Book description
In the tradition of Anthony Bourdainās Kitchen Confidential and Gelsey Kirklandās Dancing on My Grave, Mozart in the Jungle delves into the lives of the musicians and conductors who inhabit the insular world of classical music. In a book that inspired the Amazon Original series starring Gael GarcĆa Bernal andā¦
Why read it?
1 author picked Mozart in the Jungle as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I suspect Iāll raise a few eyebrows with this recommendation, notwithstanding the Amazon series it spawned (which ran for four seasons).
The book was not uniformly applauded, and it is difficult to know how accurate certain details are, given Tindallās use of more than thirty pseudonyms and numerous denials from people she named. However, the prevalence of sex, drugs, and power politics in classical music is a harsh, ugly fact.
Classical musicians often misbehave, and if even those struggling for orchestral positions are guilty, how much worse might it be with the superstars? Obviously, I am thinking about NiccolĆ² Paganini,ā¦
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