La giovinezza è felice perché ha la capacità di vedere la bellezza. Chiunque sia in grado di mantenere la capacità di vedere la bellezza non diventerà mai vecchio.
(Franz Kafka)
All tagged Music
I connected with Anil Singh – an accomplished sitar performer – after a recital that took place at the Hong Kong City Hall Theatre. A meditative and highly calming, mesmerising experience, which rekindled reminiscences of the time I spent in India.
More than 100 artworks by Lithuanian artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis are currently on display at Dulwich Picture Gallery in London and can be visited until 12 March 2023. Entitled MK Čiurlionis: between worlds, the exhibition sheds light on an incredible variety of interests by the artist, with a focus on humankind’s relationship to the universe and on themes and motifs placing his art in the context of European Symbolism.
A few days ago, I happened to be in Ireland’s second city, Cork. The opaque prospect of a routine work trip was brightened when a colleague, friend and host, Daragh, suggested we join the closing evening of the local Italian Film Festival. They were screening Giuseppe Tornatore’s Ennio, so, I happily joined in, and in the end we knew we had seen a great film about a great man.
Heir to the first great violin schools born and flourished in Italy, Uto Ughi manifested his extraordinary talent from early childhood. At the age of twelve, critics wrote of him: "Uto Ughi must consider himself an artistically and technically mature concert performer".
