No matter what fans of the old Zabranjeno Pušenje think of their rather recent facelift, i.e. the Kusturica & No Smoking Orchestra, I simply love their music (inter alia, they created the soundtrack for “Crna macka, beli macor”, one of my all time favourite movies). → Read more
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Schubert meets Piazzolla in Amsterdam
…or Schubert young+Piazzolla+Schubert old. All that yesterday evening at the Concertgebouw, in a superlative interpretation of the Artemis Quartet (see also here), joined by pianist Jacques Ammon. This time they’ve been even more impressive than almost 5 years ago, when I witnessed them giving a lesson of Schumann interpretation, in the very same place.
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The Big Apple and The Island. And some good Econ research in Boston
Yes, I admit: my blog has been somewhat neglected recently… And unfortunately it will still be in that situation for a while, since I’m in the middle of some conferences and workshops in the US (plus it is summer and awfully hot here).
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Although Kraftwerk’s original version of “The Model” (lyrics in English or German) is very good as well, my take is that The Balanescu Quartet (finally they’ve got a nice website: congrats!)
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