A lot of times, politics, global issues are very black and white. There is a place for that, but it’s also fantastic to have art side by side, from different viewpoints, open for interpretations. Du Yun Read Quote
When you are known as this cutting-edge composer all the time… it’s no longer cutting-edge. Du Yun Read Quote
I’m always going to use music, use culture as a tool to engage people to have this dialog, to enable others. That’s very important. Du Yun Read Quote
Some of my contemporaries don’t want to talk about the female problem because they feel like whenever they get a teaching position or an award, we are just being pinpointed, fitting into the model. Du Yun Read Quote
I’m the benefactor of people who are doing so much hard work championing women composers. Du Yun Read Quote
In pop music, people take a stand. When you look at a Beyonce or a Kendrick Lamar, they are going to tell you what they think. And audiences totally get it. They totally love it, and they are totally hungry for it. But in our conservatory training, I think it’s a little lacking. Du Yun Read Quote
