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GUYANA OTHERWISE : A SINGULAR FRIENDSHIP
June 2006. For his new expedition, Philippe Kok, a Belgian herpetologist, will go to the natural reserve of Kaieteur that hosts one of the highest waterfalls in the world. This batrachians and reptiles’ specialist knows the region well : each year, he discovers new endemic species. He is accompanied...
JORDI SAVALL : ORIENT-OCCIDENT (Fontfroide 2006)
Dialogue of Christian, Sephardic and Arab-Andalusian music from around the Mediterranean.
Concert recorded at Fontfroide Abbey on August 10, 2006
Performers: Montserrat Figueras and Ustad Mahwash (vocals), Ensemble Radio Kaboul, Hespérion XXI…
Director: Jordi Savall
ISRAEL Al...
KAIETEUR
This documentary reports the expedition of the Belgian herpetologist Philippe Kok in the Kaieteur (Guyana) nature reserve that host one of the highest waterfalls in the world. This reptile and batrachians specialist knows the region well: each year he discovers new species in the park.
For this new...
MADAGASCAR OTHERWISE : A TRAIN GREATLY EXPECTED
The « East Coast Fianarantsoa » (ECF), is 163 km of railway between Fianarantsoa, capital of Betsileo and Manakara costal city of Madagascar. Composed of 67 bridges and 48 tunnels, ECF is one of the most abrupt railways in the world. It goes though one of the most beautiful landscape of Madagascar. ...
MADAGASCAR OTHERWISE : VAS VIS VALI
Justin Vali is the uncontested valiha master player, Madagascar iconic instrument.
He is for sure the most known Madagascan artist in the western world.
After playing on the most famous stages of the world, Justin return to his country to open the first school dedicated to teaching valiha playing. ...
MOZART REQUIEM – Jean-Charles Gil
Mozart Requiem continues in the tradition the Ballet d’Europe has made its own, affirming the precious and all too often threatened nature of life within the modern world. It thus seeks out life in its darkest depths: death. For the choreographer, the future is built from memories of the past, not i...
OLIVIER MANOURY QUARTET LIVE AT NEW MORNING, Paris
French musician and bandoneonist Olivier Manoury, has always been drawn to trying new things and works with a wide variety of musicians.
This time, he’s appearing with a fully electric quartet: bandoneón, bass, piano, electric piano (Fender-Rhodes) and drums. Influenced by tango, funk, Piazzolla ...
PHILIPPE JAROUSSKY & the ENSEMBLE MATHEUS : Vivaldi & Haendel
Concert given by the ensemble MATHEUS under the direction of Jean-Christophe SPINOSI and counter-tenor Philippe JAROUSSKY who performs operatic arias by Vivaldi and Handel.
Recorded February 2, 2006 at the Chapel of the Trinity in Lyon.
With Laurence PAUGAM, first violin, Jean-Marc G...
PORTRAIT : Frank Braley
Meeting with the pianist Frank BRALEY who looks back on his career, embellishing it with a few anecdotes: his first piano lessons with his mother, his first teachers, his entry into the Paris Conservatory at the age of 18, the international competition of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium in 1991. He then ...
