POR JOHN PLOTZ
Francisco del Pino is a widely celebrated composer from Buenos Aires, and currently a Ph.D. candidate in Music Composition at Princeton University. John fell in love with his music (during his own semester there) when he heard a piece based on the poetry of Francisco’s longtime friend Victoria Cóccaro. Recall This Book seized the chance to speak with del Pino (in John’s weirdly resonant office) about composition and collaboration.
J. S. Bach: Why Francisco is interested in abstract or even inhuman pieces (e.g. 1747 Musical Offering.) that may have been written without any particular instrument in mind.
John brings up whale songs, thinking of the memorable 1979 National Geographic record he listened to as a kid.