Bringing a world of sound around the globe By CHEN NAN | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-01-25 07:50 Share CLOSE The China NCPA Orchestra performs the 23-minute cinematic-musical production, See Me: A Global Concert. CHINA DAILY
The China NCPA Orchestra performed in the world premiere of the 23-minute cinematic-musical production, See Me: A Global Concert, which opened the World Economic Forum on Jan 24.
Marin Alsop, one of the world s most acclaimed conductors and winner of the World Economic Forum s Crystal Award, initiated the international collaborative effort.
Filmed in different locations over the fall and winter of 2020 despite the challenges posed by COVID-19, the production features cellist Yo-Yo Ma; the Chamber Orchestra of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music; the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; the Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra; the Choir of the State Orchestra of Sao Paulo; the Orchestra della Toscan
January 25, 2021
Magic touch: Beethoven once wrote a letter inviting a colleague who had lost a child while giving birth. He played on the piano only for her for several hours. And she was able to return to her family, emotionally healed
Magic touch: Beethoven once wrote a letter inviting a colleague who had lost a child while giving birth. He played on the piano only for her for several hours. And she was able to return to her family, emotionally healed×
A virus swept aside 2020 plans to mark the 250th year of the birth of Beethoven. We need the German composer’s music to heal after a year of turmoil
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Jan. 23: ‘Canadians deserve better.’ Readers react to Julie Payette’s resignation, plus other letters to the editor Contributed to The Globe and Mail Published January 23, 2021
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Re Payette Resigns (Jan. 22): The true avoidable cost of Julie Payette’s tenure will never be known, but it goes well beyond the investigation into workplace harassment at Rideau Hall. Sadly, what won’t be fully captured are the untold sick days, stress leaves and departures among staff, in addition to lost confidence and reduced productivity. All of this was avoidable.
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Fâor one mid-January week, the imposing Blantyre resort served as the backdrop â and was in the forefront â of a public TV âGreat Performancesâ production in its âNow Hear Thisâ classical music documentary series.
An 18-member crew of producers, technicians, actors and musicians rented the 120-year-old Elizabethan Tudor manor house, which resembles a Scottish castle, to shoot the episode, âBeethovenâs Ghost.â Two medics were on hand to conduct frequent testing for COVID-19.
Series host and co-producer Scott Yoo, chief conductor and artistic director of the Mexico City Philharmonic and music director of Festival Mozaic in San Luis Obispo, Calif., assembled a group of three musician friends to record some of the composerâs most personal music.
Synopsis
Since he was young, Director Seo Jeong-woo s character was too timid to even express his anger. He who couldn t even show his emotions whenever he loses his temper and only gets angry through his imagination. But now, Do you think I m still the same old loser? Director Bong-soo whose screenplays and direction has always been a hit married a young actress-turned wife. Director Seo Jeong-woo s movie life which started by being an assistant director has been changed. Seo Jeong-woo trusts and follows Director Bong-soo like the sky.
One day, he is surprised to learn that an actress who is his ideal type, who disappeared completely from the film industry is Director Bong-soo s wife. However, he who had only imagined everything in his mind since he was young, met his ideal type, Bong-soo s wife, and is still admiring her in his heart.