The challenges of composing piano concerto in the shadow of history and genius

Balazs Barabas

We are always interpreting something from the past. That’s the enchantment My Piano Concerto, “The World of Yesterday,” began with an email during one of the darker days of the pandemic: would I like to write a score for a movie about a concert pianist writing a piano concerto? As I looked at my concert diary, blank but for Zoom calls, it seemed like a wonderful way to keep busy. I’d never wanted to write a piano concerto (how to begin?) but the characters and outline of this film gave me a

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