Archives of Art Wide Open

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MUSIC IN A HAZE

Art Wide Open March 20, 2021
It’s been one year that we’re all trying to define for ourselves what’s going on and where this all leads to. Since nobody really knows it, we try to make sense of it by giving importance to all sorts of stories that tell us what we should do and how to live. Television and Internet […]
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Post-corona life of solo musicians

Art Wide Open May 12, 2020
From one day to the next everything has stopped, has been postponed or canceled. All meticulously planned schedules have started to live its own life. Hung in the unknown. Something unexpected happened, something that puts things into perspective. Something that hopefully might show us what’s really important. And I don’t mean health, which is obvious. […]
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The glow of an artist

Art Wide Open March 13, 2019
We live in a world in which if you’re not active on social media, you’re basically not existing. The more you post, the more you live. Posting only occasionally means for many you’re probably living an uninteresting life so you have nothing worth to share. It gets even more tricky if you’re a musician (ideally […]
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Tempo of life & music

Art Wide Open March 2, 2019
Life is getting faster and faster. At least it feels like this. The reasons are obvious: Constant shortening of travel times Technological inventions that make communication quicker Increased computing power, which allows us to do more things at once All that surely makes life feel quicker. Some people hate it, some love it. Some see it positive, some negative. C’est […]
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Why so serious?

Art Wide Open January 16, 2019
Let’s put it straight. This, what an ordinary man on the street thinks about classical music people, is true. They are not relaxed and their sense of humor is very limited. Generally speaking of course, because I know many classical musicians that are fun. Well, not so many, but some! They exist! And those have […]
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Brace yourself and enjoy the ride!

Art Wide Open November 13, 2018
We were totally green. Like broccoli. Inexperienced and naïve. Completely clueless what the real classical music world means. Like… most of you! Full of trust in the higher values and purity of arts, our business-innocence-level was childishly high. That was the year 2010. The doors started to open massively. Ingolf had just shaken the musical […]
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