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Patriarchal Structures

by Stefan Drees March 17, 2016December 5, 2022

This interview took place in November 2015, and is reproduced here in an abridged version. We spoke with Neuwirth about the persistence of the patriarchy in classical music, the new generation of women composers, and her recent and older works. VAN: I feel there’s an imbalance between the genders in our musical society. Are quotas […]

Andrew Trovato (Image courtesy of the artist)

Interview

Homecomings

by Jeffrey Arlo Brown March 1, 2016December 12, 2022

For Intro, we speak with the musicians who don’t show up in press releases. We hope to portray a diversity of background and experience in classical music. This is the first interview in an ongoing series. Andrew Trovato is a pianist, composer, and childhood friend. In the course of two long Skype sessions—he was lying […]

Georg Friedrich Haas and Mollena Lee Williams-Haas (Photo: Substantia Jones)

Interview

Decades

by Jeffrey Arlo Brown February 4, 2016November 21, 2022

I studied composition with Georg Friedrich Haas in Basel from 2011-2013, his last years there before his move to New York City, where he teaches at Columbia University. In my Master’s recital, a musician showed late and an instrument I built broke, and I had trouble facing the—very supportive—audience. He managed to make me do […]