Opus 277 - "America/Beautiful" (feat. Min Kwon)

About this episode

Loki chats with pianist Min Kwon about her project 'America/Beautiful' and her views on arts advocacy and American culture.

"America/Beautiful" is a project by pianist and arts advocate Min Kwon, in which she has commissioned a diverse group of more than 70 of today’s leading American composers to each compose a variation on “America the Beautiful.” Loki chats with Min about this project, her Center for Musical Excellence, and her nuanced view of what it means to take action toward a better America. Loki offers thoughts on his initial response to this project, and how dialogue gave him a more accurate view of it. Min Kwon "American/Beautiful" Center of Music Excellence Daniel Bernard Roumain: “america, NEVER beautiful” Kristjan Järvi: “Look up America” ★ Support this podcast ★

People in this episode

Host: Loki

Guest: Min Kwon

Topics covered

• music
• composition
• American culture
• arts advocacy
• dialogue
• piano

Keywords

• America the Beautiful
• Min Kwon
• American composers
• arts advocacy
• Center for Musical Excellence

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Center for Musical Excellence

Books & works: America/Beautiful, america, NEVER beautiful, Look up America

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