September 2005

Joseph Polisi

Sunday, September 04, 2005

Juilliard President, Joseph Polisi, reveals the music that changed his life – from Gregorian chants to a popular tango – along with his favorite composers: Mahler and Bartók. He explains why audiences are rejecting contemporary music, why Juilliard’s technically dazzling students have difficulty developing distinctive musical personalities and why more than 70% of the School’s piano students come from outside the USA.