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RTÉ News
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
The Gilded Age drops season 3 teaser and release date
The Gilded Age Season 3 has released a sneak preview of their next series due out in June where viewers follow the trials and tribulations of old money v's the new in 1880s' Manhattan high society. Created by Julian Fellowes, the creator behind Downton Abbey, the cast of the six-time Emmy nominated show includes The White Lotus 3's Carrie Coon, The Mist's Morgan Spector, Sex and the City' s Cynthia Nixon and The Good Fight's Christine Baranski. Season 2 of The Gilded Age saw Marian Brook calling off her engagement to Dashiell all while sharing a romantic kiss with Larry Russell, marking the start of a new relationship. Elsewhere, Ada Brook unexpectedly inherited a fortune from her late husband, overturning the power dynamics in the Van Rhijn household and diminishing Agnes's control. Meanwhile, Bertha Russell's new Metropolitan Opera opened in direct competition with the Academy of Music, signaling her growing dominance in New York society, while Peggy Scott left her job at the New York Globe to pursue her writing independently. The much-loved show has been nominated for six Emmys, including Outstanding Drama Series and acting nods for Carrie Coon and Christine Baranski.
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Cambrian News
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Cambrian News
Mwldan bring Polish trio to Cardigan, Aberystwyth and Caernarfon
Formed in 1992 by three graduates of the Academy of Music in Krakow, Kroke (which is Yiddish for Kraków) return to the UK in 2025 to perform a 'best of' performance of their most popular tracks. Expect influences from the worlds of jazz, contemporary and ethnic music imbued with their own stunning improvisations, all wrapped in the trio's unique style that delivers an unforgettable musical treat.
Budapest Times
12-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Budapest Times
Eleventh edition of Bach festival starts on Sunday
The extraordinary music festival, which offers more than 400 Bach-related programmes in 270 locations in the Carpathian Basin and around the world, starts on 16 March. From the famous concert halls of the Academy of Music or the Royal Castle of Gödöllő to music schools, churches and open-air concerts, the 11th 'Bach for All' festival offers everyone a piece of Johann Sebastian Bach's rich oeuvre. Festival director and founder of the initiative, Zalán László Kovács, really wants to bring the giant of classical music closer to everyone, because he ascribes a spiritual healing power to Bach's works. Most of the programmes take place around the birthday of the great composer, about whom Beethoven said that his name should not be Bach but Meer. However, as every year, the series of events extends into the Advent season. There will also be mini-concerts in hospitals to encourage patients to recover. The opening concert on 16 March at the Budapest Academy of Music will be performed by the festival director together with Mihály Boros on the piano and the Australian organist Peter Guy. All events can be attended free of charge, but registration is required for concert halls.
Rudaw Net
17-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Rudaw Net
A century after Leyla Bedir Khan's performance in Stockholm
Also in Culture Kurdish artist finds audience in Germany for eco-friendly creations Kurdish composer receives Hollywood music awards Online Kurdish film festival returns with focus on Rojhelat Erbil concert celebrates Kurdish musical heritage A+ A- ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - On this day in 1925, the Kurdish princess and ballet dancer Leyla Bedir Khan performed at the Royal Musical Academy (Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien) in the Swedish capital Stockholm. Her captivating performance earned widespread attention from Swedish newspapers. Aftonbladet wrote, 'This young lady will bring Stockholmers to their feet with her magnificent dance at the Academy of Music on Tuesday.' The review marked one of Bedir Khan's earliest performances. After visiting Austria and Romania, Leyla Bedir Khan was among the first six Kurds to arrive in Sweden in the early 20th century. The head of the Concert Company (Konsertbolaget) Helmer Enwall invited the foreign artist to perform in Stockholm. Swedish newspapers wrote that Leyla had won the admiration of the audiences in Vienna and become a sensation in particular with her native dance called Shopi. The Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter wrote that Bedir Khan first appeared in front of an audience in Vienna in 1924 before she arrived in Stockholm. The journal added that one could see the first signs of the 'Leyla fever' (en Leila-feber) spreading across Europe, anticipating that 'the beautiful princess will also visit our northern lands.' Indeed, in the fall of 1925, the Princess arrived in Sweden. Svenska Dagbladet wrote that Leyla is a unique person who has taken her place in the world of dance as a queen. Some newspapers have used the word 'exotic' in their headlines. Dagens Nyheter has compared Leyla to the Indian artist Nyota Inyoka, who had visited Sweden in 1924. The historic building where the night of Bedir Khan's performance took place in the center of Stockholm, at the Royal Academy of Music located at "Nybrokajen 11" which faces the famous Strandvägen Street and the Royal Dramaten Theater. The Academy of Music building was built in 1878 and has one of the largest concert halls in the building, where the Nobel Prize was first awarded in 1901. In that same hall, which has seating for 474 people, Bedir Khan performed and according to newspaper reports, the hall was packed that night and tickets sold out. The Austrian musician Marcel Lorber accompanied Leyla by playing the piano. The words dance, music, and theater were used extensively in Bedir Khan's tour, representing the three pillars of world culture. Dagens Nyheter wrote that the princess presented Kurdish, Iranian, Caucasian, Egyptian, Spanish, and Turkish dances. The Stockholm audience warmly embraced the Kurdish ballet dancer with thunderous applause and expressed their joy. Sometimes the applause did not end so that the artist could repeat the same number (da capo). The diversity of her costumes was also greatly appreciated by the audience. Although she was still at the beginning of her career, she made a great effort to win the hearts of Stockholmers in 1925. Her stardom had risen even more by 1930 when she had made a name for herself as a global artist. When comparing the news before and after the night, one sees that dance critics presented several different opinions. Bedir Khan's dance night consisted of two segments. Critics liked the second segment more, especially the numbers called Kurdish Dance and Bibi. Some newspapers also criticized repetitions and lack of liveliness. For example, the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet wrote that her mysterious movements had disappeared and her movements became too simple. After her performance at the Royal Academy of Music, she stayed in Stockholm for about two weeks, performing as a guest at the Folk Theatre (Folkteatern, Folkan) in the Ostermalm district of the capital. Opposite the Folk Theatre is the magnificent and beautiful Covered Market (Saluhall) which was built in 1888. The Kurdish Sherif Pasha who was the Ottoman ambassador in Stockholm, lived in that neighborhood for about ten years from 1898 until 1908. The princess had a good opportunity to get to know the Swedes and their capital, Stockholm during her stay. One newspaper wrote that the dancer's beauty and talent placed her among the stars. In a Swedish magazine, she was considered one of the great beauties. Most of the Swedish news stories were published before or after the Kurdish dancers' performance in 1925. Newspapers reported about her travels to other countries. One of the major newspapers, Svenska Dagbladet, published a long article in 1924 before her arrival, which began with the words: 'Who is Leyla Bedir Khan?' The article shed light on Bedir Khan's family history. Swedish newspapers also presented their views on the princess during her stay in Sweden and conducted several interviews with her. Some journalists compared her to Jews and Hungarians, while others compared her to true Indo-Europeans. She was presented as a beautiful European girl who spoke about six languages. In these interviews, she often spoke about her family, her father Abdurrezzak Bedir Khan, and the Kurdish cause. The newspapers called Bedir Khan's father an emperor (Kejsare) and therefore she was introduced as the "Princess of Kurdistan" (Prinsessan av Kurdistan). According to the princess, her father was once the ruler of the city of Van in southeast Turkey (Bakur). In one interview, she says that her father tried hard to form a union with the Russians so that the Kurds could be liberated and free, however, he failed and was killed. Newspapers reporting on her dance night (dansafton) drew readers' attention to the fact that a Kurdish princess had become a dancer which amazed them. For this reason, the words princess and dancer were often used together when describing her. One newspaper summed it up as follows: 'The times are like this' (Sådana äro tiderna). Stockholms-Tidningen (The Stockholm newspaper) reported that in a place like Kurdistan, which is part of Iran, the Ottoman Empire, and Mesopotamia, no ruler is immune to misfortunes. As a result, the name Bedir Khan became increasingly important in writing the history of the Kurdish women's movement. She served as a historical example for breaking taboos and supporting women's freedom. On the other hand, she is one of the Kurdish women who went to Europe and Sweden for the first time in the 20th century. This visit is a bright page in the history of Kurdish-Swedish relations. Sixty-six years after her time in Stockholm, in 1991, Swedish and Kurdish artists held a gala in and around the same venue where she performed. The gala was held in the square of the Ostermalm district in central Stockholm.
Egypt Independent
14-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Egypt Independent
Cairo Symphony Orchestra to perform as part of the World's Greatest Symphonies Series
The Cairo Symphony Orchestra is preparing to perform a special concert as part of the World's Greatest Symphonies series. The concert will be led by Polish Maestro Jan Miłosz Zarzycki and will feature pianist Seif Eldin Sherif. It will take place on Saturday, February 15th, at the Small Hall of the Cairo Opera House. Jan Miłosz Zarzycki is one of the most prominent orchestra conductors in Poland and serves as the artistic and managing director of the Witold Lutosławski Philharmonic Orchestra. He is also a professor at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. He graduated from the Academy of Music in Katowice, specializing in violin performance, and received a distinguished diploma in orchestral conducting from the Academy of Music in Wrocław. He continued his studies in Vienna and Berlin. Miłosz won first prize in the First National Competition for Orchestra Conductors named after Witold Lutosławski and won third prize in the Seventh International Competition for Orchestra Conductors 'Arturo Toscanini,' which led him to a musical tour with the Toscanini Symphony Orchestra. He has led the most prominent Polish orchestras and performed in more than 15 countries, and has recorded 17 musical albums, one of which won the 'Fryderyk' award in 2019. He received the 'Gloria Artis' Medal for Cultural Merit and awards from the Polish Minister of Culture and the Podlasie Voivode, and his career culminated in 2014 with the granting of the title 'Professor of Musical Arts' by presidential decree.
