Eric Fraad, director and founder of the Irish label Heresy, believes in music’s transformative power even in crisis. Moving from New York to Dublin, he left traditional opera to create hybrid works of music, theater, and dance. With Heresy, he champions concept-driven projects spanning Irish traditions to Philip Glass, aiming to revitalize classical music. His latest film Partita blends Bach, poetry, and performance to confront today’s global “polycrisis,” offering art as a path to transcendence and renewal.