Alexander Hersh’s ‘Absinthe’ Project Raises a Glass to the Verdant Spirit

12/08/23 • 15 min

This story was written by Megan Westberg for the November-December 2023 issue of Strings magazine and is read by the author.
From music to video production to marketing to merchandising, the Absinthe project has been a personal, local affair. “One of the goals of Absinthe is that I hope it will inspire other classical musicians to maybe think outside the box, take risks, do something creative that maybe you’re thinking of doing. It’s OK to combine interests. It doesn’t dilute you as a player in any fashion, I think,” Hersh says.

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