Open letter sent to the Minister

I liked it very much because it puts meritocracy at the forefront. Of course, it is important to seriously agree on what determines meritocracy, but I think that this country, if it truly wants to make a leap in quality, will have to focus primarily on it, without looking at anyone's face. And this in all fields, obviously! In short, we must increasingly move towards a meritocratic society.

This sentence left me feeling a bit like this, clearly alluding to the potential value of a composer:

"just as it is not influential to have received commissions for new works made by the French Republic (coincidentally IRCAM just mentioned) or from the Venice Biennale,"

An implicit reference to the style that matters. And what if someone has commissions in other fields?

Furthermore, I agree with Valchiria. To paraphrase, Padre Martini would probably have been more didactic, and Beethoven and Mozart knew it.

All this to say that an esteemed professional must certainly be valued better than a charlatan, but in a context of weighted average, in which the ability to teach also counts.

I didn't know that Lanza and Nomi teach at the conservatory. Dies Irae, of course IRCAM is cited in a letter signed by these composers; if you had participated too, maybe you could have cited other prestigious "Patrons"