Konduktor Adalah Manajer 29 September 2008
Posted by mikebm in Art, Classical music, Music, Opinion.Tags: Classical music, conductor, management, orchestra, project
add a comment
tanggapan akan sebuah komentar yang masuk ke post ini
Di bulan Januari, sebagai salah satu tulisan-tulisan pertama saya pernah menuliskan mengenai tanggung jawab seorang konduktor (lihat sini). Tapi mari kita menyoroti, ketika terjadi masalah, kini apa tanggung jawab konduktor?
Konduktor adalah seorang manajer. Mari kita melihat kasus peran konduktor dalam masalah dari sudut analogi seorang manajer yang juga berada dalam kubangan yang sama.
Architecture for Music: Suntory Hall 28 September 2008
Posted by mikebm in Art, Information, Performance Venues.Tags: sunday series, suntory hall, tokyo
add a comment
This is the Sunday Series, a peek of things in the art music world.
Music has a close bound with architecture for quite some time. Concert halls are also the ones which effects the music and also effected by music. They have also given birth to great architecture designs in the globe.
This series presents the beauty of the structure, in which creativity of music flows abundantly.
—————————————
Suntory Hall is the first hall in Japan especially made for musical activities. Constructed in 1970s and finished in 1996, this hall is a national pride of Japan. It is located in Akasaka, Tokyo. (more…)
Musik Bergema di Balik Jeruji 25 September 2008
Posted by mikebm in Choir, Classical music, Music, Opinion, orchestra.Tags: el sistema, Music, prison music, training, venezuela
3 comments
~ melihat nytimes
Music in the prison (from: NYTimes)
Adalagi hal baru soal musik yang berkumandang di balik jeruji besi lembaga pemasyarakatan. Karya-karya orkes Haydn, Mozart berkumandang di dari dalam tembok tebal penjara. Dan siapa yang memainkan karya orkes ini? Para narapidana.
Tidak tertinggal pula paduan suara. Sebagai ensemble yang cukup murah karena tidak terlalu mengeruk modal untuk alat musik, paduan suara pun dipraktekkan dan diajarkan di dalam lembaga pemasyarakatan di Los Teques ini.
Dan apabila ada yang bertanya, negara mana yang mendukung program seperti ini? Lagi-lagi jawabannya adalah Venezuela, sebuah negara yang tergila-gila sekaligus paling berkomitmen dalam gebrakan seperti ini (more…)
Architecture for Music: Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center 21 September 2008
Posted by mikebm in Art, Information, Performance Venues.Tags: architecture, Metropolitan Opera, new york, sunday series
1 comment so far
This is the Sunday Series, a peek of things in the art music world.
Music has a close bound with architecture for quite some time. Concert halls are also the ones which effects the music and also effected by music. They have also given birth to great architecture designs in the globe.
This series presents the beauty of the structure, in which creativity flows abundantly.
—————————————
This is also a second building to be called The Metropolitan Opera House. The first one was build on Broadway from West 39th Street and West 40th Street. (more…)
Nyanyian Pujian Mendelssohn 20 September 2008
Posted by mikebm in Choir, Classical music, Concert reviews, orchestra.Tags: Jahja Ling, lobgesang, Mendelssohn, the cathedral of messiah
24 comments
Lagi dengan karya Mendelssohn, konduktor kelahiran Indonesia Jahja Ling kembali ke Cathedral of Messiah Kamis lalu (18/09) di Kemayoran untuk memimpin Symphony no.2, Op.52 “Lobgesang” dari Felix Mendelssohn, sebuah simfoni yang digubah untuk orkestra dan paduan suara, suatu konsep yang mirip dengan Symphony no.9 dari Beethoven.
Ditulis pada tahun 1840, Mendelssohn menyusun karya ini dengan musik simfonik di 3 bagian pertama dan 9 bagian untuk vokal diiringi orkes, baik berupa paduan suara maupun solois. Kembali tampil di bawah pimpinan Jahja Ling adalah Capella Amadeus Orchestra dan Paduan Suara Gabungan, dari keduanya bertotal sekitar 200 orang. (more…)
Classical Music Fashionista, Have a Say 19 September 2008
Posted by mikebm in Classical music, Music, Musicians, Opinion.Tags: attire, fashion, tuxedo
add a comment
~ Driven by Jessica Duchen’s writing about the fashion style of musicians.
Does fashion in the world of classical music stage amazes you? I don’t think so. Because well most of them wear the same attire in every concert. Well for the male musicians, tuxedo with bow ties and female with a dark, possibly black, night gown.
Maybe conductors and soloists are more attractive when it comes to fashion, but it’s far in the West. How about Indonesian musicians? (more…)
