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Homogeneity is not a combined blandness; it is an integrated separateness.

If the you can create a recording using a computer that’s just as emotionally convincing as a genuine live recording, why should you actually bother with live musicians at all?

What we want to do is to define and document how the profound social changes that have happened as a result of digitalization affect artists and artistic culture.
The thesis in a sentence:
The arts are no longer static offerings passed down from an assumed position of authority. Instead, they are now the starting point for engagement.
The […]

I’m pleased to announce a new side project that isn’t actually in itself a music performance project. It is in fact a manifesto-like set of ideas that I’m putting together in collaboration with Russell Bender, a theatre director (and old friend of mine) from the UK.
We’ve decided to move our work over here to my […]

One meeting I had in New York was with a fascinating violinist, who is essentially an exact contemporary of mine at the Juilliard School, and now runs Cultures in Harmony , an organization that I strongly recommend you check out. If you find my work interesting, you’ll certainly like his.
William Harvey (who blogs here […]

Palestinian Resistance: A Short History
1948 - throw rocks
1967 - fire guns
1987 - shoot missiles
2000 - detonate suicide bombs
2003 - start a viola ensemble

Whilst in Boston, I’m staying with my Artistic Director from Al Kamandjati Camerata, Peter Sulski. He’s an ex-London Symphony violist (now a collaborative chamber musician) who is engaged in creating new community-based models for bringing international-quality music performances to specific areas. In his case, that’s three places: chamber societies here in Worcester MA, […]