Daniel Goldstein

Daniel is an independent composer and orchestral arranger. He is part of a Folk/Neo-Classical duo with Violist Sara Umansky. They have released two albums to date. He writes orchestral arrangements for other artists, and occasionally conducts a chamber orchestra playing his original compositions, as well as arrangements of well-known pieces (most notably, pieces by Maurice Ravel). He is an avid music listener and collector, but when not engaging in any musical activity - he spends his time writing opinion pieces about history, cinema, music and other aspects of culture. An unhealthily-impassioned addict to History Channel, Discovery Channel, and basically everything culture.

January 9, 2018February 10, 2018

The Best in Comment

It’s been a comment worthy year, and our writers haven’t disappointed us. With such varied topics, we’re sure there’s an article in here to tempt you with.

October 12, 2017

The Evolution of 20th Century Harmony

In December 1934, during a speech at the Berlin Sports Palace, Germany’s Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels publicly denounced composer Paul Hindemith as an “atonal noisemaker”.

September 17, 2017September 19, 2017

The Perks of Multilingualism

In the 20th century, English became the most commonly spoken language (including both native speakers and non-native speakers). This has recently been overtaken by the surge in the number of native speakers of Chinese and Spanish, which in turn begs the question – is the rise in multilingualism something to be welcomed, or rebuked?

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