“Chance Must Be Well Planned”
Steffen Scheiermacher on John Cage’s Piano Music (but not only). An Interview by Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer
Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer, Steffen Schleiermacher
Steffen Scheiermacher, pianist and composer, has recorded John Cage’s complete piano music on 18 CDs for MDG. Together with Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer, he discusses fundamental questions relating to the interpretation of Cage’s music. One of its fundamental challenges remains finding an adequate approach to the various degrees of indeterminacy in performance.
