Scherpdenkers: Michel Krielaars, Liza Ferschtman and Enrico Pace (Dutch spoken)
In "The sound of the utopia" Michel Krielaars sketches the lives of composers and musicians during the Stalinist regime. He talks about it in Sharpthinkers. Liza Ferschtman and Enrico Pace play works by Weinberg, Zaderatsky and Prokofiev. This program can be seen and heard in the Recital Hall of the Royal Concertgebouw. PLEASE NOTE: Michel Krielaars' narration is in Dutch.
Scherpdenkers: Michel Krielaars, Liza Ferschtman and Enrico Pace (Dutch spoken)
The sound of the salvation state
In this edition of Scherpdenkers, Michel Krielaars talks about The Sound of the Salvation State. In this book, he sketches ten portraits of composers and musicians who lived and worked during the Stalinist regime. They had to make music that served the new socialist state. Buy tickets for this concert here. PLEASE NOTE: Michel Krielaars' narration is in Dutch.
Their works were supposed to incite workers and peasants to great achievements. If not, these musicians had a problem. Vsevolod Zaderatski, for instance, wrote his most important compositions in a penal camp on toilet paper. Mieczysław Weinberg, unlike much of his family, only just escaped the persecution of Jews that continued in Russia long after World War II.
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