I loved reading about the 27-year-old French pianist Alexandre Cantoro, a rising star in the classical world who won major awards, played in the rain at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics and made his film debut in Los Angeles. ready for Philharmonic on Friday. What struck me about Cantoro is his determination to keep his life and his ways of working the same, even as he seems destined for fame, even when signing signs for seats. Crowds of fans outside his performance.
“I really don’t like change, and unnecessary change in life,” Cantoro told the Times. He has had the same manager and teacher since he was 16 and remains with his own small record label.
Resistance to unnecessary change, what a concept! In the stock fantasy of fame, one imagines all the ways their life will change, upgrading each one big and shiny. I can’t pretend to know what it would feel like to be a musician on the proffer of stardom, but I’d imagine the temptation to shed your old ways of doing things would be strong.
Listening to Cantoro’s latest album, a collection of pieces by Brahms and Schubert, I wondered how a determination to keep things stable affects an artist’s output. It would be replaced by the inevitable changes that would follow with success,” wrote classical music critic Zachary Wolff, “interestingly drawn between Cantoro’s lucid, pearly touch and the romantic wildness of his music-making. Tension “What about? What is essential about an artist, impervious to any outside forces?
I recently performed Martin Scorsese’s concert film of the Rolling Stones at the Beacon Theater in New York in 2006. The film has been shot. . You forget that you’re witnessing the most successful rock band in history, that they’ve played these songs a million times, that they Basically ignorant of their fame and fortune and the way the world respects them. Instead they feel familiar, almost coyly accessible. Celebrity and fortune have made him realize this point in ways that he has. The early 21st-century McGegar of “Shine a Light” is essentially the same for the fan who was rocking 1970’s “Game Shelter,” which last year The Stones used to romance crowds during the “Hackney Diamonds” tour.
The idea of ​​an artist being fundamentally stable, independent of external forces, makes sense. It’s what allows them to experiment with style and genre and personality and still stay relevant to their audience. Of course, fans have been known to accuse artists they accuse of abandoning their ness (see: Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival), changing beyond recognition. As troubling as it must be for an artist, I wonder if there’s anything like wanting to be true to you, to being a core part of who you are. Want to help protect you. This
We do this to people we know all the time, providing them with a mirror that reflects back to them the person we love. The challenge, in art and in life, is to allow people to shape and experience while trusting that the essence of what we love is fundamentally indelible. It’s not going anywhere, no matter how much we choose or resist change.
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Hamas released four female Israeli soldiers held hostage in Gaza in a carefully choreographed display. Israel is expected to release 200 Palestinian prisoners in return as part of the ceasefire agreement.
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The Senate approved Pat Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense. Vice President JD Vance broke a 50-50 tie after Hegseth voted against: Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Mitch McConnell.
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President Trump said during a visit to hurricane-ravaged North Carolina that states should play a greater role in responding to disasters and suggested he could try to eliminate FEMA.
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Trump also traveled to California, where he and Gov. Gavin Newsom pledged to help with wildfire recovery. But Trump has threatened to withhold aid until the state enacts voter ID laws.
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Elon Musk said his Dodge program would reshape the federal workforce. In its first week, the scope of the project seemed more limited.
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The Department of the Interior says the Gulf of Mexico is now, officially, the “Gulf of the United States.”
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🎬 “Dogman” (Friday): If you’ve got a grade schooler, Dave Pilkey’s Dogman series is hard to avoid (it holds six of the top 10 spots on the Times graphic books and manga bestseller list). A spin-off of Dogman-Pilky’s other popular series, Captain Underpants tells the story of a half-man, half-dog police officer who battles a villainous cat named Patty. After being adapted into a successful musical, Dogman now makes the leap to the big screen, with animation inspired by the children’s art style of the books.
Vegetable fritters
The Lunar New Year is this Wednesday, ushering in the Year of the Wood Snake with all its intelligence. Dumplings are a time-honored way to celebrate, and sue Lee’s plush Vegetable fritters There is a deeply flavored option that happens to be vegetarian. The trick is to bind the vegetables with tofu in place of the pork fat that is traditionally used more. Homemade dumplings take time to prepare, but they freeze well, meaning you can make them this weekend to cook on Wednesday. And if making a wrapper from scratch seems like a step too many, fear not. Store-bought dumpling skins will also work here.
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Buffalo Bills vs. Kansas City Chiefs, AFC Championship: The Super Bowl will be the most watched game of the season. For NFL fans, though, this is probably the most anticipated game. Patrick Mahomes has led the Chiefs to seven straight AFC title games, and has defeated the Bills and their quarterback, Josh Allen, in all three of their playoff matchups. But Mahomes isn’t quite invincible. Of the 16 games he started that season, he lost just one to Allen and the Bills. Tomorrow at 6:30pm Eastern on CBS
