Ryoko Aoki interview: Japanese lady found alternative ways that led to Hungarian composer
Peter Eötvös knew that I am Noh singer: he said “Please sing my piece Harakiri”. Ryoko Aoki remembers how the collaboration started.
Peter Eötvös knew that I am Noh singer: he said “Please sing my piece Harakiri”. Ryoko Aoki remembers how the collaboration started.
A Remembrance Mass in the Saint Peter’s Basilica, and artworks by Szentendre artists showcasted in streets surrounding the Campo di Fiori.
“You could think agent network was a hidden and secretive organization, but actually it happened in front of public eyes, invisibly.”
“When I showed them the finished film for the first time, and they loved it, there was the sense that I had delivered on my promise and that was great.”
“The culture of images might be harmful too. I want to make something where people can feel their body and they can focus on their physical existence.”
“Language was the base idea, and we moved towards culture, stereotypes, isolation, communication” – Jenna Jalonen on the performance ‘Long Time No See!’
“Rachmaninoff composed this peace to do whatever he wanted with the instrument he dominated. It was a demonstration of possibilities.”
They liberated dancers from following the rhythm, the tonality, or the structure of music; everything exists on its own in the same space and time.
Naturally, people have expectations and prejudices regarding such a famous piece, but the final result works in a way similar to jazz standards…
Italian composers admired Verdi so much that no one dared to come after him. But Leoncavallo’s piece cries out for a symphony orchestra version…
Strings will be important elements of the performance, both literally and metaphorically. We’d like the people in the audience to discover common threads…
After Waldheim was elected, big discussions started. Nowadays, nobody would call Austria a victim of the war. The history books changed.
“Working with singers, you have to understand that you are in a support role. Now that we are a quartet again, we use that experience to support each other.”
Students on stage, students in the audience. A cool experience of classical music, mostly (but not exclusively) for young people…
Péter Dobszay and the Szeged Symphony Orchestra, Müpa, 24 February 2019, 7:30 pm Thinking about he is only 26 and…
She answers the phone and I’m astonished how beautiful her voice is. I can imagine her leading a meditation group…
Gilbert Varga, the British conductor with Hungarian roots, found his way “back home” last February when he performed in Hungary….
The Land of Smiles, Müpa, 1 February 2019, 7 pm We caught the incredibly nice opera singer, Karine Babajanyan, for…
“I found it fantastic that every organ is different, you can hear completely new sounds, hundreds of years of music is awaken, and there are all these historical organs, still working today, all around the world…”