Summer 2025, an overview
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David YangLike the big, messy, and complicated country it springs from, American music has a big, messy, and complicated history.
Thank you to everyone who attended the talk on “Officium Breve in Memoriam Andreae Szervánszky” Monday, and a special thanks to Jen at Illume Books. Many of you have asked for the link to the striking video of Marta and György Kurtágplaying together. Here it is at the bottom of this post.
The Guardian, in a moving article, wrote:
His greatest desire, he says, is to “lay down next to Márta,” who died in 2019 aged 92. “Márta and I were married for 73 years, but it feels like no time at all. I’m simply waiting until we can be together again.”
The couple’s performances on stage were legendary, literal embraces at the piano, their hands interlocking over the keys, the intimate interactions reflected in the scores – dotted lines dancing between the notes like their arms around each other. Their collaboration amounted to one of the longest and most meaningful relationships in the history of music.
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David YangLike the big, messy, and complicated country it springs from, American music has a big, messy, and complicated history.
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David YangA degree in music, even from a school like Juilliard, leaves the recent graduate staring into the abyss.
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David YangWhat a way to start the year: the largest audience we’ve ever had for a spring concert - not including the bat that strafed the audience.
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