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GREAT GENTLEMAN! He really inspires me. There's something about him, don't have the right language to express it.. Perhaps, the right word would be inspiration. He is radiating inspiration. He knows something. :) And he wants to inspire us to follow the trail which will lead us to.. (:
You know, this “best of” idea is not something I share. What I feel strongly is, if someone isn’t confident with opera, they should immediately go back to school. He or his parents missed out on something when he was small because they didn’t make him familiar with it, not just with opera, but with the expressive possibilities of music. I think everyone has the right to be familiar with all art forms. They have to know the language of painting, the language of poetry, they have to know the grammar and language of music. That’s part of education. If we deprive them of this… People who grow up without this knowledge might make good bankers. But they won’t reach the heights, there’ll always be something missing. And this is the path we’re on. It’s really bad, I have to say. I’ve got children and grandchildren of my own and I ask myself what people should know and learn in order to be interested in music. But I also ask what one should know and learn in order to find a Shakespeare play interesting or to understand a painting and be fascinated by it, and let art work on them so that they are changed by it. Because that’s the point of art. When a completely uneducated person hears something like that they may still have a feeling for it, they can find one or another bit lovely, wonderful. For that person I’m not going to pick out bits and say: “Isn’t this lovely?” Instead, I’d say: “You heard how wonderful this is.” “Now come and find out what you missed.” “Because circumstances have meant that you grew up somewhere where a primary-school teacher didn’t explain music to you.” The education system today should be concerned to make the fine arts and the imaginative subjects just as important as the natural sciences. The scientists I know, they all play the violin or piano. Do you think Einstein would have come up with the theory of relativity if he hadn’t played the violin? I don’t think so.
He really does have a point when it comes to musical education; most of the times it depends on the teacher of what he/she gives to the student. I had a horrible piano teacher for years who didn't like her job and made me disinterested in Classical music for years. Now I have the right people around me and it makes me discover stuff that I wouldn't have listened to 20 years ago... Harnoncourt just has the right attitude. Good man. Thanx for the upload!
I completely agree with him, although perhaps some of what he said is a bit idealistic. The basic thought behind what he said is certainly right. More weight needs to be given to the Arts, and especially music, in our education system, preferably from an early age.
GREAT GENTLEMAN! He really inspires me.
There's something about him, don't have the right language to express it.. Perhaps, the right word would be inspiration. He is radiating inspiration. He knows something. :) And he wants to inspire us to follow the trail which will lead us to.. (:
omar3d omar3d It's just the same with me. Listening to Harnoncourt for the first time was a real shock. Now, politics should also listen to him.
I love, what he said in this video. Great!
You know, this “best of” idea is not something I share. What I feel strongly is, if someone isn’t confident with opera, they should immediately go back to school. He or his parents missed out on something when he was small because they didn’t make him familiar with it, not just with opera, but with the expressive possibilities of music. I think everyone has the right to be familiar with all art forms. They have to know the language of painting, the language of poetry, they have to know the grammar and language of music. That’s part of education. If we deprive them of this… People who grow up without this knowledge might make good bankers. But they won’t reach the heights, there’ll always be something missing. And this is the path we’re on. It’s really bad, I have to say. I’ve got children and grandchildren of my own and I ask myself what people should know and learn in order to be interested in music. But I also ask what one should know and learn in order to find a Shakespeare play interesting or to understand a painting and be fascinated by it, and let art work on them so that they are changed by it. Because that’s the point of art. When a completely uneducated person hears something like that they may still have a feeling for it, they can find one or another bit lovely, wonderful. For that person I’m not going to pick out bits and say: “Isn’t this lovely?” Instead, I’d say: “You heard how wonderful this is.” “Now come and find out what you missed.” “Because circumstances have meant that you grew up somewhere where a primary-school teacher didn’t explain music to you.” The education system today should be concerned to make the fine arts and the imaginative subjects just as important as the natural sciences. The scientists I know, they all play the violin or piano. Do you think Einstein would have come up with the theory of relativity if he hadn’t played the violin? I don’t think so.
RIP Nikolaus Harnoncourt :'-(
He really does have a point when it comes to musical education; most of the times it depends on the teacher of what he/she gives to the student. I had a horrible piano teacher for years who didn't like her job and made me disinterested in Classical music for years. Now I have the right people around me and it makes me discover stuff that I wouldn't have listened to 20 years ago... Harnoncourt just has the right attitude. Good man. Thanx for the upload!
Absolute legend
So true Mr.Harnocourt
I completely agree with him, although perhaps some of what he said is a bit idealistic. The basic thought behind what he said is certainly right. More weight needs to be given to the Arts, and especially music, in our education system, preferably from an early age.
Good on him. All the scientist he know (all play music) must be german ;).
Nach so einer gescheiten Rede ist das wirklich eine dumme, zynische Bemerkung!
Ich stimme vollkommen mit Harnoncourt ein!
Ich habe gerade die Autobiographie von diesem Stardirigenten durchgelesen. Ich finde dieses Buch schrecklich.