Zygmunt Noskowoski

In Poland, for over two decades, there has been a growing desire to reinterpret the peasant folklore inheritance. It is hard to classify the folklore works of Zygmunt Krauze of the 1970s to the intentional, ideological sign of these value revisions. Krauze combines an unconventional approach with “immersion” (to use the word of the composer) in the sound environment, which results in an original and fresh work.

Stojowski was born and brought up in Poland though he later lived in Paris and finally became an American citizen. He was both virtuoso pianist and serious composer (he wrote a symphony and violin concerto as well as music for his own instrument) and his initial career was full of promise. Unfortunately for his later reputation his style was that of a previous generation and in the 20th century his music was viewed as increasingly dated. One hundred years later this hardly matters and on this CD we find works steeped in the language of Tchaikovsky and Grieg, perhaps with a hint of Saint-Saëns and the almost sentimental lyricism of Paderewski (ten years Stojowski's senior, Paderewski was both teacher and friend to the younger composer, the second concerto was dedicated to, and played by him).

Selon Zygmunt Bauman, notre ère postmoderne a vu l’avènement d’une « société liquide », dans laquelle la communauté cède le pas à l’individualisme, le changement est la seule chose permanente et l’incertitude la seule certitude.
Connu dans le monde entier pour ses travaux éclairants sur notre monde, Zygmunt Bauman avait entamé, peu avant sa mort, un dialogue avec Thomas Leoncini, un journaliste italien de soixante ans son cadet. …

Non ci sarà più luogo dove rifugiarsi per non essere spiati. Per nessuno. La sorveglianza è una dimensione chiave del nostro mondo: siamo costantemente controllati, messi alla prova, valutati, giudicati nei più piccoli dettagli della vita quotidiana. E il paradosso è che siamo proprio noi – i sorvegliati – a fornire il più grande volume di informazioni personali, caricando contenuti sui social network, usando la nostra carta di credito, facendo acquisti e ricerche on line. Questo perché il bisogno di salvaguardare la nostra solitudine ha ceduto il posto alla speranza di non essere mai più soli e la gioia di essere notati ha avuto la meglio sulla paura di essere scoperti e incasellati. …

Un essai incisif du grand sociologue Zygmunt Bauman, père du concept de société liquide, sur la crise des réfugiés.
Depuis toujours, des réfugiés, emmenés par la guerre et la faim, toquent à la porte de mieux lotis. Pour ceux qui se trouvent derrière ces portes, ces importuns ont toujours d'abord été des étrangers, des étrangers porteurs de peur et d'angoisse.
Nous sommes, aujourd'hui, confrontés à une forme extrême de ce motif historique. Alors que les médias sont obsédés par une " crise migratoire " qui menacerait notre mode de vie, on voit naître une véritable panique morale. …