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Serge Gainsbourg at Casino de Paris

Posted on March 4, 2011 by admin

I have written a few weeks ago about Joann Sfar’s film Gainsbourg (Vie Eroique) which I liked a lot. The Arte TV culture channel broadcast several segments dedicated to Gainsbourg 20 years after his death (on March 2, 1991). One … Continue reading →

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Jazz: Henri Texier

Posted on March 2, 2011 by admin

The Mezzo TV station presented a documentary and concert excerpts featuring bassist Henri Texier. Born in 1945 Texier became known in the 60s and 70s when he worked with several American jazz players who were singing in the Paris hot … Continue reading →

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Jazz: Seamus Blake, Rodney Green & Assaf Kehati in Tel Aviv

Posted on March 1, 2011 by admin

The Hot Jazz series at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art proposed for its 5th concert of the season an experiment. Instead of bringing in one special guest with his band or with an Israeli band (usually in quartet formula) … Continue reading →

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An Oscar for ‘Stangers No More’

Posted on February 28, 2011 by admin

The Oscar goes to … ‘Strangers No More’ for the Best Documentary Short Subject – a film about a very special school in Tel Aviv, a school that gathers children from 48 countries whose parents are foreign workers in Israel. … Continue reading →

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Carte: Jean Velicy – Dincolo de paduri, Ardealul…

Posted on February 27, 2011 by admin

Una dintre placerile mele marturisite este de a-mi ghida prietenii in cele doua spatii pe care le consider ale mele, de a-i introduce in istoria si prezentul, realitatile fizice si cele spirituale ale tarii in care m-am nascut si ale … Continue reading →

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Un spectacol de teatru bucurestean in Israel

Posted on February 26, 2011 by admin

Infiintat in 2007 Teatrul ‘Metropolis’ din Bucuresti este o aparitie recenta in viata teatrala bucuresteana. Nu am ajuns inca sa vad niciun spectacol la sediul lor din strada Eminescu din Bucuresti, dar pe Web site-ul http://www.teatrulmetropolis.ro/ se poate citi ca … Continue reading →

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Jazz Manouche: Florin Niculescu

Posted on February 23, 2011 by admin

I have first heard and seen Florin Niculescu in the concerts dedicated to the memory of Stephane Grapelli and then Django Reinhardt whose centenaries where celebrated in 2008 and 2010. Florin is considered to be their follower and this is … Continue reading →

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Gica Manescu: Cum devenisem milionar

Posted on February 22, 2011 by admin

O noua contributie a prietenului meu Gica Manescu – un fragment de amintiri si note de calatorie inedite —————- Titlul nu se refera la anul 1947,  in Romania, cand eram cu totii milonarii saraci. Se refera la Turcia de acum … Continue reading →

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Book: Steve Berry – The Romanov Prophecy

Posted on February 21, 2011 by admin

From time to time I am getting back to the kind of books that I loved to read when I was a kid and a teenager, and actually I never stopped loving them. Action books with historic background or even … Continue reading →

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Moliere’s ‘Don Juan’ at the Gesher Theatre

Posted on February 20, 2011 by admin

I have seen last Saturday the most recent play brought to stage at the Gesher Theater in Jaffo – Moliere’s Don Juan under the direction of the Bulgarian guest director Alexander Morfov.  Although it does not reach the peak levels … Continue reading →

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