Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs and Classical Music

by Blair Tindall

By age 16, the author of this piquant memoir was dealing marijuana, bedding her instructors at a performing arts high school and studying the oboe. Later, her blossoming career as a freelance musician in New York introduced her to a classical music demimonde of cocaine parties and group sex that had her wondering why she 'got hired for so many of my gigs in bed'. "Mozart in the Jungle" is a biting critique of the conservatories that produce thousands of graduates each year to pursue a handful of jobs, the superstar conductors and soloists who lord it over orchestral peons and a fine arts establishment depicted as bloated and corrupt.

• ISBN10: 184354492X
• ISBN13: 9781843544920
• Publish Date: 18 August 2005 (first published 7 June 2005)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 28 February 2014
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Atlantic Books
• Edition: Main
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 288
• Language: English

Reviews

[lovelybookshelf]

I expected so much out of this book, and was sorely disappointed. Reading it was like being caught in the middle of a personal vendetta, where you always have a feeling you're hearing a distorted version of only one side of the story. More of my thoughts on this title can be found on my blog at A Lovely Bookshelf on the Wall.