Luis Soares's Blog, page 115
May 8, 2019
Nachtmuziek
Ensemble Amsterdam Sinfonietta, led by violinist Candida Thompson, plays the world premiere of the piece 'Nachtmuziek' (night music) by Dutch composer Mathilde Wantenaar. The concert takes place in concert hall TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht and is part of the series AVROTROS Vrijdagconcert.
'Nachtmuziek' is an ode to Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, written by the Dutch composer Mathilde Wantenaar. It's an adaptation of an octet she wrote in 2017. The version for strings has several hight notes...
Horizon
“Horizon” features on 'Wanderer', the new album from Cat Power, out now on Domino. Director: Greg Hunt / DP: Logan Triplett
Jerusalem, New York, Berlin
Music guest Vampire Weekend gives a bonus performance of "Jerusalem, New York, Berlin," featuring guest vocals from Danielle Haim, for the Tonight Show studio audience.
Punched Glass
Ed Ruscha - Punched Glass (2007)
May 7, 2019
Salome Dances for Peace
Participating string quartets, Ligeti, Argus, Friction Quartets and Kronos Quartet, perform movements of Terry Riley’s “Salome Dances for Peace” in Zankel Hall as part of the culminating performance of the Kronos Quartet Workshop presented by the Weill Music Institute of Carnegie Hall.
Kronos Quartet led a weeklong workshop open to student and young professional string quartets to explore new works commissioned as part of Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire. Fifty for the Fu...
Julia Fullerton-Batten
Julia Fullerton-Batten is a worldwide acclaimed and exhibited fine-art photographer. Her body of work now encompasses twelve major projects spanning a decade of engagement in the field.
May 6, 2019
Vija Celmins
Vija Celmins is a Latvian-American visual artist best known for photo-realistic paintings and drawings of natural environments and phenomena such as the ocean, spider webs, star fields, and rocks. Her earlier work included pop sculptures and monochromatic representational paintings. Based in New York City, she has been the subject of over forty solo exhibitions since 1965, and major retrospectives at the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of A...
May 3, 2019
Tania Franco Klein - Our Life In The Shadows
Tania Franco Klein (b. 1990) started her photography praxis while gaining her BA Architecture in Mexico City, which took her to pursue her MA in Photography at the University of the Arts London.
Her work is highly influenced by her fascination with social behavior and contemporary practices such as leisure, consumption, media overstimulation, emotional disconnection, the obsession with eternal youth, the American dream in the Western world and the psychological sequels they generate...
Alien at Forty
Alien came out 40 years ago last month. To celebrate Alien's 40th anniversary and in partnership with Tongal, 20th Century Fox released six new Alien-universe fan-made short films.
May 2, 2019
Hairpin Turns
From The National's new album 'I Am Easy to Find' out May 17
Watch the trailer for I Am Easy to Find at https://youtu.be/M2Uow9aNCRU
Production Company – La Blogothèque / MJZ
Director – Mike Mills
Choreographer/Dancer – Sharon Eyal
Executive Producer – Emma Wilcockson
Producer – Ondine Benetier / Anousonne Savanchomkeo
Line Producer – Rémy Solomon
Editor – Stephen Berger
Director of Photography – Adric Watson
Color by MPC
Colorist (MPC) - Mark Gethin
Color assist (MPC) - Dimitri Rajapakse
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