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Nico Darmanin performs competition repertoire at the Manoel

Monday, 11 May 2015, 15:17 Last update: about 12 years ago

Maltese Tenor Nico Darmanin has made it to the finals of the prestigious BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition. In preparation he will be performing the repertoire for the competition at Teatru...

Pop-rockers Mana reignite on 'Cama Incendiada'

Sunday, 10 May 2015, 16:11 Last update: about 13 years ago

It's a given that pop-rock band Mana will sell out shows wherever they go, whether it's the Staples Center (where they set the mark with 11 sell-out concerts) or in their native Mexico. But what...

'A Kim Jong-Il Production' is a fascinating tale

Sunday, 10 May 2015, 14:25 Last update: about 13 years ago

Here's an easy one: North Korea's Kim Jong Il orders a famous South Korean film director and his actress wife kidnapped and brought into the country to remake a tepid film industry with dreams of...

"The Crown of Russian Ballet" to perform in Malta

Sunday, 10 May 2015, 13:37 Last update: about 12 years ago

The year of 2015 marks the 175th Anniversary of the birth of the great Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. For one-and-a half centuries his music has attracted great interest amongst all...

Passion Pit feeling the 'Kindred' spirit

Saturday, 9 May 2015, 16:10 Last update: about 13 years ago

America's reigning synthpop king, Passion Pit, is out with a third studio album, "Kindred," a passable offering of tidy little electro ditties. For their heartfelt lyrics, Passion Pit (aka...

Russell Crowe's 'Diviner' a robust, assured war tale

Saturday, 9 May 2015, 14:57 Last update: about 13 years ago

Making his directorial debut with the brawny and big-hearted Australian war drama "The Water Diviner," Russell Crowe taps a deep well of symbolism, cultural empathy and good old-fashioned...

A masterful new biography of artist Isamu Noguchi

Saturday, 9 May 2015, 14:22 Last update: about 13 years ago

Isamu Noguchi was a difficult man who made art easy to look at. In his life and work, he was riddled with contradictions. Humble and egotistical. Steadfast and temperamental. Listless and energetic. A...

Jon Regen plays piano ballads that swing

Friday, 8 May 2015, 16:09 Last update: about 13 years ago

This 10-song set is nearly half over before pianist Jon Regen stretches out, launching into an impressive jazzy solo on the title cut. Elsewhere Regen keeps things deceptively simple, and that's...

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