year we've seen the san diego -- yeah, the san diego opera and [speaker not understood] merge with mozart, close down. the sacramento [speaker not understood] symphony had to reorganize in chapter 11 if i'm not mistaken. and we're watching this kind of elected officials need to be seeing that what's happening there is that demographic change impacts the arts. this month, we have been treated here in san francisco to a -- to a manner in which the lobbyists for the opera, the symphony, and the ballet have claimed that the board of supervisors was cutting arts funding. all of us know that's not what's happening here, and yet all of these people that you're hearing testify begging you not to call for cuts in the arts, they've been here because they got this mailer [inaudible]. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >>> good morning, supervisors. my name is andrew wood, san francisco international arts festival, and i want to talk to you today about a report that was put out by the city budget analyst. it was on grants for the arts. and the report found something that we in the arts community had

bach or beethoven or mozart? >> comparisons are odious, they say. certainly is the fountain from which all great music in the west has sprung. having said that, i think that mozart perhaps because he was a personal genius -- what other kind of genius can you have? the kind of genius he had which -- universal, effortlessly >> was more precocious and the others? >> yes. repertoire of a music that is unsurpassed and unparalleled in classical music. beethoven was a struggler. he really fought the demons within him and the world around him. outside of his domain. he fought for every note and he struggled. extraordinaryan reservoir of great music. still, you feel that struggle and it is a struggle of his mortality to his music. you feel the struggle and triumph he had in putting it all together successfully. >> you see it differently today than you did 10 years ago simply because you felt more about it, you see it differently because of your experiences? you have a different eye? not necessarily in a positive way. in my case, as a composer who see the mus

having said that, i think mozart because of his personal genius -- >> charlie: personal genius.eah, what other kind of genius can you have, you will say, but the kind of genius he had which was universal, effortlessly -- >> charlie: was he more precocious than the other two? >> yes, and he offered the world repertoire of music unparalleled in classical music. beethoven was a real struggler, he fought the demons within him and the world without him, outside his domain. he fought for every note and he struggled, and the result is an extraordinary reservoir of great music, but still you feel that struggle, and it's the struggle, of course, that gives vitality to his music. you feel that inner struggle and you feel the triumph that he had in putting it all together successfully. >> charlie: do you see it differently than, say, ten years ago simply because you thought more about it, you see it differently, your own experiences are different and you bring a different eye to the music? >> yes, one grows older, not necessarily in a positive way. in my particular case, as a composer who

>> reporter: his fans didn't come to hear a modern day mozart, but they believe he's striking the righthord. >> he takes what's good in people and kind and sweet and brings it to the surface. >> what are you having? >> a free piano concert. >> reporter: already dylan is promoting his next show. >> and if you're doing what you enjoy doing, do it well. and he does it very well. >> reporter: perhaps that's dylan's true piano lesson. joe fryar, nbc news, minneapolis. >>> and on that note, that is our broadcast on a tuesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we, of course, hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> i can't put food on the table for my children if this goes into effect. >> receipt now at 6:00. it doesn't just impact homeowners, also people who depend on water to make a living are concerned about that big decision that just came down a few moments ago. good evening and thanks for being with us. i'm raj mathai. >> i'm jessica

i love it because i'll say, okay, i want to learn about mozart. put it in, learn, five hours, and the ring -- when i was in vienna, and was trying to explain to people why i like them, and, no, songza. not politically. >> yeah. it does so point to the idea of cureation, part of the beats deal from apple. as was said at the code conference, it's about having a selection of music not computer generated. it's different somehow. >> interesting. i never heard of spotify until you mentioned it on air. now i'm like what was i thinking? the services -- i like sirius -- >> downloading music, now, of course, streaming now, spotify, pandora, you name it. one expects google will make this a larger service, no doubt. i wonder if it's beneficial to the music companies? i believe it may well be who are paid more in royaltieroyalties, again. >> right, hasn't thought of that. >> universal music is out there. warner music, again, maybe who owns that thing is going to have wandered into something that will be a positive, but don't forget that as streaming becomes mo