Marin Alsop: 'The need to pigeonhole music is limiting'
Marin Alsop talks about the excitement of playing populist music and the need to break down the boundaries and barriers of playing classical music in contemporary society. Speaking to Deborah Bull at the Edinburgh International Festival, the conductor highlights struggle of Leonard Bernstein鈥檚 West Side Story soundtrack to be taken seriously due its populist appeal.
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