Monday, November 21, 2011

Classical music is "COOL"

I have a thesis! Classical music is cool and interesting, inventive and modern.

Its only problem is that it doesn`t treat itself in that way. It thinks it has to be proper and traditional and dignified and the rest of bullshit and pretendance. It`s like Beyonce would be dressed the same way as an opera singer and spoke and acted like a queen. It is absurd. No one would listen to her music!

Lets face it. Mozart in his time was a popular musician, he didn`t have 3% of the audience (like classical music today )but 90%, his music was often played as a background for some fat lords and kings... when they had little receptions and birthdays...
he was inventive, daring, provocative; in his music and his lifestyle.

When I think of all that I ask myself, what kind of a person should a modern classical musician be and what relationship should he have with the music he creates.

This feels like a begining of a wholly New Blog which will explore what classical music is today and what it could be.

To begin I would like to share with you a person who might have just the right attitude to classical music :
It`s Benjamin Zander and if you care about the music around you, you should watch this video:


How do you think classical music should be like?

1 comment:

  1. This was so beautiful to listen to, heartwarming and instructive about life. Thank you for sharing.

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