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Khatia Buniatishvili plays Schubert piano concerto in A minor... Born in Georgia, Russia, living in Paris, French since 2017.
She speaks fluently five languages (no accent when she speaks French). Her sister Gvantsa, living in Paris is a VERY good pianist too.
She likes to show her breast...

 
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Snoh Aalegra : NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert



Better at https://www.npr.org/2020/02/18/805478361/snoh-aalegra-tiny-desk-concert?jwsource=cl
Sounds better too. (Not volume, because NPR original video to JW Player instead of whatever Youtube does.)


Almost without trying, Snoh Aalegra has an unforgettable presence. Strolling into NPR's music department on the day of her Tiny Desk Concert debut, the striking Iranian-Swedish singer donned Off-White Nike Dunks, baggy jeans, dewy skin and a sleek ponytail, carrying herself with the kind of camera-ready, cool-girl aura that silenced a mass of people waiting for her. Even with all that, the moment she started to sing is when the real beauty shone through.

Like a fragile candle flame in a pool of melting wax, the texture of Aalegra's voice mesmerizes without overpowering. The 32-year-old has spent years perfecting that balance. Drawing her musical cues from Brandy and Sade while racking up a list of collaborators such as Vince Staples, James Fauntleroy and, most recently Pharrell Williams, Aalegra always finds her groove in the unexpected pockets of emotion. Much of her latest album, 2019's -Ugh, those feels again, is an ode to the comfortability of love, one that's even more appreciated within the close confines of the Tiny Desk.

On this day in particular, Aalegra's tracks were stripped of their punchier, album-version kick drums and trap echoes. In their absence, it's Aalegra's delicate vocal runs and chemistry with her supporting singers that resonated most. "I Want You Around" and "Whoa," which usually rest on a bed of glitchy, spiraling production, felt lighter thanks to the dreamy string section, and by the time she sang her concert closer, "Find Someone Like You," the room was in full swoon. It's clear that at just 16 minutes, Aalegra and her crew knew how to create a memorable moment.



Snoh Aalegra - Do 4 Love https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/electronica-dance-techno-et-cetera.220/post-1030345
 
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Khatia Buniatishvili plays Schubert piano concerto in A minor... Born in Georgia, Russia, living in Paris, French since 2017.
:confused: Georgia is not Russia. ...whatever some people like Putin might think.
 
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If you into artist like Joni Mitchell Judee Sill is something to listen too. Sings close Harmony with her self creat a sort of pleasent veil. She had a though life makes her music more remarkeble. Nice gem.
 
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Thanks for correcting... I thought that Georgia was still part of Russia.
:eek: :) Since then there was war and Georgia lost some territory. Still problematic border but Russia busy with other things, like Ukraine. :confused:

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After the Russian Revolution in 1917, Georgia emerged as an independent republic under German protection.[13] Following World War I, Georgia was forcibly annexed by the Soviet Union in 1922, becoming one of its fifteen constituent republics. By the 1980s, an independence movement emerged and grew quickly, leading to Georgia's secession from the Soviet Union in April 1991. For most of the subsequent decade, post-Soviet Georgia suffered from economic crisis, political instability, ethnic conflict, and secessionist wars in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Following the bloodless Rose Revolution in 2003, Georgia strongly pursued a pro-Western foreign policy; it introduced a series of democratic and economic reforms aimed at integration into the European Union and NATO. The country's Western orientation soon led to worsening relations with Russia, at one point even resulting in a brief war in 2008.


- I first learned about it [some 10 years ago] when, under the previous government, there was a scheme for immigration of South African farmers, their skills needed for upgrading Georgia agriculture. (Apparently the agriculture methodologies etc. had not been modernised during the Soviet regime.) :confused:

- 12 month stay, no visa required.
It is near the top of my virtual list of places to visit...[which has all been suspended because of pandemic.] :confused:

- Then, about 3 years ago, there was an incident where police raided the music nightclub Bassiani, violently, which led to mass protest at govt. building. police had story about narcotics selling but it was motivated more by "conservative"/repressive reaction to the club scene. This was covered daily on Facebook and Twitter etc., there was massive support from Europeans, pressure led to the club being allowed to re-open.

" Bassiani was temporarily shut down by authorities in 2018 following armed police raids on the venue, which owners labelled as part of a wider right-wing "smear campaign". While closed a series of large-scale protest raves were held outside the Georgian Parliament building demanding the venue be allowed to reopen. "

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[ The literal meaning of the word Bassiani (ბასს-იანი, Bass-iani) in Georgian is "one with the bass." ]

Bassiani.com

Since then, i hear of it very often, via Resident Advisor and Soundcloud...

Bassiani: the Tbilisi techno mecca shaking off post-Soviet ...

https://www.theguardian.com › music › jan › bassiani-t...
22 Jan 2019 — Bassiani: the Tbilisi techno mecca shaking off post-Soviet repression ... Dancers at Horoom, part of Bassiani in Tbilisi. ... Lurking below the ...


 
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