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Re: Don't like the sound of American clarinet

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2015-10-08 20:08

I would like to think that it was just a "Donald Trump" moment from someone who has a legitimate opinion.

I would say similar to some comments above, that speaking of purely timbre, the given list of American players is pretty diverse.

So it leads me then to believe that we are referring to style. I would have to agree that music education in this country is technique centered above most other considerations and leaves too much traditional musical interpretation up to the individual to discover on her/his own. VERY VERY SAD

As a result interpretations in the US tend to be on the bland side, not much real meat on the bones. I would take a technically flawed performance with gobs of heart over a dry note perfect one any day of the week. And that I think is what we may be talking about more than anything. On that score, performances that we have listed on this board recently out of the likes of Ottensamer are far more interesting and (dare I say) beautiful than many of our American colleagues.

I have heard some truly amazing things out of David Shifrin and Stephen Williamson, but for my money there are more interesting things happing at "other than symphonic level performances" these days.

So I'd say go out and listen to a lot of live performances of many different groups out there. There is music being made all the time, maybe just not always you'd expect (or hope).

...................Paul Aviles

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