[Fmpro] I saw that one too

[Carlos da Silveira]

I, from a South American perspective, agree with you. There are some  
clever guys in this forum that come from there (the most active being  
Marinho Nobre). I´ve been active in the contemporary music scene in  
my country, have gone to international courses in Argentina, Brasil  
and my own country Uruguay, have met great South American, North  
American, African and European composers and musicians that exchanged  
music and experiences with us. I have had the pleasure to be taught  
by Gordon Mumma, Fernand Vandenbogaerde, Joaquin Orellana, Francisco  
Kröpfl, Eduardo Bértola, Oscar Bazán, Dieter Kauffman, Mesías  
Maiguashca, Dieter Schnebel, Lars Gunnar Bodin, Gerardo Gandini, Hans  
Joachim Koellreuter and the list goes on... In recent years the  
activity has drained a little, regarding what was called "avant garde  
music" but arts and music are very active. Don´t forget that the Sao  
Paulo Bienale is still going strong after... I don´t remember now how  
many years, showing the work of the most prominent artists of the  
world and being considered one of the most important events in arts.   
Nevertheless, composers in our countries live mainly teaching at  
universities or having a day job (I remember that the great brazilian  
composer Gilberto Mendes worked in a bank and not as an executive).  
Life´s not easy having had military governements that led our  
countries to great international debts and leaving the economies  
exhausted, exile of our most important intelectuals in every field  
and dead by the thousands. So our musical life is not  different from  
yours and maybe we can think of the musical life in the USA being  
just like ours... But maybe we have to struggle a little more in  
terms of doing most evetything related to promoting the arts (most of  
the time it´s a pro bono work).  I´m glad Ted showed a different  
vision of our environement and about us and I thank him for this.

Best

Carlos

On Mar 4, 2008, at 1:52 AM, Ted Peterson wrote:

> We totally agree. Most people still think SA is a bunch of Indian
> tribes living in jungles. The sophistication of the culture is far
> more European than any polyglot of Amerind dominant. I love Argentina
> and want to go back again and again. But I also like Brazil. That
> place is intoxicating because it really is a Polyglot. But that
> mixture has turned out some really beautiful people. Remember back
> about 20 years and the Brazilian film "E Tu Amo" which introduced
> Sonya Bragga to American audiences. A fascinating film with a cool
> soundtrack. I have quite a few friends from both Arg. and Bra. A good
> friend of mine performs under the name Marillia. She's Brazilian and
> a good performance artist. I think she's in Arizona right now but she
> travels a lot.  She's married to Gozo Yoshimasu who is considered the
> leading post-war Japanese poet. I have met him several times; an
> incredible artist.
>
> Americans simply do not have a world perspective and it's shameful.
> It shows though. But as vibrant as the intellectual life is in Arg.,
> it's still not the utopia many think it would be. Rzewski lives in
> Belgium and they support artists. If he lived anywhere else, he would
> probably have to teach or work.
>
> Ted Peterson
>
>
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