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Picasso child work up for auction: A portrait by Picasso of his daughter Maya has gone on display in London for the first time. Picasso kept the 1938 work his whole life and the piece has been in private hands since his death in 1973. The portrait will be auctioned in New York on 5 May with price predictions reaching $24m (£16.5m). Maya, who is still alive, is the second of Picasso's four children by three women. At the time of her birth, Picasso was still married to Russian dancer Olga Khokhlova.
Posted 24 April 2009 06:13 PM by charlotte | with no comments
Filed under: London, new york, russian dancer, olga khokhlova, auction, daughter, picasso, maya

Zulu: The Composer: New Yorker John Barry is mostly known for writing the Bond scores, but has also composed music for Oscar winner 'Born Free', 'Out Of Africa' and 'Dances With Wolves'. Barry received the BAFTA Fellowship Award in recognition of his services to film music in 2005. Released: 22 January 1964 Director: Cy Endfield Cast: Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Michael Caine The Film: In 1964 this adventure film was made. It tells the story of the rift between the British Army...
Posted 29 January 2009 10:07 AM by charlotte | with no comments
Filed under: new york, composer, soundtrack, john barry, out of africa, zulu, british army, jack hawkins, born free, bond scores, michael caine, the battle of rorkes drift 1879, cy enfield, bafta fellowship award, army of zuluz, dances with wolves, stanley baker, adventure film

Colleen Lee - Chopin Piano Sonata No.3 3rd mov: Piano Sonata No.3 in B minor Op.58 3rd mov. Largo In the 2nd round of the Chopin Competition 2005. She is internationally acclaimed as one of the leading pianists of her generation, and has been engaged to perform in the New Masters on Tour Series in Concertgebouw , Amsterdam , and Den Haag ; as well as in New York , San Francisco and Tel-Aviv (with the Israel Philharmonic ) among other prestigious venues, for the upcoming season.
Posted 28 November 2008 04:10 PM by charlotte | with no comments
Filed under: new york, amsterdam, concertgebouw, new masters tour series, san fransisco, tel aviv, chopin piano sonata no 3 3rd mov, internationally acclaimed, 2005, colleen lee, 2nd round of competition, leading pianist, den haag, israel philarmonic

Daniel Barenboim - Moonlight sonata - 1ºmov Adagio sostenuto: Daniel Barenboim was born in Buenos Aires in 1942 to parents of Jewish Russian descent. He started piano lessons at the age of five with his mother, continuing to study with his father who remained his only other teacher. In August 1950, when he was only seven years old, he gave his first official concert in Buenos Aires. He debuted as a pianist in Vienna and Rome in 1952, in Paris in 1955, in London in 1956 and in New York in 1957 with Leopold Stokowski conducting the Symphony of the Air. From then...
Posted 04 November 2008 02:28 PM by charlotte | with no comments
Filed under: Moonlight Sonata mvt. 1, piano, mozart, London, new york, vienna, paris, europe, rome, symphony of the air, the ring cycle, jewish russian, united states, daniel barenboim, australia, die meistersinger, don giovanni, parisfal, buenos aires, tristan und isolde, bayreuth festival, opera, leopold stokowski, edinburgh international festival, versatile, conducting, pianist

Kyung Wha Chung plays Bach trio sonata BWV 1079 1st mov.: Kyung Wha Chung plays Bach trio sonata in c, BWV 1079 1st movement Largo. James Galway plays the flute, Phillip Moll the harpsichord, and Moray Welsh the cello. Recorded live at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. Born into a musical family in Korea, Kyung-Wha Chung began studying the violin at the age of six. She now appears as a soloist with the world's most prestigious orchestras. Chung has established her own unique interpretations of violin literature full of dazzling artistry, passion and intense...
Posted 20 October 2008 10:15 AM by charlotte | with no comments
Filed under: violin, chamber music, new york, emi classics, cello, james galway, amsterdam, julliard school, ivan galamian, harpsicord, sister, united nationa drug control programme, myung wha, korea, flute, moray welsh, concertgebouw, live, beethovens piano trios, bach trio sonato BWV 1079 1st mov largo, brother, phillip moll, myung whun, soloist, kyung wha chung

Gardar Thor Cortes - Luna: Gardar Thór Cortes is one of Iceland’s brightest new classical stars - a unique talent from a unique land. Cortes’ mother was an established pianist and his father, who left an international career to found the Icelandic Opera and Reykajavik Symphony Orchestra. His father was a world-class tenor whose contemporaries include Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo. Under no pressure to follow in his father’s footsteps, soon after he turned 18, Cortes decided to pursue a career as a singer. As a result...
Posted 08 October 2008 10:46 AM by charlotte | with no comments
Filed under: coppenhagen, iceland, phantom of the opera, rich sounding tenor, new york, syphony orchestra, raoul, katherine jenkins, vienna, gardar thor cortes, reykjavik school of singing, royal academy of music, andrew lloyd webber, luna, icelandic opera