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Thursday, November 17,2011:New Music, New Times

New Music for New Times November 17 is an official Czech holiday marking “The Fight For Freedom and Democracy,” otherwise commonly known as 1989′s Velvet Revolution. There’s a kind of velvet revolution going on in classical music, too. You can find it in music labeled “new music,” “contemporary,” “experimental,” and a few other terms designed to fit with a new generation. But as with every type of revolutionary change, it…

November 17, 2011 | Posted in Main Feature, Vol I Issue 5 | Also tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Wed., Aug 3, 2011: A Nation of Musicians

Guest Editorial The Czech Republic, “A Nation of Musicians”? Whenever you stumble upon promotion materials about the Czech Republic, you can bet your bottom dollar there will be a section devoted to Czech music. You will be told how the Czechs are a “nation of musicians.” And inevitably you will find the hackneyed Czech saying claiming that all Czechs are musicians: “Co Čech, ten muzikant!” Nobody would argue that the…

August 3, 2011 | Posted in Main Feature, Vol I Issue 5 | Also tagged , | Comments (0)

Monday, May 9, 2011: Rehearsing the Dream

Picture this: You’re 18 years old and into music. And on Thursday you’re in an orchestra that’s going to play one of the most iconic — and demanding — pieces in your entire country’s repertoire of music. Under the baton of an internationally-known conductor. In your country’s most famous music festival. And the performance is going to be broadcast live on television. Sounds like one of those I-forgot-my-pants dreams, doesn’t…

May 9, 2011 | Posted in Issue, Main Feature, Vol I Issue 5 | Also tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)