Role of the Musician in the 21st Century
By Daniel Wnukowski
The internet has revolutionized the speed in which people can communicate their thoughts, beliefs and artistic values. Are online classical musicians ready to jump on the bandwagon and explore its myriad possibilities, or should they withdraw from its rampant growth and continue to perform in a way that worked for our ancestors hundreds of years ago? This essay will attempt to examine the advantages and disadvantages of using the internet as a means of distributing online classical music to a wide, global audience and offers suggestions to young artists as to how they can utilize its full potential.
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Taken from the old website. Original post date: July 9, 2005
I am often asked to repeat his name…
Cziffra – Gyorgy Cziffra.
(OK, so it’s not as easy to remember as Bond – James Bond.)
But I am very pleased to see the revival of Cziffra amongst today’s listening audience. Gyorgy Cziffra was a Hungarian composer/pianist who lived at the heart of the 20th century’s greatest virtuosi. Although he was born in 1921 to a poor family of gypsy musicians, it wasn’t until 1947 that he was able to grow his career due to military services and even being a POW. In spite of wide acclaim, he (like Horowitz at one point) abandoned his career until the early 1990s when he gave a concert in Paris.
Taken from the old website. Original post date: June 5, 2005
Recently I purchased a new concert grand piano. I was extremely picky about finding an instrument that would match all my needs. I am one of those notorious customers that will spend hours trying a product only to say “I’ll think about it” at the end.
Taken from the old website. Original post date: June 19, 2005
I’ll start with an old Jewish joke:
A man was walking in the mountains just enjoying the scenery when he stepped too close to the edge of the mountain and started to fall. In desperation he reached out and grabbed a limb of a gnarly old tree hanging onto the side of the cliff. Full of fear he assessed his situation.
Taken from the old website. Original post date: March 20, 2005
The day I decided to drive down the Del Dios hiway was the day I truly understood the meaning of paradise. There was something so unique about the high rolling hills, and the small town of Del Dios (literally “From God” in Spanish) nestled between mountains and a gorgeous lake.
Taken from the old website. Original post date: June 12, 2005
One of the most common questions a pianist can ever be asked is: “How much do you practice?”
Years ago, I decided to permanently remove the word ‘practice’ from my vocabulary. Somehow that word has always conjured up images of an oxygen-deprived cubicle consisting of a student repeating passages over and over again until they resound in complete hysteria.
Taken from the old website. Original post date: June 15, 2005
If someone had told me at an early age what the music business entails, I would have moved to Tibet and become a monk. But it’s too late now!
Taken from the old website. Original post date: June 27, 2005
This was to be my dream trip for the summer and it ended up being the dream trip of my life. In 5 days, we saw more California than most people see in 10 years! It was to be a trip in superlatives; from the lowest point in North America – 282 feet below see level – to breathtaking glimpses of tall, ice-capped mountains in the distance, we felt like Indiana Jones embarking upon adventure after adventure while cruising fearlessly with our little 4WD jeep.
