I am being called.
From somewhere far away… a place where a fountain of life springs forth,

Recently, thanks to radioApp, I've become engrossed in classical music.

If you want to know the future,
the answer lies in history,

Hmm. Even as I muse like this, it doesn't quite feel right.

For the past few years, I've been captivated by Gustavo Dudamel,
but there's something different about the classical music he chooses.
It's as if my perception of what is called classical music is renewed. While I am immersed in the dizzying beauty of the pieces Gustavo selects, I simultaneously contemplate Gustavo Dudamel's stance in confronting the great heritage of the past.

Is he a god? Or perhaps a genius conductor?

A joy unlike anything I've experienced before, like being struck by lightning (though not literally, of course), a thrill that pierces through my back. The climax, which no longer sparks like it did in my youth, plunges me into the abyss. Therefore, it is a catharsis so intense that it can no longer be discussed within the realm of music, dominating my heart and bringing to the surface the two words, hope, which had sunk to the depths of my soul, been forgotten, and eventually decayed, allowing Gustavo Dudamel's music to place them so effortlessly on the dinner table for two.

Gustavo Dudamel - The promise of music


Before I knew it, all media had become captive to money and power,
and I believe Gustavo Dudamel descended into this world for a reason—a world that has become a dead end, trapped in a cycle of tigers at the front gate and wolves at the back, where those who control the vested interests willingly expose themselves to a life of servitude in exchange for their own desires, leading to a state of relaxation, nihilism, and an apocalyptic atmosphere.
In other words, he urges the rehabilitation of the word hope, which had long been forgotten,
as a messenger of a single ray of light guiding humanity toward a bright future.

Gustavo Dudamel dirigiert Ravel und suedamerikanische Werke


I say it again, this is no longer music.
In essence, humanity, having consumed everything, finds within its garbage heap a shining hope, which Gustavo Dudamel presents to us, wrapped in the packaging of classical music.
Genius arrives when you least expect it.

It begins with a fundamental self-affirmation: 'We are noble, we are good, we are beautiful,
we are fortunate.'
This aristocratic, knightly being, who stands on the foundation of absolute self-affirmation, is thoughtless, simple, and outrageously barbaric.
Excerpted from "If You Work Your Intellect, You Can Build a Warehouse" by Tadashi Uchida

Japan, once called a country with a strong middle-class consciousness,
has now seen the wealth gap widen to an irrecoverable extent, as if it has been taken back to the era when classical music was born.

Come, gentlemen! You poor souls! Now is the time for rebellion. Let us surrender ourselves to music that inspires a sense of nobility.
I believe that music that governs the future is created by those with the talent to rediscover humanity's vast and great heritage and remake it as music never heard before. That's all for today.
Thanks also to YouTube.

G. Dudamel Ravel: Bolero - Part2


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