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A review by danielmbensen
Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa by Haruki Murakami
3.0
--a collection of transcribed conversations between the author and concert conductor Seiji Ozawa. Both talk about their love of music and their approach to creative work, as well as the experience of living abroad.
I'm not a musician, and I didn't get much even when I read along to the music (on Spotify). I did connect with some of the more abstract discussion of the "hungry heart" of the artist reaching toward mastery and the "stripping away layers" during performance. It's good to consider what makes art good.
This book was a suggestion from Paul Venet, and I read it on the beach. It's now in the hands of an opera-conductor student of mine, who has decided to translate it word for word.
I'm not a musician, and I didn't get much even when I read along to the music (on Spotify). I did connect with some of the more abstract discussion of the "hungry heart" of the artist reaching toward mastery and the "stripping away layers" during performance. It's good to consider what makes art good.
This book was a suggestion from Paul Venet, and I read it on the beach. It's now in the hands of an opera-conductor student of mine, who has decided to translate it word for word.