Poul Ruders Tempers Dark Narratives with Scandinavian Cool →
Poul Ruders Tempers Dark Narratives with Scandinavian Cool
Danish composer Poul Ruders once described the aesthetic character of his early family and scholastic environments as “staunchly conservative.” Within those confines, the young Ruders thrilled to Vivaldi, Purcell and Buxtehude. But though Ruders reports that he and his fellow Danes were insulated, to some degree, from the sweeping cult of Pierre Boulez and Darmstadt that overtook much of Europe in the '60s and '70s, modernity could not be kept from their shores forever.