The Communist Virus has hit the Arts hard. Not every musical outfit has a spectacular backdrop to sell itself like the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome.
I also recently went to see a Vivaldi by candlelight at a church. All the performers were in their 20’s and it was great to see such young performers putting passion into the music.
The beauty of Bach, he wrote so that his music could be played by any instrument. Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) played his Cello Suite.3: Bouree on the flute.
This is the piece that the teenaged Yuja Wang introduced herself to the world.
Mainland Chinese say that Simu Liu (from Erin Mills) is ugly. That's confusing, is it because he's Manchu instead of Han Chinese? So far Shang Chi has grossed $330 million globally and will surpass the total tally of Black Widow.
This is Kate Liu, no relation, from the Chopin Competition in Warsaw...better sound than the Wang version.