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China Aims for Gold in Classical
Friday, July 11, 2008
In China, somewhere between 30 million and 100 million children are said to be learning piano, violin or both. Concert halls are full. And classical music will play a significant role in the Summer Olympics. But New Yorker music critic Alex Ross had some doubts about China’s music boom. We find out if a recent trip changed his mind.
Our blog: John Schaefer on China and classical music
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something wrong with the station? I cant hear a thing! Anyone else having problems?
The future of classical music does not lie in China, or in any other merely geographical displacement. Until composers and administrators find a way to add to the repertoire in a way that is meaningful for more than a handful of listeners, the repertoire we continue to play and replay will only become more and more hackneyed and irrelevant. This will also become true for Chinese listeners, for whom Berlioz will not always be "shocking."
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