He was a bad boy harpsichordist, and the best of his age
Ross was one of the most eminent harpsichord players in Europe.
by Zachary Woolfe
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- Nicolas Bomsel was a radio producer in Paris when he had lunch with Scott Ross early in 1984.
Ross, then in his early 30s, was already one of the most eminent harpsichord players in Europe. He had burst onto the scene in 1971 with a rarely awarded first prize at the prestigious Bruges competition, then released a series of sprawling, sparkling recordings of French Baroque music: a four-LP Rameau set in 1975, 11 hours of Couperin a few years later.
From tourism to apartments? Large Napier CBD site for sale at auction
28 Feb, 2021 09:23 PM
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The Tourism House and former Hawke s Bay Motor Co site now scheduled for auction on March 19. Photo / Doug Laing
The Tourism House and former Hawke s Bay Motor Co site now scheduled for auction on March 19. Photo / Doug Laing
Hawkes Bay Today
A Napier CBD site which for decades has been a hub of travel and tourism activity could become home for those just staying put.
The site was once the depot and head office of now long-gone bus company the Hawke s Bay Motor Co, then a travel company, more recently Tourism Hawke s Bay headquarters Tourism House, and latterly a walk-through between Dickens and Station streets flanked by a mix of retail and commercial tenants. It is now being earmarked by real estate agents as a site for a new inner-city apartment and retail complex.
Exhibition at Bernhard Knaus Fine Art brings together new work groups by artist and photographer Flo Maak
Installation view.
BERLIN
.- The exhibition collected stories brings together new work groups by artist and photographer Flo Maak (born 1980 in Fulda, lives and works in Berlin).
The photographs and installations on display address questions of coexistence on our damaged planet. If at all, humans feature in the background of Maaks works, while the decisive agents of this exhibition are plants, animals and volcanos.
The central installation The Red Green revolves around the global pervasion of the plant Chromolaena odorata, also known as Siam weed. In many countries it is regarded to be an invasive species as is reflected by another of the names it is given, devils weed. In the Southern Indian state of Kerala, on the other, it is known as Communist pacha and associated with the Communist movement. Maak staged his shots of the plant during a stay in Kochi, I
African American Art of the 20th Century
Gloucester Caliman Coxe ( American 1907-1999), Ebony Plays, 1972. Oil on canvas, 72 x 52 in. Signed lower right. Provenance: Private collection, Michigan. Please click here to view the catalogue of Recent Acquisitions.
NEW YORK, NY
.- In todays video we focus on American Black artists that weve been dealing in for the past two decades. Their work has always fascinated us as their undertone evokes a voice unheard in an uninhibited style free from class.
African American art in the 20th century encompasses diverse subjects in a variety of genres, from representational to modern abstraction constantly reflecting the American experience through their eyes.
As third wave rages, show goes on at Sofia opera
An opera employee wearing a protective face mask arranges flowers on the audience seats prior to the opera La Traviata by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, at the Sofia Opera, in Sofia, on February 18, 2021. Traviata, Norma, Tosca, the Swan Lake: the Sofia Opera offers a rich repertoire during this month of February and is sold out despite the third wave of Covid-19. Musicians of the orchestra wear facemasks and are installed on the floor to be far from the singers, the audience sit only in the balconies spots, where only one seat in three, is occupied and on the empty seats, bouquets of artificial flowers separate the spectators. Nikolay DOYCHINOV / AFP.