An alternative classical music scene is as interesting as it sounds. Underground composers putting on classical gigs in a non-traditional setting is as punk rock as it gets--and coincidentally enough, it's coming from the U.K.
Apparently, a new generation of composers and musicians started to find gigs for their insatiable thirst for neo-classical. Now, warehouses to pubs are lined with players--sometimes even harboring in abandoned underground stations.
Now, coming to us via Hackney Classical Press, a new Kickstarter campaign is trying to launch a new biography capturing this unique music movement.
The book, We Break Strings, is trying to raise enough funds to get a piece of this action to your coffee tables and subway rides.
Even composer Gabriel Prokofiev (founder of classical night-club and record label NONCLASSICAL) felt it fitting to encapsulate this thriving scene in the format of a photo book.
According to their campaign, the book " [We Break Strings] is the product of our desire to bring this scene to a wider public."
"The book charts a scene driven by a desire to create a new space for contemporary music outside of the traditional concert hall," it continues.
So go to their page and throw them a bone or two and get this ball moving. Any kind of burgeoning classical scene is a-OK at Classicalite.
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