It happened almost two months ago (see last bullet point here), so I’ve thought it is about time I gave you some impressions about my Tokyo trip :-). Obviously I do not plan to get into what you can find described in detail online, e.g.
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After this, what is left for us to write?
… so is said to have rhetorically wondered a deeply impressed Schubert, after witnessing a performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet no. 14 in C sharp minor, Opus 131.
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An old, but eternal, musical masterpiece to start the week, with a well-preserved Luigi Tenco live performance video clip from the 60’s. Lyrics.
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Timeless Dances (On Fado and Didge Fusion)
… performed by a fantastic crew of the Queensland Ballet, on their European Tour. François Klaus’s choreography is pure genius work, while William Barton is a most fascinating didgeridu virtuoso and composer (not to mention that he also proved to possess great vocal skills and to play top guitar).
→ Read more My first (and last) public karaoke performance
…represents the validation of my long held opinion that I have no comparative advantage whatsoever in this area. My team partner for this impromptu exercise, Ian Walker, among other things the current editor-in-chief of Labour Economics, performed rather reasonably, but there was no chance to ultimately rank decently among the brave competitors– my colleague economists from the Aarhus School of Business, some of them natural born karaoke stars– precisely because of teaming up with yours truly.
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