Composer, Pianist, Conductor, Music teacher, Researcher
Riccardo Barone
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Nov 19
OzAsia Festival – Beirut Electro Parade – 3.5K
by Riccardo Barone Focused on the Electronic Music scene, the producer Hadi Zeidan inspires the city of Adelaide with a rich selection of DJs and the most modern and contemporary soundscapes. The Nexus Arts Venue becomes ambassador of an unique space where different cultures meet each other; this is a real incentive to socialize, open …
Oct 31
Arthur Hardy: The Forgotten Hero Of The Hills – 5K
by Riccardo Barone Did Adelaide forget one of its most prominent and fundamental figures of the 19th century? A man, migrated from Yorkshire (England), barrister, business man and maecenas: the Mount Lofty House has reasons to exist thanks to Arthur Hardy, its builder. we could go further listing all the important contributions this man gave …
Oct 20
OzAsia – Siti Nurhaliza – 5K
by Riccardo Barone Has been a night of human warmth and success for the multi awarded Malaysian singer Siti Nurhaliza. Number 1 Artist not just in her homeland, Australia remembers her for two awards from ‘South Pacific International Song and Singing Competition 1999’ held in Gold Coast. Her band consists of three background singers, drums, bass …
Mar 19
FRINGE 2019 – In Transience – 4K
by Riccardo Barone “Enjoy some peaceful and gentle piano music”. The Pianist and Composer Rich Batsford enriches the audience’s tranquillity with kind and simple chords softened by genuine melodies. Everything is In Transience, temporary, life’s unstoppable cycle, here and now, the present; and we want a nice present, free from any kind of pressure, free from …
Mar 18
FRINGE 2019 – Sound Bath – Plant Song – 5K
by Riccardo Barone Sacred Resonance are an electronic music duo consisting of Darren Curtis and Bradley Pitt, often collaborating with the Visual Artist Jessica Curtis. Their extremely interesting research project presented for the Fringe 2019 has been inspired by two books: The secret life of plants by P. Tompkins and The hidden geometry of flowers by …
Mar 06
FRINGE 2019 – ORBITAL + SEVERED HEADS – 5K
by Riccardo Barone The Maths Lawns slowly started to increase its number of attendees while between a couple of Proseccos and lovely people around the show is about to start. Severed Heads open the stage between amazement and surprise, experience and psychedelic atmosphere. People are still warming up, only a few of the courageous ones …
Mar 04
FRINGE 2019 – “Rhapsody in Chicago Blues” with Pianist Tim Barton – 5K
by Riccardo Barone I’m still impressed by the rich, long and virtuoso piano program performed at the Flinders St. Baptist Church by the astonishing pianist Tim Barton. His sound is well balanced, a high class touch married to a philological interpretation revealed by the performance of the Fantasy in D minor by W. A. Mozart, …
Mar 04
FRINGE 2019 – Adelaide International Youth Film Festival Preview Program – 5K
by Riccardo Barone Children are sponges. They absorb everything they see, everything they experience. We’ve all been there, fragile sprouts, innocent angels, truth-tellers, staring at our preferred cartoons, creating thousands of adventures and imaginary scenarios to escape the grown-up’s reality, a too realistic reality for this age; this is when the fantasy comes in to …
Mar 03
FRINGE 2019 – “VIVIR” Flamenco Guitar and Dance – 5K
by Riccardo Barone La vida y la muerte. Rooted in the South of Spain, the Art of Flamenco is an ancient tradition started by the Gypsies in the South of Spain contrasting the classical tradition already present in the North. Let’s not forget when Manuel de Falla asked for help from Joaquin Turina, in order to …
Feb 25
FRINGE 2019 – Koto Music Concert – “Shiki” – 3.5K
by Riccardo Barone The mesmerizing Koto repertoire is well known for its intensity, vibrational ancient energy coming from thirteen strings tuned following different traditional ways; indeed during the brief concert (only forty delicious minutes) the Koto performer Kawaguchi Etsuko had to switch from one to another, according to tradition. The Maestro Kawaguchi Etsuko has been an …
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