PS Un “blogger” non è un oracolo e commette inevitabilmente errori (il minimo possibile..). Ricevo spesso “correzioni” non sempre fondamentali e non sempre precise. Così come io mi sottopongo al giudizio altrui con nome e cognome così chi vorrà avere la bontà di segnalarmi eventuali errori o imprecisioni dovrà farlo unicamente mandando un commento: a ognuno la propria responsabilità. In base alla nuova normativa chi si fosse iscritto e desidera de-iscriversi è sufficiente che mi invii un messaggio e-mail..

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 I purposely waited a few days before writing some lines about the death of a giant of twentieth-century pianism. Maurizio Pollini represented the antithesis of the myth previously represented by Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. Fully immersed in the political and social reality of the world in which he lived, he represented its rational and critical vision in the musical field, also opening up to its most modern and less performed expressions. He has explored all the seasons of keyboard scores, from Bach to Debussy  including oviously his beloved Beethoven and Chopin. He perfectly represented rationality in music, which does not mean a cold mechanical execution but the exploration of the deep meaning of what is performed, having as a beacon that of and absolute respect for the score and style, the uncrossable channel within which personal interpretation can range freely. Pollini represented a musical world that is now dissolving, a current world where the aspect of an unnecessarily stratospheric technical exibitions prevails. Let’s be clear: Pollini’s interpretations were always technically immaculate, but this was not the ultimate goal but only the means to build a performance that brought to the fore the musical and cultural significance of the music proposed. Cultural is the most appropriate adjective because Pollini was a protagonist of the cultural and social life of the second half of the twentieth century also for his courageous stances that in some cases (for example at the Milan quartetto at the time of the Vietnam War) aroused clamorous and senseless reactions. For those who lived that period Pollini represented a standard-bearer, an example always to be pursued without ever reaching it. Today we live in a different musical period, but the writer is left with the doubt whether the present period is better or worse, but perhaps it is simply the fact that every period has its own standard-bearers and for those who are today at the sunset of their existence, the musical standard-bearer has disappeared. And he will miss him very much

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PS A “blogger” is not an oracle and inevitably makes errors (the minimum possible..). I often receive “corrections” not always fundamental and not always accurate. Just as I submit myself to the judgement of others with the name and surname so those who want to have the goodness to report errors or inaccuracies will have to do so only by sending a comment: everyone has his own responsibility.

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PS  Vorrei ringraziare tutti coloro che inseriscono commenti  ai posts utilizzando l’opzione “Lascia un commento”  (o “commenti” se ne sono già stati inseriti) prevista nella sezione sinistra (o prima del testo per schermi ridotti come i tablets) dei posts stessi affinchè tutti possano leggerli.  Il dibattito è sempre interessante per tutti…..grazie (è indispensabile lasciare nome e cognome – i commenti anonimi non saranno pubblicati)!!