WNMD Report
The Contemporary Beyond Globalization
“In short, geopolitics has its foundations in chronopolitics.” Johannes Fabian[1] “I do not want to exalt the past at the expense of my present and of my future.” Frantz Fanon[2] “The ISCM’s first century began in Austria; its second century is beginning in South Africa.” ISCM President Glenda Keam’s opening remark for this centennial World…
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Getting past difficult pronunciations to answering some difficult questions — the 2014 ISCM World Music Days
Although it has been established as an important urban center for more than 1000 years, Wrocław remains somewhat off the beaten path. There are few direct flights, not even from most places in Europe. Yet its history connects it to at least five different countries. Celtic tribes settled there in the 4th century B.C.E. although…
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World Music Days 2014 Wroclaw, Poland Report
World Music Days 2014 Wroclaw is my second WMD experience and presented a breadth of programmed works with aplomb. From Ryoji Ikeda’s brilliantly ostentatiousaudio-visual piece Datamatics, to pieces performed on multi-coloured children’s toys (amongst other instruments) by Małe Instrumenty, through to operas performed in gilded rooms, there was “something for everyone”. That “everyone”, more often…
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