[Frederic Rzewski’s The People United Will Never Be Defeated] is a large set of piano variations composed in 1976 for the pianist Ursula Oppens. Rzewski is well known for his virtuosity and for his support of and definitive performances of new music. He is also known for quite a bit of music with political themes. […]. […]
David Plylar: I’d like to start with something that’s a bit unusual for me, which is not a question, but rather a statement, and this is that I had the opportunity in 2012 to put together a chamber concert in South Africa at the Grahamstown Festival, which is kind of an obscure part of South […]
No president has ever been subjected to the incessant slander leveled at him, the relentless daily assault that would drive most mortals to a permanent fetal position. Much of it has been outright lies. But he shrugs it off and spends every waking moment addressing the nagging problems we face and combating the forces who […]
In 2013, Mohammad Ali Atassi and several colleagues formed Bidayyat: an organization that sought to teach Syrians how to make documentaries so they could take ownership of their wartime narratives. It was one of several such initiatives in Syria. An anonymous collective called Abounaddara had been active since 2010 with a focus on “emergency cinema,” […]
