Busting Myths And Building Resiliency: Esperanza Spalding Talks With Lara Downes

Busting Myths And Building Resiliency: Esperanza Spalding Talks With Lara Downes To be Esperanza Spalding is to be many things that myths are made of — the myths of genius, of creativity, of beauty, of success and stardom. His groundbreaking improvisation – and legendary quartet of musicians at the center – mixes classical and jazz forms in a score set to Esperanza's poetic and subversively radical libretto. To deconstruct also means to rebuild, and Esperanza is applying her self-described "athletic creativity" to the construction of work intended to give shelter and safe haven from the dangers of our time. She brings together musicians and practitioners of various disciplines — music therapy, neuroscience, Black American music, Sufism and South Indian Carnatic music — in the spirit of radical healing.