AalvidrezAn Email to a Friend(Below is the transcription of an email I sent a friend regarding the world premiere of Ibero-American Landscapes, reformatted to fit…5 min read·May 12, 2021----
AalvidrezThe Premiere of La MerLa Mer is one of Debussy’s most famous compositions. Debussy disregarded established conventions of how to create texture and sound, in…3 min read·May 12, 2021----
AalvidrezStravinsky, Debussy, and The Rite of SpringWhen discussing classical composers, you rarely think of them in context of the time they lived in and their life outside their music. It…3 min read·Apr 18, 2021--4--4
AalvidrezSymphonie Fantastique: A Declaration of Love or Obsession?Berlioz is best known for his Symphonie Fantastique, a dramatic and fantastical musical symphony that tells a tale of a young man wrought…4 min read·Apr 18, 2021--3--3
AalvidrezDaiku: Beethoven in JapanBeethoven’s Ninth Symphony is one of his most well known and performed symphonies. Premiering in 1824, the symphony has garnered…3 min read·Mar 24, 2021--1--1
AalvidrezMessiah in QuarantineHandel’s Messiah has been consistently performed countless times since it’s premiere in 1742. The oratorio interprets the story of Jesus…2 min read·Mar 1, 2021--1--1
AalvidrezInterpretive Liberty in OperaMonteverdi’s famous opera Orfeo is one of the earliest operas to still be performed today. It has persisted for centuries and been…3 min read·Feb 15, 2021--1--1
AalvidrezWilliam Finn’s First Musical FlopOn February 21, 1979, William Finn’s first musical, In Trousers, premiered off-Broadway. It is a one act sung-through musical that follows…2 min read·Feb 1, 2021--1--1
AalvidrezThe Time I Taught Myself Violin to Get A Solo in My School’s MusicalWhen I was a Sophomore in high school, it was announced that my school would be putting on a production of Legally Blonde the Musical…4 min read·Jan 25, 2021--1--1