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This is a late concert. Late because, being on tour, it is not always easy to get through all the work. So this is a special type of concert.
There is music involved, and very good music (at least when they allow the great musicians to play) and there are loughs, and slapstick, and made up jokes along the way, and a live camera with a live audience that was not ready or prepared to see what actually happened. It is also short (almost 8 minutes or so) because it is late on a Sunday and you probably don´t want to spend 2 hours listening or watching right now.
But it is still cool, it is a snippet of a Golden era of television, it is a bit of great music, and it is a lot of fun.
So here they are. Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis during the Colgate Comedy hour in November 1950 doing their very own, very live, and very ad-lib version of a true classic: “Singing in the Rain”.
Thanks to the gracious invitation by the CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, I will be painting live during one of their many events and inaugurations on May 11th, 2016.
For those who don´t know this beautiful and exciting modern American Museum, here is a little introduction:
Alice Walton, the daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton, spearheaded the Walton Family Foundation’s involvement in developing Crystal Bridges. The museum’s glass-and-wood design by architect Moshe Safdie and engineer Buro Happold features a series of pavilions nestled around two creek-fed ponds. The complex includes 217,000 square feet (20,200 m2) of galleries, several meeting and classroom spaces, a library, a sculpture garden, a gift shop designed by architect Marlon Blackwell, a restaurant and coffee bar.
Don Bacigalupi was appointed director of the museum in August 2009. In early May 2011, the museum announced three endowments by the Walton Family Foundation totaling $800 million. These endowments were established for operating expenses, acquisitions and capital improvements.
Notable works include a Charles Willson Peale portrait of George Washington as well as paintings by George Bellows, Jasper Cropsey, Asher Durand, Thomas Eakins, Marsden Hartley, Winslow Homer, Eastman Johnson, Charles Bird King, John LaFarge, Stuart Davis, Romare Bearden, Norman Rockwell, Mary McCleary, Agnes Pelton, Walton Ford, Chuck Close, Jasper Johns, Alfred Maurer, Jackson Pollock and Tom Wesselman.
The day after the grand opening of IGNACIO ALPERIN: A VISUAL JAZZ AFFAIR at the Watson Gallery, Naples on Thursday, April 28th, I had the great opportunity of witnessing a wonderful Tchaikovsky Violin & Piano Concerto at the Moorings Presbyterian Church, in which the orchestra comprised of the Byelorussian Chamber Orchestra plus members of the Festival Orchestra, conducted alternatively by Maestro Evgeny Bushkov, conductor of the Byelorussia Chamber Orchestra, & Maestro William Noll, Artistic Director of the Festival, provided us with an evening of the great Tchaivkovsky.
Soloists were two young Russian virtuosos. Nadir Khashimov on violin, and Philipp Kopachevsky on piano.
Nadir Khashimov is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and has studied under
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Pamela Frank and Shmuel Ashkenasi, as well as Vakhon Khashimov, Sergiu Schwartsz, and Patricio Cobos. He has appeared as soloist with orchestras throughout the world, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Russia, the Moscow Philharmonic, the London Symphony, the Czech Republic Orchestra, and many others.
Meanwhile, Philipp Kopachevsky is a soloist of the Moscow State Academic Philharmonic and is a prize winner at international competitions. He regularly appears in recital in Great Britain, Germany, the USA, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Greece, Poland and Spain, as well as throughout Russia.
I had never seen either one before, so it was to my welcoming surprise when I was emotionally transported by these two brilliant young musicians.
The experience was even more emotionally involved when I found out that the next day (Saturday April 30th) they would be playing as a duet at the Watson Gallery, surrounded by my own paintings, a selection of works by Prokofiev and Beethoven.
Seeing these two virtuosos in action in front of my paintings was a very personal experience for me. My art is musical in nature and spirit, and seeing my works accompanied by such a different, yet perfectly accommodating, musical company was like a roller coaster ride of feelings and emotions.
I am also very grateful to Maestro William Noll for his kind and appreciative presentation of my work to the public, as well as the remarks made by Philipp after the concert. To them and to all the people who said very kind things about my work at the post-concert cocktail, I thank from the bottom of my heart.
I recorded bits and pieces of this wonderful concert so, at the very least, I could share with you the spirit of this delightful day. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
These are the paintings that make up the complete exhibition.
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And here are some photos from the grand opening of the exhibition at the Watson Gallery, Naples on Thursday, April 28, where we had close to 300 guests in attendance.
This is a series of short posts presenting the artworks in “IGNACIO ALPERIN: A VISUAL JAZZ AFFAIR”, exhibition at the Watson Gallery, Naples and sponsored by the Naples Art Association together with Art Naples World Festival 2016 (Stay in May 2016). From April 28th until June 3rd, 2016.
This is a series of short posts presenting the artworks in “IGNACIO ALPERIN: A VISUAL JAZZ AFFAIR”, exhibition at the Watson Gallery, Naples and sponsored by the Naples Art Association together with Art Naples World Festival 2016 (Stay in May 2016). From April 28th until June 3rd, 2016.
After landing in Naples Monday morning, Tuesday April 26th has been a busy day. With NAA Curator Jack O¨Brien at the helm of a talented team, the preparations for the exhibiton “IGNACIO ALPERIN: A VISUAL JAZZ AFFAIR”, which is sponsored by the Naples Art Association and Art Naples World Festival 2016 (Stay in May) are at full swing. Grand opening nextThursday April 28th and general opening April 29th.
Later on the same day I had the opportunity to visit Ave Maria University and enjoyed immensely the opportunity to share a creativity lecture with a group of smart and receptive students (Thank you Jennifer Nodes and everyone at AMU).
Luego del desembarco en Naples el lunes, primer día de trabajo y preparativos para la apertura de la muestra “Ignacio Alperin: A visual Jazz Affair” en la Watson Gallery de Naples, auspiciado por la Naples Art Association y Art Naples Wold Festival 2016. El próximo jueves 28 de abril.
This is a series of short posts presenting the artworks in “IGNACIO ALPERIN: A VISUAL JAZZ AFFAIR”, exhibition at the Watson Gallery, Naples and sponsored by the Naples Art Association together with Art Naples World Festival 2016 (Stay in May 2016). From April 28th until June 3rd, 2016.
IGNACIO ALPERIN: THE ART OF THINKING OUT LOUD / EL ARTE DE PENSAR EN VOZ ALTA 