{"id":43494,"date":"2017-03-08T12:49:57","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T17:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=43494"},"modified":"2017-03-08T12:49:57","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T17:49:57","slug":"canada-mosaic-owen-pallett-just-writes-the-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2017\/03\/08\/canada-mosaic-owen-pallett-just-writes-the-music\/","title":{"rendered":"CANADA MOSAIC | Owen Pallett Just Writes The Music"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Owen Pallett chats about career, co-curating the New Creations Festival, and why he loathes hierarchical distinctions in music.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

W<\/span>hen I asked composer and performer Owen Pallett<\/a> if he liked his job, his answer wasn\u2019t quite what I was expecting:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you take [being a musician] on as a full-time job, it becomes much less enjoyable,” \u00a0he said. “The moment all the joy got sucked out of making music was the moment I had to quit my job to do it full-time. Rather than looking at it as something you want to pursue because you have an interest in pursuing it \u2026 it\u2019s an occupation that you should do if you feel as though there\u2019s nothing else that you\u2019re good at.\u201d<\/p>\n

While I can\u2019t speak to Pallett\u2019s other potential talents, his career has been prolific. He has collaborated with well-known artists and bands such as Arcade Fire, Taylor Swift, and The Pet Shop Boys (to name a few). His contributions to the score for the 2013 film Her <\/em>received an Oscar nomination. His 2006 He Poos Clouds <\/em>received the prestigious Polaris Music Prize. His orchestral work has been performed by Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Luminato Festival, and the Britten Sinfonia (again, to name a few).<\/p>\n