in focus: the prepared piano
read the column by Jean-Luc Plouvier on John Cage's Concerto for Prepared Piano and Chamber Orchestra
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Avant-Garde Film Picks
Boulez & Cage are two pioneers of the 20th century, but the avant-garde revolutionized not only music, also other cultural fields like visual arts, literature, and of course... cinema
Curated by... Jean-Luc Plouvier
discover Jean-Luc Plouvier's favourite pieces for prepared piano with this Spotify-playlist
curated by... Reinhard Goebel
conductor Reinhard Goebel curated a playlist: baroque compositions you must hear at least once in a lifetime - let's barock!
Pictures at an Exhibition
Elias Grandy discusses Mussorgsky's masterpiece: "What an astonishing way to musically capture art and its perception while at the same time creating a new piece of art!”
Schönberg: a visionary's struggle
"I had had to fight for every new work; I had been offended in the most outrageous manner by criticism; I had lost friends and I had completely lost any belief in the judgment of friends. And I stood alone against a world of enemies"
Schönberg's Legacy: Cinematic Odes
discover these Schönberg-inspired scores with the curated film selection by film journalist Robin Broos
Schönberg: the painter
from scores to brushes: we know Arnold Schönberg as a groundbreaking composer, educator, and theorist, but also as a painter - find out more
Voice of Illumination
Michèle Losier performs the alto solo in Mahler's Third Symphony: "it is an honour for me to sit in the middle of the orchestra, in those majestic symphonies, experiencing the overwhelming emotions"
Kazushi Ono's guide to creativity
"creativity plays, of course, a crucial role for a conductor. [...] By reading the musical score, conductors begin the eternal conversation with composers, going very often beyond time and space"
