Comments on: The Discrete Musical Charms of Pavia http://www.sequenza21.com/2011/03/the-discrete-musical-charms-of-pavia/ The Contemporary Classical Music Community Wed, 22 May 2013 02:29:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jeremy Vaughan http://www.sequenza21.com/2011/03/the-discrete-musical-charms-of-pavia/comment-page-1/#comment-25696 Jeremy Vaughan Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:34:16 +0000 http://www.sequenza21.com/?p=5215#comment-25696 I took part in the Highscore Festival last year and I wanted to share some impressions. There were several factors that attracted me. The chance to meet and learn from several leading composers (Theofanidis and Moravec) was a big draw for me (and of course, the chance to enjoy all of this in the beautiful and historic city of Pavia!). Also, the opportunity to get to share my music with the other participants and also hear about their work was a highlight of the Festival. These masterclasses, which were one of the central focuses of the Festival and lead by Theofanidis and Moravec, were always lively and engaging discussions. Having the chance to discuss other people’s work and their compositional process (and how they approach problems in their own work) is always quite enlightening. With the lectures from visiting guests, we had the chance to hear about topics that may be less common (such as the use of early instruments in contemporary music or contemporary Italian music). The several weeks of wonderful exchange in these masterclasses and lectures lead to concerts that featured our works that had been written for the festival.

The Festival itself was very well organized and full of great opportunities for meeting new faces and new approaches to composition.(And of course, one cannot forget all of the wonderful food!)

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