Riccardo Barone

Composer, Pianist, Conductor, Music teacher, Researcher

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Fringe 2020 – Daniel Connell – Cheers Big Ears – 3.5k

By Riccardo Barone “When you go shopping, what’s in others baskets? In one of them there was chicken breast, mars bars and a lub.” I am not going to write here the rest… (wink). Daniel Connell works hard on his comedy show with inspirational improvisations and solid ideas at the base. Hilarious is the reading …

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Fringe 2020 – Sorcharess – The Piano Mistress – 3.5k

By Riccardo Barone Just entering The Warehouse Theatre’s premises has been a transitional moment where you could feel to be somewhere else, not Adelaide, not Australia, maybe in a lost in time Italian or French place. Sorcharess will take you on a journey, her journey, through her places, her scents, aromas, drinks and feelings, impressed …

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Fringe 2020 – Project Ludwig – 5k

  By Riccardo Barone  2020 means the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth; such a nice and an unusual way to celebrate with the Australian String Quartet at the Auditorium at SAHMRI. The audience had a fundamental say on the program; it was like creating your own string quartet choosing 4 movements from an available selection …

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Adelaide Fringe 2020 – Bharata Natyam & Beethoven – 5K

by Riccardo Barone “East is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet, Till earth and sky stand presently at God’s great judgement seat.” (R. Kipling). In their show Shakti and VasantaMala demonstrated exactly the opposite. Who ever thought two different traditions/cultures could meet in such a perfect and joyful marriage? From …

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Adelaide Fringe 2020 – Blanc de Blanc Encore – 4k

by Riccardo Barone Everything is possible in this show! Is there any possible way to please yourself with two hours of stimulating, kinky and flirtatious performance of acrobats and theatre? Yes, the production Strut & Fret guarantees for that. Champagne is the keyword. Make sure you’ve got dozen of bottles at home after you saw …

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Adelaide Fringe 2020 – Adults Only Magic Show – 3.5K

by Riccardo Barone “We love our audience to be drunk! “ The Phoenix Room at the Masonic Lodge was almost full. The audience, involved in the show pretty much for all the time, loved the humor, the tricks and the jokes of the duo. Sam & Justin remind a little bit of what traditionally happens …

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Fringe 2020 – Ashley Hribar plays Dr Caligari: musical rebirth of a silent film legend – 3K

by Riccardo Barone Silent movies are an outstanding canvas on which composers and musicians free their creative flow, using all available and possible tools, expressing their unique and personal language and style, strictly connected to images, depending on synopsis and scenarios. Ashley Hribar is a brilliant Composer and Pianist, with an impressive piano technique and …

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Adelaide Fringe 2020 – Shell Shock – 5K

by Riccardo Barone “Shell Shock is a glimpse into that world of confusion, doubt and disconnection. It’s not about war, it’s about what happens when people come home when the war is over” (Capt Gemma Morgan). Those eyes have witnessed brutality and murder, pain and blood, brotherhood and mercy, won’t be able to stare at …

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Adelaide Fringe 2020 – VIVIR Flamenco Guitar & Dance – 5k

by Riccardo Barone Raul Mannola and Aylin Eleonora are an established acclaimed duo bringing the Art of Flamenco in everyone’s life; Aylin Eleonora choreograph and dances important flamenco repertoire majestically played by Raul Mannola. The show is spectacular, intense, unforgettable. The Garage International’s premises allow to create the perfect atmosphere for such a stunning programme, …

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Fringe 2020 – Amanda Palmer: There Will Be No Intermission – 5K

by Riccardo Barone “I am an Artist, let me do my job!” How high is the price a songwriter, a poet, must pay to deeply dive into sensitive subjects like abortion? Polemics are surely around the corner, undoubtedly! This happens when the sublimation of a tragedy through humor is misinterpreted and condemned by articles and …

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