#RootsOfNoise
ACADEMIC FLESH
#1: Who was your childhood inspiration for writing music and poetry?
Tatiana Gerasimenok:
Arnold Schoenberg — both directly and indirectly.
For music, "A Survivor from Warsaw" and "Pierrot lunaire";
for poetry, Albert Giraud’s "Pierrot lunaire" and Charles Baudelaire.
#2: Who would you be if you weren't a composer?
Tatiana Gerasimenok: A forensic pathologist.
#3: Are your relatives musicians too?
Tatiana Gerasimenok: My relatives come from Belarusian-Polish intelligentsia —
doctors, scientists, educators in the exact sciences, and businesspeople with a passion for academic art.
Here's an example of my dad’s creativity when he was 18.