Igor Toronyi-Lalic

2 weeks ago | spectator.com.au | Igor Toronyi-Lalic

‘When you’re not offensive in life, you obtain absolutely nothing,’ declares a twinkly-eyed Pierre Boulez in one of the archive films that the Barbican were screening to celebrate the composer’s centenary. What a joy to be reminded of the young Boulez – the unashamed elitist, the unbeatable snob. Not even allies such as Schoenberg (too trad) and Messiaen (‘vulgar’) were safe from his tongue.

2 weeks ago | spectator.co.uk | Igor Toronyi-Lalic

Text size Small Medium Large Line Spacing Compact Normal Spacious Comments ‘When you’re not offensive in life, you obtain absolutely nothing,’ declares a twinkly-eyed Pierre Boulez in one of the archive films that the Barbican were screening to celebrate the composer’s centenary. What a joy to be reminded of the young Boulez – the unashamed elitist, the unbeatable snob. Not even allies such as Schoenberg (too trad) and Messiaen (‘vulgar’) were safe from his tongue. To Boulez, pop music wasn’t...

Aug 28, 2024 | spectator.com.au | Igor Toronyi-Lalic

Let Cinema Go To Its Ruin: The Cinema of Marguerite DurasICA The most important thing to know about the filmmaker and writer Marguerite Duras is that she was a total drunk. ‘I became an alcoholic as soon as I started to drink,’ she wrote, proudly. ‘And left everyone else behind.’It’s not something any of the academics who’d been drafted in to introduce each film in the ICA’s exhaustive Duras season thought to mention, even in passing.

Aug 28, 2024 | spectator.co.uk | Igor Toronyi-Lalic

Text size Line Spacing Comments Share Share Igor Toronyi-Lalic In praise of one of the great avant-garde trolls of cinema Linkedin Messenger Email Let Cinema Go To Its Ruin: The Cinema of Marguerite Duras ICA The most important thing to know about the filmmaker and writer Marguerite Duras is that she was a total drunk. ‘I became an alcoholic as soon as I started to drink,’ she wrote, proudly. ‘And left everyone else behind.’ It’s not something any of the academics who’d been drafted in to...

Aug 7, 2024 | spectator.com.au | Igor Toronyi-Lalic

Igor Levit; Don Giovanni; Die KlugeSalzburger Festspiele, until 31 AugustAnselm Kiefer: Mein RheinThaddaeus Ropac Salzburg,, until 28 September Salzburg Festival doesn’t mess about. The offerings this year include an adaptation of Thomas Mann’s Magic Mountain in Lithuanian, a Soviet-era operatic treatment of Dostoevsky’s The Idiot, and Igor Levit tackling one of the Himalayan peaks of the piano rep.