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Tag: shostakovich

Cultural Politics…

Bertold Brecht in North Korea

7 Mar 20117 Mar 2011
Well, more like Brecht for North Korea.  North Koreans may need Bibles, but no less, they need the acidic and informed spite, the angular mockery of state power which is…
Cello…

Speed Campaign Arpeggio: Shostakovich in Chengdu

22 Nov 2010
It's hardly a perfect performance on my part (the triplets could be twitchier, the octaves and tessitura more clean) but, in the spirit of a Soviet speed campaign, we got…
Music

Chengdu Cello

20 Oct 201020 Oct 2010
Cultural Politics…

Shostakovich Cello Concerto

18 May 200918 May 2009
Since I aim to perform Shostakovich in North Korea...here is how I teach it: Apart from Charles Armstrong / the political historian, Brian Myers / a literature expert, and the…
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