Wed, Feb 08 2012
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Gray's afterparty will take place at Yalta night club where she will be one of the DJs.
The French Institute turns into a chill-out club (with art and DJ) every first Friday of the month
Fête de la Musique started in France in 1982; since then, it has turned into something of a Europe-wide music festival. More, in fact: in 120 countries and 350 cities around the world. On June 21 2008, it will be celebrated for the first time in Bulgaria - in Bourgas, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna, Yambol and more. The French performance group Tecktonik will entertain with its dancing and electronic house music in Sofia. DJ Master Dam and three dancers will give a demonstration in front of Ivan Vazov National Theatre from 4pm to 6.30pm; from 11pm, Tecktonik will be at Yalta Club (entrance 10 to 15 leva).
Call it Bulgaria's March hare madness, because for the rest of the month, there is enough going on on the live music scene to rival what we've been promised for the summer. Starting on Thursday the 13th at 7pm, with the support of the Instituto Cervantes Sofia and the Shalom Organisation of Jews in Bulgaria, the duo Shemuel Behar (baritone) and Raina Petrova (piano) will give a recital of Sephardic songs entitled Como la Rosa del Shabat. It will be held at the Jewish House of Culture in Sofia, 50 Alexander Stamboliiski Blvd (entrance is free).
Yalta Club's new initiative, The Masters of Sound, will gather some of the most renowned spinners of the world house scene in a single month. In April, the stage of the veritable Sofia clubbing institution will host Antoine Clamaran, official resident DJ of the world's leading fashion channel, FTV,(April 4); the godfather of New York house music, Danny Tenaglia (April 9); Dimitri From Paris, resident of Playboy Mansion and the most respected French DJ of all times (April 12); Bulgarian clubbers' favourite, Hernan Cattaneo (April 18); and the British DJ legend Pete Tong (April 26).
Never settling for the status quo, Yalta, one of Bulgaria's first (and again, first post-communist) nightclubs, is keeping things hopping with the presence of jazz singer Beloslava at the Thursday Live Session on February 28. DJ Sander Kleinenberg of the Netherlands will follow on the 29th, with a DJ and VJ set - a mixing talent for which he has earned acclaim. Kleinenberg, who is known as one of the fathers of progressive house music, will be assisted by video artist Mark Pistoire; together the two have created a series of original mini-films that will be projected on the walls of the club.
Enjoy a night of Flamenco on Friday February 3 at Sofia Live Club.
French actor Jean Dujardin was named best actor for the silent film The Artist. Best actress was Viola Davis.
The festival will hopefully promote brass music, show its variety and beauty and help revive the tradition of the urban brass orchestra.
The 84th annual Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 26 in Hollywood.
One of the sculptors just happens to be the current Italian ambassador Stefano Benazzo.