Episode 73
Alexander Voltz, young Australian composer - The Relationship Between the Arts and Nationalism
The National Conservatism Institute of Australia Podcast · Dan Ryan
July 7, 20251h 0m
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Show Notes
My guest today is Alexander Voltz is a young award-winning composer who also serves as the founding musical editor of Quadrant Magazine. Today we discuss:
- How important are music and arts to the identity of a nation?
- Should we consider post modern and similar theories which seek to delegitimise great works of arts and those that created them as not simply a good faith form of literary criticism but more a fundamental and hostile attack on a nation?
- What should be the relationship between the arts and politics and whether it is possible for arts to be completely seperate from politics?
- How should government encourage the arts in Australia and how to avoid the trap of subsidising substandard works simply because they have a national element?
And much much more.