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Music and stardom, when any mystification is possible
They are right. And then you see how Allevi or Bocelli fans get pissed off when you say they are incompetent. And you hear the mothers asking when their little one "will play something fun" (on the cello).
For my part, I have believed for years that one shouldn't cast pearls before swine, and there is no sense in getting so worked up to hold concerts organized poorly, in poor places for a poor audience. Go ahead and call me a snob.
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The article tells the truth, but nothing new...
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... says truths but says them in such a condescending and unpleasant manner that, not only does he run the risk of being counterproductive - in fact, he is - for the cause he refers to, but he also becomes absolutely unbearable even to someone who might agree with him.
I think that only when those with expertise in the matter adopt a less snobbish and haughty attitude will it be possible to try to attempt to turn things around.
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I share what Daniele said, the ostentatious attitude in that article is truly unbearable!
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The article isn't very pleasant, but it nonetheless contains absolute truths that can never be sidelined. Unfortunately, besides the problem of education, there is also the problem of investment in culture, which is now practically non-existent. One should almost thank a theater director for giving musicians (now on par with the homeless) the opportunity to play before an audience of 5 or 6 people with totally out-of-tune instruments and perhaps some staff members walking through those who are playing, maybe even tripping over a cello!
The most heartbreaking thing? That when you talk to someone who has never studied music, they tell you "But why, what is the difference between Ligabue and L.V. Beethoven?", and no matter how many explanations you give them as to why the second is a genius and the first is a buffoon, they will always be right, because they are the masses and according to the principle of democracy, the majority wins.
In conclusion? To the masses, musicians are just incompetents with gifted degrees who are merely envious of Justin Bieber's success, and since they cannot play his songs, they justify themselves by saying that he is not a musician!
Excuse my venting, but I have an exam tomorrow, I am stressed, and I just can't stand these things anymore!
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... ehhh my boy, if you only knew how many things will stress you out in life and how many times it will seem like you can't bear anything anymore.
Blessed is also your age, which allows you to think that there are absolute truths; at mine, it was learned a long time ago and bitterly that truths - at best - are highly relative and, above all, that each of us has our own truths: always relative, however.
That being said, there is no doubt that Beethoven was Beethoven, but Ligabue is far from being a buffoon; he is an excellent singer-songwriter, and as long as you insist on having discussions of this kind, not only will you fail to convince anyone of your ideas, but you will only succeed in making them even more distant from potentially listening to classical music. Trust me, it's like that!
If you want (you all want) to have any hope of piquing someone's curiosity to listen to classical music, do not exclude, but include.
It is this way for everything, and not just for music.
Bye and a sincere wish for tomorrow!
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To me, it seems like a shortsighted article from many points of view.
