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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:

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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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…)

The Buzz Behind the Scene 11 May 2009

Posted by mikebm in Art, Funny&Interesting, Information, Opera.
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I found a good writing about the complexity of an opera backstage activity which runs all around the clock 24/6 or even 24/7. Found it via artsjournal.com written by Judith Dobrzynski.

Big opera house with a lot of production needs one superb team to coordinate all the things happening in an opera, of course besides the music itself. Over-the-edge machines, backdrops, properties, lighting, set, makeups, costume, which some of the time, need several containers to bring to the opera house from warehouses outside of town.

The fuzz and buzz of Metropolitan Opera’s “Götterdämmerung” can be found here, Great Performances — Behind the Scene.

Architecture for Music: Dresden Semperoper 1 February 2009

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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…)

How It’s Made: Flute 29 January 2009

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Another video on making musical instruments. Flute is one of the woodwind instruments and is the one which does not need wood to make. Transversal flute has a very long history which can be traced back to thousands of years. Modern flutes are made from metal with silver or even gold polish with hundreds of tiny parts.

This video is made by Discovery Channel.

How It’s Made: Trumpet 9 January 2009

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Back again with an insight video about the making of trumpet. Indeed, trumpet is one of the most well known musical instrument in the world. Almost every civilization has their own version of this brass instrument. Trumpet is however still developing and evolving, which resulted in different shapes of trumpet.

The video was made by Discovery Channel.

Architecture for Music: Royal Albert Hall 7 December 2008

Posted by mikebm in Art, Information, Music, Performance Venues, news.
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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…)