Even WWD kneels down and pays their respects to one of the great Americans, il maestro Elliott Carter now celebrating one cool century of awesomeness:
He realized he was destined to be a composer when he was 19, and first heard Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring
at Carnegie Hall in 1928. “I thought it was the greatest thing I’d ever
heard and thought to myself, I’d love to write something like that.” He
laughs as he adds, “I remember half of the audience walked out and
that’s what I liked, too.”
“It’s rather touching for me to see the halls packed today with people because there were times when I was lucky if I could fill one row at a big concert hall,” he recalls.
“It’s rather touching for me to see the halls packed today with people because there were times when I was lucky if I could fill one row at a big concert hall,” he recalls.
One, two, three: riot!