Jacob Druckman
Tim Page provides a brief biography of Druckman.
Druckman is currently the Composer in Residence at the NY Philharmonic.
Druckman discusses his role as the Composer in Residence at the NY Philharmonic and the guiding force behind two festivals of contemporary music called The New Horizons '83 series and The New Horizons '84. Druckman recounts the rise and fall and rise again of interest in new music and now new opera. He also talks about his roots in the orchestra and time as a jazz trumpeter. He says he feels very much a part of the performing group.
Druckman talks about and introduces his 1974 sketch for an opera: Lamia
Druckman talks about the opera that he is writing based on the legend of Medea. It is, he says, based on the struggle between men and women and the notion of a shift from matriarchy to patriarchy. Druckman also talks about his work, Aureole. A piece, he describes as a complicated melody shooting off sparks and rhythms. He ties this to Leonard Bernstein's Kaddish.
Leonard Slatkin conducts the St. Louis Symphony performing Aureole.
HIs advice to young composers? Druckman says "that which pleases you, will make you happy in the long run - write the music that you hear."
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