by Kurt Knecht | Feb 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
The recent resurfacing of allegations against Woody Allen have brought up one of the great questions about art and artists. What do we do when a really terrible human being makes great art?Musically speaking, the greatest efforts to address this question have been...
by Kurt Knecht | Feb 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
You know that thing where Chopin says to Liszt, “I would like to borrow your way of playing my Etudes.”? I had the chance to go an hear Chris Marks play three of my Etudes the other day (from memory!). I promised I would put up my performance of the same...
by Kurt Knecht | Feb 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’ve had a few people ask me about my score markings lately. There are always questions that conductors and performers have about tempo markings, dynamics, and phrasing. I’m not offering this as some sort of justification for ignoring a composers wishes,...
by Kurt Knecht | Feb 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
I was chatting yesterday with Mollie Manner, and something made me recall a tale of mystery from my sophomore year as an undergrad.During my freshman year, the music department had put on a showcase at the performing arts center downtown. I played a solo on the...
by Kurt Knecht | Jan 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
YouTube somehow messed up one of the videos I made of one of my atonal piano pieces from a few years ago. I had a little time today to repair it. I originally wrote this piece as a Masters student with Kevin Hanlon at SMU. I am still very fond of it.
by Kurt Knecht | Jan 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
One of the composers to which I always return for insight is Roger Sessions. I always seem to agree with his thoughts about everything. I was re-reading an interview that Edward T. Cone did with his former teacher and came across this lovely bit.”The danger I...
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