Gilbert dan Ulasan yang Membuat Iri 19 September 2009
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New York Philharmonic baru saja mengadakan konser perdana di tahun pertunjukan yang baru 2009-2010 yang sekaligus merupakan penampilan perdana Alan Gilbert sebagai direktur musik NY Phil. Namun bukan hal ini yang ingin saya soroti, tapi bagaimana media massa di AS sana menanggapi konser tersebut lewat ulasan-ulasannya.
Ulasan-ulasan tersebut pun cukup beragam, ada yang memuji, ada yang menyayangkan, ada yang kurang terpuaskan. Silakan dibaca di sini:
- Blog Opera Chic
- Blog Washington Post
- Blog LA Times
- Artikel NY Times
Tulisan-tulisan ini adalah kesan hanya terhadap satu buah konser yang memang cukup monumental untuk belantara musik klasik AS. Tapi yang sebenarnya menarik untuk disimak adalah banyaknya media maupun perorangan yang peduli dan berbaik hati menuliskannya untuk sarana diskusi bersama baik di artikel NY Times ataupun di blog-blog wartawan dan juga blog musisi. Tentunya kekayaan dan kepedulian seperti ini yang membuat kita iri.
Sekarang, apakah kita mampu menggeliatkan dunia jurnalisme musik di Tanah Air? Baik menggenjot pemahaman dan apresiasi seni lewat tulisan maupun memaklumi perbedaan pendapat itu sendiri? Atau banyak dari kita merasa berjalan sendiri-sendiri tanpa ada yang mau berdiskusi? Mari kita menjawabnya bersama…
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LA Times
Pustakawan, Roh Orkestra 20 May 2009
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Dalam setiap orkestra ada suatu pekerjaan yang penting namun sering kali terlupakan. Di saat kita semua terlalu antusias melihat para musisi yang bekerja di depan mata kita, kita sering kali lupa melihat mereka yang bekerja di balik layar, salah satunya adalah pustakawan. (more…)
Architecture for Music: Dresden Semperoper 1 February 2009
Posted by mikebm in Art, Information, Performance Venues.Tags: dresden, dresden semperoper, sunday series
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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 and opera houses are also the ones which effects the music and also effected by music. These structures are devoted to music, from within them we witness the grow of musical arts.
This series presents the beauty of the structure, in which music creativity flows abundantly.
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Dresden Semperoper or Dresden Semper Opera House was designed by architect Gottfried Semper, from whom it gets its name. It was built 1841, but destroyed by fire in 1869. This opera house is the opera house of the Saxon State Opera Dresden. (more…)
Architecture for Music: Royal Albert Hall 7 December 2008
Posted by mikebm in Art, Information, Music, Performance Venues, news.Tags: london, royal albert hall, sunday series
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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 and opera houses are also the ones which effects the music and also effected by music. These structures are devoted to music, from within them we witness the grow of musical arts.
This series presents the beauty of the structure, in which music creativity flows abundantly.
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Royal Albert Hall or Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences was opened by Queen Victoria in 1871. It was named Royal Albert after her deceased husband, Prince Albert. (more…)
