"The success of breeding? I resent " " arrogant and never original " (Uto Ughi)
the Christmas concert of the Senate, sponsored by the Senate in which John Allevi played and directed his compositions caused a real" controversy "between the violinist Uto Ughi and the same pianist.
We report here the famous interview on December 24 last Sandro Cappelletto year for the Press by Uto Ughi:
"What a depressing sight! See the highest authorities of the State cheer this modest musician. The most ridiculous was Mr Fini was nearly throw himself on his knees in front of the star (...) (...) Pianist offended as a musician? But he also believes composer, philosopher, poet, writer. The thing that bothers me is the media that the investment was made on an original interpreter and never completely devoid of humility. Its success is the perfect thermometer of the situation of our country, always prevail appearances. "
What bothers the most Allevi: his music, his words? "The compositions are laughable, and musically this modesty of the results is accompanied by statements that highlight the alleged originality of the interpreter. If mention of the great pianists of the past, he does point out that unlike them he is "also" a composer. So the offense really great interpretations: he is a dwarf compared to Horowitz, a Rubinstein. But even with respect to Modugno and Mina. That should be clear. "
How to define his music? "cunningly put together a collage. Nothing new. Its success is a consequence of the triumph of relativism: the science of anything, as written by Claudio Magris. But we must not lose heart remember that Beethoven is not Sugar and Sugar is not Beethoven. But Sugar has a personality much more recognizable than that of Allevi (...) It pains me greatly that pollution of the truth and taste. I find that the guilty state institutions avvalorino such a misunderstanding. Clearly, the music consultant of the Senate are people of little thickness. All returns: it is also the artistic and cultural modesty of those who run some of our opera, our music and entertainment associations to allow the scary cutting culture content in the last measures of the government. Weak actors can make any mess, have blunt weapons to combat it. "
What is your opinion of
Allevi as a performer? "In other times would not have been admitted to the Conservatory."
He considers himself an heir and a profound innovator of the classical tradition. "He has no degree of kinship with the music we call classical, with neither the old nor the new. This is a misconception intolerable. And even in his field, there are pianists, singers, instrumentalists, composers far more important to him. "
But it's a media phenomenon and the very significant business. "This is an exaltation and collective acts paroxysmal behind which is clearly a strong marketing investment. I am surprised that influential newspapers grant him space, often uncritically. Even Andrea Bocelli has a great success, but never conceited when he talks about himself. As a musician, knows his limits. "
Allevi is young. Unwilling to provide any advice? 'Think three times before speaking. Be humble and cautious. But perhaps not even the real culprit of what he says. "
(Interview conducted by Sandra Cap)
The declarations of the famous violinist of Busto Arsizio successive statements of Giovanni Allevi which has defended itself by attacking Ughi and its "caste" privileged harsh words and attitude "Ecstatic" typical of the much-acclaimed talent, leaving most of us baffled in front of a vulgar show. In short, was one of the last "pearls" that the world of mass media could offer.
The blame for all this is, in my opinion, the music critics. Giovanni Allevi acquitted him. Especially when sitting at the piano or when trying to conduct the orchestra. After all an artist can not be held responsible for the ignorance of others. The only downside of having the pianist is placed on the pedestal of classical music, often with bizarre assertions, autoesaltanti and almost prophetic. " He invaded a world that was not his and he did it with the innocence (he and his producers) those who do not realize that there is about a world (in this case the music) is now in turmoil and tired of the cultural insignificance of this country. Music Critics
should carry out tasks broader than what normally takes place. Certainly not realized exclusively in the professional paid by any newspaper to write reviews on music heard. In a society like today, that eagerly consumes and so more and more music, the duty of a critical attention should be primarily the "dissemination" (etymologically speaking it should act as a mediator between the vulgus and the world of artists), ie dissemination of knowledge and opinions on music. Disclosure filtered of course, not all the crap that passes by the media today!
Nell 'age of print (and I think the nineteenth century), the music critics faced with commitment and often a very valuable the daunting task that you felt the need to educate the ear. Objective journalism music criticism was to create a social fabric in which the music is welcome meet the expectations of its creators. Mostly satisfied that need, felt a bit 'all, to overthrow a system in which music, as reserved aristocratic elite, addressed an audience composed exclusively of very limited and people who had a remarkable dimistichezza with practice and musical language. The result has been far from bankruptcy.
But we are talking about a century ago ... it's been a while.
The twentieth century, with the advent of new media, has done nothing but erode what had been previously built.
The media have gradually abandoned the idea of \u200b\u200braising the cultural level of the population, mostly adapted to become promotional tools in the service of a cultural industry in need of a market readily available to their sales strategies.
In fact today, in newspapers, radio broadcasting and television, music criticism was literally replaced by a journalism Music that apparently operates independently, but in fact acting on the intrinsic level, in a mostly propaganda from the object it covers.
In Italy, by now, the preference shown to the daily presentation of the event instead of the review is presumably established this line of marketing of the news. So, to review the editorial choices disappears. Also disappears because it is out of trouble, nobody cares, then why the journalists did not have the authority to defend and protect their independence.
contrast, when the review is, it is almost useless. In the world of classical music, for example, is ineffective, because it amounts to only and only in attention to the text and interpretation, when you need something else. It fails from the outset if we are only concerned to investigate a work or any musical event just from aesthetic point of view, effectively ignoring the cultural aspect of ethics and even the musical phenomenon that entails. (I do not want to talk about the ' lack of critical reviewer).
How do you forget the perverse mechanism set in motion by the media on the occasion of the famous stick of Luciano Pavarotti in the 92/93 season of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan?
It was a shameful episode. All ready to talk about a miserable failure caused by a drop of mucus mercilessly soiled It is his nature. And it is the case which supports our argument, that the "smallness" of a musical criticism aimed at providing "futile" news (in this case is precisely the implementation of poor Pavarotti) for the sole purpose of selling. Because it is obvious that in the days after the episode, all the best newspapers spoke exclusively of the cue, not the Don Carlos. But yes. And who cares about Don Carlos! Returning
episode Ughi-Allevi, the thing that disgusts me most is the fact that a musician as Uto Ughi has replaced the missing critical and even more that he did so in a resounding, satisfying, in fact, the mechanism advertising marketing of the news. Because if there's one thing for certain is that, of all the controversy, the only thing that matters to most is the bickering between the two musicians. It saddens me but it is. A worry about the value of music that few farmers are really only experts: composers, pianists, and some lovers of music. the rest of the Italians followed the story on the front page in newspapers, the news on the web, with the curiosity of watching a stupid reality shows. Of course, journalists are at the forefront of this great piece of Italian. And the reason we have already said. Surely I'm not surprised if some television broadcast ever burst Ughi and the one sitting Allevi facing each other. You know that audience! The other
Gordian knot, all too often been silent, however, is another, is the wrong formation of the macro-environment (general public), that is a recipient of music. The lack of an adequate education Italian music education has certainly contributed to that process raises awareness of the music so-called "educated", so it's no wonder that today it is exchanged for Giovanni Allevi a great composer of classical music contemporary "(as he calls himself the way). I'm not surprised at all.
We laugh about.
Damiano Franco
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