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Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
31 July 2021

Film review: Hairspray (2007) by Alan Shankman, *****

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Synopsys Musical comedy  starring John Travolta and Michelle Pfeiffer. Tracy Turnblad (Nikki Blonsky) is an overweight teenager with all the...
19 August 2020

FIlm review: Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009) by Jan Kounen, ****

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Synopsys In 1913 the first performance of the ballet “Le sacre du printemps” took place in Paris. The composer, Igor Stravinsky, is whistled...
30 September 2019

Preparazione dell'anniversario di domani

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Piazza Ouyanghai, accanto al Parco della Giada di Guiyang. Carino il parco dietro casa, e stasera molto frequentato. Però, a differenza de...
13 September 2018

Shanghai Museum of Music Boxes and opulent lunch

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  A remarkable personal collection, about 120 years old, now open to the public. It is not among the most widely advertised attractions of t...
09 September 2018

Shanghai dopo 20 anni

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Dopo vent'anni sono di ritorno a Shanghai, la città il cui nome significa "sul mare". All'arrivo in aeroporto mi sorprende...
22 August 2018

Singapore music box museum and cheapest Michelin star restaurant in the world

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The highlight of the morning is the Singapore museum of music boxes . It is the property of a Japanese collector who somehow decided to open...
23 September 2017

Film review: Farewell my concubine (1993) by Chen Kaige, *****

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  Synopsis The film gives a most interesting overview of China's history in the XX century through the eyes of Peking opera actors....
23 August 2017

Singapore heritage and songs

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Oggi visita al museo del "Retaggio di Chinatown" ( Chinatown heritage ) di Singapore, al centro di Chinatown. I cinesi sono circa ...
10 April 2017

Film review: You and Me (2013) by Zhang Yimou, ****

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Synopsis Golden-globe winning Chinese film director Zhang Yimou has staged his first Peking opera at the NCPA, spectacularly fusing the tr...
03 December 2016

Film review: Eroica (2003) by Simon Cellar Jones, *****

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Synopsis By the time the first public performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 ('Eroica') took place in Vienna in 1805, a pri...
18 November 2016

Film review: Tokyo Sonata (2008) by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, ****

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Synopsis Kiyoshi Kurosawa the hugely acclaimed Japanese director famous for his groundbreaking, existential horror films such as Cure ...
22 September 2016

Walking around Fenghuang, Hunan

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Folk music by the Miao minority Nel pomeriggio gita per visitare un villaggio della minoranza dei Miao. Ci si arriva in bus e poi in ba...
01 August 2015

Book review: Music, A Very Short Introduction (1998) by Nicholas Cook, ***

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Beethoven nears the end, by Batt Synopsis What is music? How is it constructed? How is it consumed? Why do you enjoy it at all? Nichol...
05 December 2014

Gramex, Rogers Hewland's shop of records and CDs in London

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With Roger at Gramex , 104 Lower Marsh, London I am a music collector, and when I travel some of my first destination targets are the mu...
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01 May 2014

Books and Films about Music around the world

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I am proposing here a list of books and films about the music of the world. I hope these books can help a traveler understand the countries ...
09 January 2014

34. - 9 Jan.: Cape Town slaves, cannons and jazz

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Wake up leisurly and after another my usual dose of fruits, eggs and toast at the hotel buffet I join the others on our bus for one more day...
20 December 2013

14. - 20 Dec.: Cape Town tour and music

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Tour of the city with Teddy, a big colored man in his mid-thirties who is passionate about his country and especially his city. He takes us ...