(Above: Schoenberg with his family, Los Angeles, 1948. Check out loads more photos here)
Bologna's Teatro Comunale soon opens The Schoenberg Experience with the Austrian composer as protagonist of a four day program dedicated to the coolest of the cool, Arnold Schoenberg, in collaboration with Vienna's Arnold Shoenberg Center (if you visit Vienna, it's mandatory, as well as a slice of Estherhazy torte at Demel and the deli counter at Meinl am Graben).
The Vienna-based foundation, led by president Nuria Schoenberg Nono, is behind Bologna's kick-off concert on December 2. On December 3, Nuria Schoenberg Nono leads a conference titled "Schoenberg in America: 1933-1951". On December 5, the concert hall is swapped for a movie theater where Jean-Marie Straub's and Danièle Huillet's film Moses und Aron will be shown, based on Schoenberg's challenging opera of the same name.
Sure, Schoenberg was one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century and changed the entire trajectory of classical music as we had known it, but when he put on his pants just like the rest of us, he made gold records. And crazy, hand-drawn bridge cards.
He's not in tennis whites and he's in street shoes! Get him off the court!
Very cool photo, OC. Schoenberg is a genius. Just ask Alex Ross.
Posted by: Realto | November 28, 2011 at 05:02 PM
The ghost of the late Glenn Gould, a great Schoenberg promoter, will no doubt be applauding from the wings.
Posted by: Rose-Mary Hyslop | November 29, 2011 at 09:14 AM
Amazing photos on that page at the Schoenberg Foundation. Shoenberg and Einstein!
Posted by: Don | November 29, 2011 at 12:31 PM
--Arnold Schenberg Center--is my favourite place for reading books.
It's very quiet and cosy.
They have some of his paintings as well as the copy of his room where he worked.
His paintings tell us his loneliness with the depression what he suffered. Very sad.
But it talks to me !
Some of them are on my walls.
About Demel. It's not good any more!
Go to Oberlaa! It's not an advertisement but their cakes are much more --tasty--.
It's what we say in Vienna.
Meinl(pronounce as Meindl) is too expensive!
These days , we can get almost all what they have in other good supermarkets.
You can miss them! But Don't miss--A.S.Center--!!!
Everybody, have a good Chrismas season! Noncy
Posted by: Noncy Cowans | November 29, 2011 at 11:30 PM
Sorry for the miss spelling, Schönberg !
Good night Noncy
Posted by: Noncy Cowans | November 29, 2011 at 11:37 PM