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Re: New World in Korea

Author: HautboisJJ
Date: 2008-02-28 23:55

"Most musicians I know are very liberal and tend to view this kind of diplomacy as the fullfillment of art as a transcendent human universal language."

Well, this only applied if only the audiences were not a certain hand picked selection of the elite government members or the high class facets of the society which were ignorant of their country's situation - that survives solely on illegal trading. To quote a member of the online Classical Music Guide:

""Music unites?" Hitler loved Beethoven and Wagner and many of his top leaders revered Bach et al. Heydrich was an accomplished violinist as well as mass murderer. The Pyongyang audience, handpicked, may well have enjoyed this treat but in no way has anything changed in North Korea.

Did you see the menu for the formal dinner served to the Philharmonic? "

I am actually a Malaysian but study in Singapore. From what i know, my views are not widespread in Malaysia because a minority of people take classical music seriously there, and in no way would the majority see the significance of the New York Philharmonic visiting Pyongyang.

Back to Stacy's playing, i found it beautiful as well, but not so much with the nuances that i would expect from such top class players as him, or as much as he is regarded to be. But of course, we know that boils down to personal taste once again.

Regards,
Howard

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