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Music in times of dictarship

Author: D Dow
Date: 2016-11-27 21:28

We all knew that this was going to happen..wonder how this makes the key players in this story resond to the changes in government in Venzuela!???

http://www.brownpoliticalreview.org/2016/10/music-dictatorship-dudamel-venezuela/

David Dow

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Re: Music in times of dictarship

Author: DougR
Date: 2016-11-29 05:48

Hi David--

Thanks for this. VERY thought-provoking, especially now in the US. I'm tempted to say that people who have created a legacy of sustenance (musical, emotional) that many others depend on, whose lives would inevitably be made much worse and much poorer if the 'systeme' were destroyed…have the right to conduct themselves however they wish, if the desire is to protect what they've built.

But that's a detached view, founded partly on my own ignorance about the situation in Venezuela. I do appreciate your post though. In the years ahead, potentially many of us, particularly in arts administration, will face exactly that same kind of decision: whether to speak out, or 'work with the system' for some greater good, and perhaps wonder whether we're simply selling out for convenience.

The past few days I've been wondering what Paquito D'Rivera would say about our recent election. He and his bandmates in Irakere managed to flourish in a setting where freedom of thought wasn't particularly valued (Castro's Cuba); when the band went on the road internationally, there was even a member of the band reporting back to Cuban authorities about players voicing anti-Castro dissension.

Interesting times we live in. Ugh.

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