‘Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community ... but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots.’ Umberto Eco

What is a String Quartet? A good violinist, a bad violinist, an ex-violinist, and someone who hates violinists who get together to complain about composers.

When Renaissance Polyphony met Dodecaphony...

Isabelle Carré, Gilles Lellouche, Cédric Klapisch… plus de 800 «professionnels de la culture» appellent à faire barrage contre le RN liberation.fr/culture/isabel…

#DidYouKnow Gould was a notorious erratic driver? “I suppose it can be said that I’m an absent-minded driver… It’s true that I’ve driven through a number of red lights on occasion, but on the other hand, I’ve stopped at a lot of green ones but never gotten credit for it.”

Alexandre Tharaud : "L'extrême droite a toujours piétiné les artistes" | France Musique radiofrance.fr/francemusique/…

"Journalism should be more like science. As far as possible, facts should be verifiable. If journalists want long-term credibility for their profession, they have to go in that direction. Have more respect for readers." - Julian Assange #LetHimGoJoe

JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE Julian Assange is free. He left Belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of 24 June, after having spent 1901 days there. He was granted bail by the High Court in London and was released at Stansted airport during the afternoon, where he boarded a

#Repost from @pianoclassical_best Bach’s last and not completed fugue. The Unfinished Fugue A handwritten manuscript of the piece known as the Unfinished Fugue is among the three bundled with the autograph manuscript P200

From my response to a young French artist who wrote to me in despair today—asking if he should give up his vocation, because AI is replacing human artistry.

I wish Biden would reflect on this debate performance and then announce his decision to withdraw from the race, throwing the choice of Democratic nominee to the convention. Someone like Gretchen Whitmer or Sherrod Brown or Secretary Gina Raimondo could still jump in and beat Trump.

Good morning. The window into how composers hand wrote their music! #music #composers

Excited to receive two new reviews of my recent Debussy and Beethoven albums on Orchid Classics in theartsdesk.com today from @GrahamRickson Have you listened to them yet? #album #debussy #beethoven #piano

Thursday 15th of August, I have the honour of performing w/ the wonderful pianist GeorgeLepauw (.tez/.eth) in Montignac, France 🇫🇷 x 📸 By Tatiana Gorilovsky

Good morning. A little inspiration from Mozart. #quoteoftheday #music

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Here’s the background story about my recent TEDx Talk: georgelepauw.ghost.io/untitled/ #tedx #tedtalk #music #peace #process

On #internationalwomensday honoring a few wonderful composers: L-R Clara Schumann, Hildegard Von Bingen, Barbara Strozzi, (L) Fanny Mendelssohn, bottom row: Kaija Saariaho, Lili Boulanger, Florence Price. And there are so many more wonderful contemporary #composers ! #music