts ISCM World Music Days, 2018 in Beijing
This is a personal response to the 2018 Festival and does not reflect an official Roger Shapiro …
28 May 2018
I laughed I cried, it was better than Bolero!
The entire Beijing Modern Music Festival finished with a passacaglia by Tan Dun. A knockout.
Passacaglia: Secret of Wind and Birds
An easy thing done exceptionally well. I capitulate to Tan Dun because …
28 May 2018
Alarm Will Sound performed at 4pm on May 26, the last day of the ISCM World Music Days, hosted by Beijing Modern Music Festival.
Alarm Has Sounded
Alarm Will Sound has an aesthetic, and it has a festival in the midwest. I get the impression that …
28 May 2018
Harue Kunieda’s Floral Tributes III opened the final concert of the 2018 World Music Days, hosted by Beijing Modern Music Festival. The China National Symphony Orchestra performed at 7:30 in the gorgeous, state-of-the-art opera house at the Beijing …
