Monthly Archives: May 2018

“Η ελληνική ποιητική γενιά του 2000”: Mιά συνέντευξή μου στη ‘Βαβυλωνία’

“Αντί η ποιητική γενιά του 2000 να πενθήσει τη χαμένη επανάσταση, προτίμησε να μείνει πιστή στο αριστερό πρόταγμα της αυτονομίας και στην ιστορική ρήξη της εξέγερσης.  Έτσι καλλιέργησε μια ριζοσπαστικοποίηση του στίχου προς αναρχίζουσες κατευθύνσεις.  Οι καινούργιοι ποιητές απορρίπτουν την … Continue reading

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The tragedy of revolution is that liberation conspires with terror.

A link to my scholarly project The Tragedy of Revolution: “A tragic understanding admits that revolution is subject to counter-revolution, that liberation is risking oppression.”

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Schubert as a Byronic hero

Every time I start listening to Schubert’s Quartet No. 14, “Death and the Maiden” (1824), its opening fortissimo octaves stop me on my tracks: Did I really just hear that? And that is only the start! The tremendous, relentless contrasts … Continue reading

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The pianist-thinker

Certain great pianists spend their lives thinking deeply about music, and feeling torn between the ethereal and the apoplectic – either dancing on the piano (clip 1) or crawling under it (2).  Some times they believe they have mastered their … Continue reading

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