I can't even watch this, but I'll say that I would've asked, perhaps, what she thinks of the state of modern Classical in general and what influences if any that she'd say she has... not "hurr what is music"... Anyway I find Lera fascinating because she is one of the few modern composers that seems to be of any note, and I wonder what she thinks about that... I just think music is largely a dying art.
For this interview to take place at a World Economic Forum meeting in China is most remarkable. Thank you Thomas for giving music a bit of focus in a setting where the dialogue is often far removed from the arts and their value to humanity. Imagine that the WEF would allow a real place for arts and music in its activities! Then it may actually become a true force of bettering the world...
This incredibly obtuse, tiny-minded figure Crampton (just the right name!) at least manages to justify his existence by assuming an unwitting role in provoking Lera's ever-thoughtful answers. How she managed to maintain such aplomb in the face of such coarseness is nearly miraculous.
if u are versed in liguistics and philosophy of early 20 th century and on thenon-musical can become musical because of idea,time,.Quesions onlanguagesee Logical positivism can help us find wht is in ourselves which we had no words for.Non-rational and rational!This is the road!
"There are strong arguments that music inhabits a semiological realm which, on both ontogenetic and phylogenetic levels, has developmental priority over verbal language." (Middleton 1990, p.172) See Nattiez (1976, 1987, 1989), Stefani (1973, 1986), Baroni (1983), and Semiotica (66: 1--3 (1987)).
Auerbach is a great pianist-composer and deserves better inquiries, specifically about her own incredible compositions. A better question would have been: Why is the majority of your (Auerbach's) music steeped in the nightmarish, austere and despairing?
yes, interviewers are not typically looked for to be insightful, but this is really quite horrid. the writer/rationalist v. musician/mystic dialectic this person imagines exists between himself and ms. auerbach is ridiculous, auerbach having received the Pushkin award for poetry in 2007. what is music? music is precisely music.
Why ask this enigmatic ever-subjective question that is impossible to answer, especially in such an informal interview. How do you explain why we feel the minor mode is dark and sad, but the major key is bright and cheery? Discussing this is like speculating on the purpose of dreams; we don't know.
It seems futile to try and compress music's meaning into phrases or even a paragraph in such an interview. What 'is' music should not be the question you ask a Lera Auerbach. Even Bach after such a prolific composing career did not have the unifying answer.
I agree Hexameron, it would have been quite an interesting interview had he asked her about writing such ominous music and where those feelings came from. Contrived questioning is yawn-inducing. Lera is great however, scary good.
I can't even watch this, but I'll say that I would've asked, perhaps, what she thinks of the state of modern Classical in general and what influences if any that she'd say she has... not "hurr what is music"... Anyway I find Lera fascinating because she is one of the few modern composers that seems to be of any note, and I wonder what she thinks about that... I just think music is largely a dying art.
KingCrimson776 1 year ago
so music is just a thing that communicates a specific emotion and nothing else? heh don't worry about me lera i'm just bein rational heh ;) ;)
ChibiRaikou 1 year ago
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Well . . . what more do you want? How is that not enough of an answer for you?
Just being rational, as you say . . .
greenrate 1 year ago
lmao the interviewer seems like he's never listened to a piece of music in his life
ChibiRaikou 1 year ago
Mr. Crampton, omg, after 8 minutes of interviewing a genius, you still didn't get the whole idea what she's talking about? -_-"
ninohideki 1 year ago
For this interview to take place at a World Economic Forum meeting in China is most remarkable. Thank you Thomas for giving music a bit of focus in a setting where the dialogue is often far removed from the arts and their value to humanity. Imagine that the WEF would allow a real place for arts and music in its activities! Then it may actually become a true force of bettering the world...
MusikInk 1 year ago
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Musskorsky... shame on you, mr. interviewer...
MorbidMayem 1 year ago
This incredibly obtuse, tiny-minded figure Crampton (just the right name!) at least manages to justify his existence by assuming an unwitting role in provoking Lera's ever-thoughtful answers. How she managed to maintain such aplomb in the face of such coarseness is nearly miraculous.
PolkRidgeAesthete 1 year ago
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PolkRidgeAesthete 1 year ago
wtf you havnt answered my question??? hahaaha this guy, though i understand his frustration, is a bit of a dick
skryabyn 1 year ago
I understand exactly what Lera Auerbach means in her explanations.
dewarfinch1 1 year ago
if u are versed in liguistics and philosophy of early 20 th century and on thenon-musical can become musical because of idea,time,.Quesions onlanguagesee Logical positivism can help us find wht is in ourselves which we had no words for.Non-rational and rational!This is the road!
lovesGenet 1 year ago
this guy is too dense. Lera keeps explaining, but the guy doesn't have depth to understand.
veramentegina 2 years ago 2
"Musskorsky" LOL
osukaro 2 years ago 2
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music for aurbach is to copy liszt and chopin after 200 years.
Only grannies hear such crap.Better kleidermann....
bogidis 2 years ago
Great Music! I loved Lera auerbach.She composer fantastic!
pcma1970 2 years ago
Date and location please!!
benzflix 2 years ago
I think she answered the question really well, it was both an intellectual and deep response.
And then the interviewer says "You didn't answer my question" whaat?!
What music means to different people is totally subjective.
Smaejdah 2 years ago
He expected a purely logical answer ,but she gave him something that requires feeling to understand, not just analyzing.
tgamirov 2 years ago
Indeed, and maybe Mussorgsky would have "not answered" his question as well :)
batlin 2 years ago
she is getting fatter!
other then that! she is a good composer
Curetiamhices 2 years ago
sorry but the interview is so stupid,she just explained what music is and then he asks again,if you don't understand music don't listen to it.
silharoun 2 years ago 2
Ya, this interviewer is considerably horrible. He should just watch Bernstein's Harvard lectures.
yuichituba 3 years ago 4
"There are strong arguments that music inhabits a semiological realm which, on both ontogenetic and phylogenetic levels, has developmental priority over verbal language." (Middleton 1990, p.172) See Nattiez (1976, 1987, 1989), Stefani (1973, 1986), Baroni (1983), and Semiotica (66: 1--3 (1987)).
destella 3 years ago
wow! do you have more information on that? (written in a way that even I can understand?)
thomascrampton 3 years ago
Auerbach is a great pianist-composer and deserves better inquiries, specifically about her own incredible compositions. A better question would have been: Why is the majority of your (Auerbach's) music steeped in the nightmarish, austere and despairing?
Hexameron 3 years ago 7
yes, interviewers are not typically looked for to be insightful, but this is really quite horrid. the writer/rationalist v. musician/mystic dialectic this person imagines exists between himself and ms. auerbach is ridiculous, auerbach having received the Pushkin award for poetry in 2007. what is music? music is precisely music.
s4rider 3 years ago 3
I poster her 2nd sonata for anyone's enjoyment. It's an amazing composition!
scriabinwasmydad 3 years ago
Why ask this enigmatic ever-subjective question that is impossible to answer, especially in such an informal interview. How do you explain why we feel the minor mode is dark and sad, but the major key is bright and cheery? Discussing this is like speculating on the purpose of dreams; we don't know.
Hexameron 3 years ago 2
It seems futile to try and compress music's meaning into phrases or even a paragraph in such an interview. What 'is' music should not be the question you ask a Lera Auerbach. Even Bach after such a prolific composing career did not have the unifying answer.
I agree Hexameron, it would have been quite an interesting interview had he asked her about writing such ominous music and where those feelings came from. Contrived questioning is yawn-inducing. Lera is great however, scary good.
KeithWhalen11 2 years ago