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: 0871138905
• ISBN13: 9780871138903
• Publish Date: 7 June 2005
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Atlantic Monthly Press
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 318
• 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.