Dirty commies. Literally.

Leon Botstein (musical director of the American Symphony Orchestra):

"What can we retrieve from obviously a terrible and repressive regime? What can we retrieve from the East German tradition that is worth remembering?".

"Music has a way of pleasing authorities and telling the truth at the same time, so the question was, 'Is there East German music that qualifies in this way?' ".

Dirty commies. Literally.

Leon Botstein (musical director of the American Symphony Orchestra):

"What can we retrieve from obviously a terrible and repressive regime? What can we retrieve from the East German tradition that is worth remembering?".

"Music has a way of pleasing authorities and telling the truth at the same time,"

"so the question was, 'Is there East German music that qualifies in this way?' ".

Dirty commies. Literally.

Leon Botstein (musical director of the American Symphony Orchestra):

"What can we retrieve from obviously a terrible and repressive regime? What can we retrieve from the East German tradition that is worth remembering?".

"Music has a way of pleasing authorities and telling the truth at the same time," Botstein says, "so the question was, 'Is there East German music that qualifies in this way?' ".

Dirty commies. Literally.

Leon Botstein (musical director of the American Symphony Orchestra):

"What can we retrieve from obviously a terrible and repressive regime? What can we retrieve from the East German tradition that is worth remembering?".

"Music has a way of pleasing authorities and telling the truth at the same time," Botstein says, "so the question was, 'Is there East German music that qualifies in this way?' ".

Dirty commies. Literally.