Classical Crossroads

The Path Forward for Music in the 21st Century

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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Legendary maestro Leonard Slatkin provides personal insights and offers his ideas to solve the current dilemmas of classical music.As the new millennium poses some of the greatest challenges to the relevance of the art form, Slatkin reflects on the modern evolution of classical music and presents ways for both music lovers and musicians alike to navigate these uncertain times. Classical Crossroads: The Path Forward for Music in the 21st Century addresses a wide range of relevant and provocative topics such as performance in the era of COVID-19, dwindling audience attendance, the lack of classical music in public education, broken audition systems, technology replacing live concerts, and diversity in the classical music world. While the new millennium has provided great obstacles, Slatkin emphasizes that there are also new opportunities—if there was ever a time for change in classical music, that time is now.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2021-09-15
Mått154 x 232 x 28 mm
Vikt560 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor256
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781538152225

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Klassisk musik, konstmusik och orkestermusik inom Kultur
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Internationally acclaimed conductor Leonard Slatkin is music director laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, directeur musical honoraire of the Orchestre National de Lyon, and conductor laureate of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. He maintains a rigorous schedule of guest conducting and is active as a composer, author, and educator. A six-time Grammy winner, Slatkin is a recipient of the National Medal of Arts and holds the rank of Chevalier in the French Legion of Honor. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his wife, composer Cindy McTee.

IntroductionFirst MovementChapter 1: On ConductingChapter 2: On Orchestral PersonalityChapter 3: On SizeChapter 4: On the TheaterChapter 5: On NationalismSecond MovementChapter 6: On AgentsChapter 7: On DiversityChapter 8: On SoloistsChapter 9: On Music DirectorsChapter 10: On RetirementThird MovementChapter 11: On RepertoireChapter 12: On MediaChapter 13: On ComposersChapter 14: On Performance PracticeChapter 15: On RehearsingFourth MovementChapter 16: On AudiencesChapter 17: On Forgotten MastersChapter 18: On Sound HealthChapter 19: On AuditionsChapter 20: On EducationThe Road to RecoveryCoda

With this engaging title, Slatkin’s third volume about the music industry (after Leading Tones), the renowned conductor combines a handbook for music directors with thoughts on the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on musical organizations. Slatkin’s long tenures leading the St. Louis and National Symphonies, among other positions, provide ample fodder for a series of short chapters on learning repertoire, creating and rehearsing balanced programs, dealing with orchestral musicians and soloists, finding agents and managers, and hearing auditions. Attention is also paid to the role of the arts in schools and the impact of changes in marketing, and in recorded, visual, and online media on the profession. Excerpts from Slatkin’s own blog posts, which span from May 2020 to January 2021, consider how orchestras and other institutions are coping in light of the pandemic; responses from his audience add interest.Though it has much practical value, Slatkin’s latest title isn’t a nuts-and-bolts guide to the conductor’s craft; rather it’s an informative, witty exploration of the role of maestros in developing their ensembles. It will appeal to anyone curious about classical music and those seeking to make careers in the performing arts.