Rough Ideas: Reflections on Music and More - Hardcover

Hough, Stephen

 
9780571350476: Rough Ideas: Reflections on Music and More
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 057135047X ISBN 13: 9780571350476
Verlag: Faber & Faber, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

An illuminating and absorbing introduction to the life and mind of one of our great cultural figures. Stephen Hough is indisputably one of the world's leading pianists, winning global acclaim and numerous awards, both for his concerts and recordings. He is also a writer, composer and painter and was recently described by the Economist as one of '20 Living Polymaths'. As an international performer he spends much of his life at airports, on planes, and in hotel rooms - and this book expands notes he has made, in his words, 'during that dead time on the road'. He writes about music and the life of a musician, from exploring the broader aspects of what it is to walk out on to a stage or to make a recording, to specialist tips from deep inside the practice room: how to trill, how to pedal, how to practise. He also writes vividly about people he's known, places he's travelled to, books he's read, paintings he's seen; and touches on more controversial subjects, such as assisted suicide and abortion. Even religion is there - the possibility of the existence of God, problems with some biblical texts and the challenge involved in being a gay Catholic.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

One of the most distinctive artists of his generation, Stephen Hough combines a distinguished career as a pianist with those of composer and writer. He was named by The Economist as one of Twenty Living Polymaths. He is the winner of numerous awards and was made a CBE in the 2014 New Year's Honours List.
Hough has performed with many of the world's major orchestras and has given recitals at the most prestigious concert halls. He has composed works for orchestra, choir, chamber ensemble and solo piano. Also a noted author, he regular contributes articles for The Guardian, The Times, Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine, and wrote a blog for The Telegraph for 7 years.
He lives in London, where he is a visiting professor at the Royal Academy of Music.

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Verlag
Faber & Faber
Erscheinungsdatum
2019
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
057135047X
ISBN 13 
9780571350476
Einband
Tapa dura
Anzahl der Seiten
464
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