Another Idiot Sounds Off With An Old And Idiot Solution

In an article in the Sydney Morning Herald, another idiot (American, of course) sounds off with his “solution” for forestalling the imminent death of classical music:

Jonathan Stockhammer, regarded as a dynamic member of the younger generation of conductors, believes classical music is dying and needs a good jolt to get its heart beating again.

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“[C]lassical music, for too long, has segregated itself off in terms of the audiences, in terms of the expectations the others have of other audience members, in terms of the way the presenters look at the finished product,” [says Stockhammer].

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The irony, Stockhammer believes, is that audiences in Australia, Britain and America demand the highest level of technical proficiency from their orchestras, but also scare orchestras out of trying fresh content and taking risks.

Hence the need for that substantial jolt - anything to get the blood pumping again.

"That includes all kinds of interesting collaborations, experiments, working with multimedia, working with art, working with rock artists, working with film: things that draw in the interesting audience," Stockhammer says.

Idiot.