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hese days of ferocious anti russian feelings which i try to avoid listening to i keep my mind away in my many happy remembrances of russian music i really adore mainly tchaikovsky s operas i have had the pleasure to discover in my active life time iolanta motivated my trip to the liceu in january 2013 for a concert version with a prestigious russian cast from the mariinsky theatre the symphony orchestra under valery gergiev s direction anna netrebko being the young blind princess iolanta and the young tenor sergei skorokhodov being count vaudemont that was a dream team vocal and visual during the famous duet at the end of this one act last tchaikovsky s opera but the fairy tale did not finish that night at the curtain endless calls i finished the evening across the ramblas at the café de l opéra opposite the licéu for a drink as often to sort of cool down the intense emotions of the opera and then came sergei skorokhodov for a drink we clapped and cheered his entrance and he soon joined us english was our common language which led us to familiar talks so to speak soon we knew it was his birthday and he was getting married or just married i cannot recall then he was going to sing at glyndbourne festival for the first time and was concerned about lodgings which made me chat about lewes where he could find fine lodgings as there is easy train links and shuttles to glyndbourne during the festival then he showed us this video on his smartphone introducing his beloved prima ballerina and i was so moved because that was a gift for his beloved i do not know the happy end about this fairy tale but i was moved to tears when i found this video sergei has such a sweet voice and fresh charming smile in my memory that night at the liceu and at the café anna netrebko was dazzling too at his side on stage and this con te partiro sounds like a legend posted by yvette at 02 25 3 comments monday 14 march 2022 our yesterdays en chansons sans la nommer georges moustaki rip alain krivine 1941 2022 alain krivine rest in peace when i was at university i followed his endless struggles for social justice and freedom any time he was jailed i was angry and even more ready to share the ideal of the revolutionary left before and post 1968 it seemed to me they were the only ones who will never betray the workers a krivine has never abandonned his generous ideal for la classe ouvrière and i was on their side for social justice in education which was going to be my living future the revolutionary left was always ready to fight the far right groups which had always infested our universities in 1964 i witnessed at aix university violent clashes and the students from the rl were always severely treated and arrested by police forces with the help of edwy plenel this is the hommage for alain krivine i followed also the musical link because this song is what it was all about hope for better days from mediapart newspaper on line the link https www mediapart fr journal france 130322 alain krivine un integre en revolution posted by yvette at 14 34 no comments monday 7 march 2022 cancel culture in march 2022 another form of witch hunt when the first cancellations happened i could not believed my eyes reading the news on line from the met opera de paris la scala then i read some singers and musicians decided to cancel their contracts that is the case of the russian conductor tugan sokhiev on march the 6th his position was explained in le monde i had the pleasure to be in his audience at the capitole and had always enjoyed his enthusiasm with his musicians again we are going through another heartbreaking episode of life i do not believe it is all black on one side and all white on the other one historically it is far more complicated this russian conductor is a beautiful human soul and a brave person what he wrote gave me hope tugan sokhiev s announcement yesterday march the 6th in le monde translated i know that many people were waiting for me to express myself and to hear from me my position on what s happening at the moment it took me a while to process what is happening and how to express those complex feelings that the current events provoked in me first of all i need to say most important thing i have never supported and i will always be against any conflicts in any shape and form for some people even to question my desire of peace and think that me as a musician could ever speak for anything other than peace on our planet is shocking and offensive during various catastrophic geopolitical events our humanity faced during last twenty years of my career i always remained with my fellow musicians and we always together shown and expressed the support and compassion for all the victims of those conflicts this is what we musicians do we express things with music we say emotional things with music we comfort with music those who need it we musicians are the lucky ones to be able to speak this international language that can sometimes express more than any words known to civilisation i am always very proud to be a conductor who comes from such a rich cultural country as russia and i am also very proud to be part of rich french musical life since 2003 this is what music does it connects people and artists from different continents and cultures it heals souls across the boarders and gives hope for peaceful existence on this planet music can be dramatic lyrical funny sad but never offensive this is what my very fruitful partnership with great toulouse orchestra has proved this is what my fantastic ensemble of bolshoi theatre was showing me every time i conducted performances with them in russia or on tour in europe both in toulouse and in bolshoi theatre i regularly invited ukrainian singers and conductors we never even thought about our nationalities we were enjoying making music together and it still remains the case this is why i started franco russe festival in toulouse to show everyone that people of france and russia are connected historically culturally spiritually and musically and that i am proud of this connection between our two great countries that i love this festival is being opposed today by the politicians and administrators in toulouse what a shame and they want me to express myself for peace i believe that this festival can achieve more in building bridges than political words during last few days i witnessed something i thought i would never see in my life in europe today i am forced to make a choice and choose one of my musical family over the other i am being asked to choose one cultural tradition over the over i am being asked to choose one artist over the other i am being asked to choose one singer over the other i will be soon asked to choose between tchaikovsky stravinsky shostakovich and beethoven brahms debussy it is already happening in poland european country where russian music is forbidden i cannot bare to witness how my fellow colleagues artists actors singers dancers directors are being menaced treated disrespectfully and being victims of so called cancel culture we as musicians are given extraordinary chance and mission to keep human race kindhearted and respectful to each other by playing and interpreting those great composers we musicians are there to remind through music of shostakovich about horrors of war we musicians are the ambassadors of peace instead of using us and our music to unite nations and people we are being divided and ostracised because of everything that i have said above and being forced to face the impossible option of choosing between my beloved russian and beloved french musicians i have decided to resign from my positions as music director of bolshoi theatre in moscow and orchestre national du capitole de toulouse with immediate effect this decision should confirm to everyone concerned that i am a very lucky person to be able to know bolshoi theatre artists and toulouse orchestra musicians it is always a privilege to make music with all wonderful artists from those two institutions and i will always stand by them as musician posted by yvette at 20 52 4 comments saturday 5 march 2022 our yesterdays en chanson les feuilles mortes prévert et kosma are these words and tune so well matched together that they will stay endlessly in one s memory or is it yves montand s detached attitude and soothing voice that soften the blows of the inevitable lost love story 1950 was my yesterday on the radio when yves montand sang les feuilles mortes and i was not aware of marcel carné s film les portes de l a nuit that was discovered some years later when the television set got into our flat 1962 luckily the film was in black and white this song has had more than 4000covers in all languages it was part of my yesterdays and my today again it is brightening my today music can be an open dream land with no boarders and bloody quarrels and global epidemic fears which are not over yet just like wars this tune was the theme of that 1946 film just after second world war i was a kid then today i m a senior citizen of a country in turmoil as so many are but some are even in worse states a young artist from korea for lunar new year had put on line his post war tune it is easitly found on youtube ko woorim s official channel les feuilles mortes he is a trained opera singer with an amazing bass voice now merging into a warm stunning bass baritone and he reminds me of dmitri hvorostovsky woorim has been part of my on line life and is the singer of my ending season i admire the way he sings and conveys emotions in kpop in the quartet forestella and also in immortal songs like operarock songs queen s songs and italian ones also some russian melodies like cranes and in the rare opera arias that can be found on youtube he was at the semi finals in toulouse singing competition in 2016 he was the youngest one i do not know why he chose les feuilles mortes from what i found out listening to his rendition he was right he has the tall slim detached look yves montand had his voice is much deeper and warmer his soothing tone is more efficient as well as his very soft jazzy swaying plus some irresistable charm all with perfect french all that today is un coup de jeunesse posted by yvette at 23 08 no comments tuesday 22 february 2022 my life on line rolando villazon having a warm fiesta for his 50th birthday direct from salzburg on arte concert very festive and joyful evening from salzburg tonight which will be on line for some time i hope on arte tv concert placido domingo is his guest of honor he was very moving during his rendition of amor vida de mi vida opening the second part of the concert dedicated mainly to zarzuella and operettes hits it was heart warming to see rolando after all these months of empty halls he was very handsome changing three times his perfect riding coats sort of greyish for the opening mozart arias then damasked dark blue for the don carlo duet with micheal volle then another very blue one for his duet with charles castronovo granada and last the purple one for zarzuella part his duet with the exquisite soprano fatma said his waltz with regulita de mi corazon he cheered regula so nicely during the last orchestral notes of the overwhelming franz lehar hit heure exquise much nicer in french with magdalena kozena i really enjoyed rolando magical trick making flowers pop from his heart first small yellow roses then a bigger bright red one for his heart at the end of their duet on non ti scordar di me e curtis magdalena was beaming at him my musical highlight was discovering the soprano fatma said in mozart zarzuella and duets with rolando which were very moving i would like to attend a live concert again with her as she is a wonder on line because the atmosphere of the second part was very hispanic some musicians captivated my attention with their instruments and the contrast from music to seriousness of the musical renditions of the performers the salzburg camerata is fantastic the audience expressed their huge pleasure all along the concert masked audience musicians and audience joined in the cheering enthusiasm went crescendo and down memory lane youtube it is possible to find rolando villazon singing for oprearalia 1999 competition no puder ser he sang tonight and also the opening zarzuela aria placido domingo sang tonight amor vida de mi vida he has always sung if it is easy to find these excerpts i only think about them and save uploading some traces that might get erased here it is all enscribed in the memorable concerts i attended almost each year at théâtre des champs elysées and meeting the young rolando outside always so welcoming funny and ready for joining his fans after beautiful concerts with a lot of singing at more than 100 00 posted by yvette at 23 18 no comments friday 21 january 2022 our yesterdays en chansons joan baez live 1975 who s got eyes bluer than robin s eggs guess best love song ever as i remember 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