Cultures and Art in English: arts

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Leda and the Swan

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Dear friends,

My passion for this song as well as for this Yo-Yo Ma recording touches me and thrills me in such a way that I felt it was necessary to make use of it in a special formatting.

The theme, Art, was already decided. But… which one? Oh! Like in Saint Saëns composition, the theme would have to not only soften but also reveal all sorts of human emotions, specially love in the shape of a pulse that gave birth and that nurtures humanity.

Avoiding the damage to the original recording, I have not changed one decibel of the file volume, which is why I ask you to balance your sound systems in order to more faithfully listen to the performance of the artists.

Always with my grateful affection for your welcoming of my work,

Delza

Paris Opera - reissue 2014

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Thanks, thanks, thanks a zillion times for your loving and kind words of welcome to my job! The fact that I fail to thank you one by one is due to a complete impossibility to express my joy at each of the countless messages I receive; but, as I have told you before – and here I affirm again – I do read absolutely all of them and I feel highly rewarded.

This time, I come to tell you that in February 2007, when I was still what is known as "of little practice", I dared to do the formatting of one of the most famous landmarks of Paris – its Opera. Also counted against my condition of apprentice, the severe limitation of bytes imposed by e-mail providers at that time, besides – and lucky me, once I probably could not make use of other tools than those available at the beginning – the limited resources offered by the then PowerPoint.

Today, with new software techniques and with the experience gained over the years developing this kind of work, it is with great pleasure that I felt compelled to elaborate a new audiovisual work, less humiliating before the greatness of the masterpiece by Garnier, the one in Paris – the other one was built in Monaco.

Very happy with the result – thanks to Office 2010 and, speciallly, to the wonderful photographers who display their art through the internet – I share with you the beauty that can be provided by the virtual, compensating what, at the moment, is out of reach in reality.

Super affectionately,

Delza

PS.: I do recommend you to increase the volume on your computer

Maria Kochetkova

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Ever dear friends,

It's been a while since it happened that I was charmed by this young lady, by then, and that I began researching her career to... who knows... one day...

Later on, one of my much dear friends - Wilney Ferraz - has elaborated for me as a birthday gift a short movie with Masha's performance. I was thrilled with such great generosity and then the beauty of the gift increased my admiration also for the great little ballerina.

Now, again going through my "astral hell", the sensitivity that usually let me be touched by Art was even more skin deep and I searched for Masha to bring you about how much the music combined with the body expression of her ballet is able to thrill.

At this time it's I who brings Maria Kochetkova as a gift for all of you to delight or re-enchant.

Great affection,
Delza

Budapest - volume two of 3

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My always dear friends,

To avoid the risk of being criticized for excessive adjectives qualifying Budapest, I write:

Budapest – second volume, to you.

With special care,
Delza

Budapest - part one of 3

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To my dear friends,

Budapest has corners, nooks and charms to be explored through the Net even when I'm already in the asylum! Nothing passionate me more! I'm not flighty, but I demote in the podium "my" beloved Prague, Florence and the Forbidden City to crown Budapest as champion!

It was really a great challenge to dive into the immeasurable wealth of available material; so, by sheer exhaustion, I declared ended the research after the 1.67 GB composed of 1,336 image archives that I brought into my PC. Even so, the compilation was very enjoyable; difficult, very difficult, was to elect - without the aid of a jury... lol - the 150 finalists, because to each classified photo, I found myself obliged to commit the crime of neglect 8 or more.

Finally, exultant for the wonder that I got to know photographically and by reading, I achieved to format and bring you the first volume of three that will be needed for a minimum composition of the divine Budapest image.

With much joy and my love,

Delza