by Blair Tindall (Author)
By age 16, the author of this piquant memoir was dealing marijuana, bedding her instructors at a performing arts high school and studying the oboe. Later, her blossoming career as a freelance musician in New York introduced her to a classical music demimonde of cocaine parties and group sex that had her wondering why she 'got hired for so many of my gigs in bed'. "Mozart in the Jungle" is a biting critique of the conservatories that produce thousands of graduates each year to pursue a handful of jobs, the superstar conductors and soloists who lord it over orchestral peons and a fine arts establishment depicted as bloated and corrupt.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 18 Aug 2005
ISBN 10: 184354492X
ISBN 13: 9781843544920