in our series 100 german must reduce the banks is novel the swimmer is a gripping family drama set against the turbulence of 950 s. hungary. and lucy landing or is not the type to keep quiet as a multi percussionist she finds sound wherever she goes and meet up with her. in geneva switzerland. for its rembrandt year 2900 the rights museum in amsterdam has opened a landmark exhibition juxtaposing the 17th century dutch master with one of his spanish contemporaries diego. all their 2 countries spend 80 years at war back in those days as the protestant dots republic battled for independence from catholic spain and it was a conflict that colored the lives and the work of both painters and their respective traditions. the highlights of rembrandt year 29 seen at the

reich's museum in amsterdam here were the world is watching the restoration of rembrandt iconic the nightwatch live streamed across the globe. it's a painting that every child in the netherlands knows but it's here and numsa down that rembrandt makes another master painting diego velazquez. coming from this concept can we do it the concept is that we've always put together a judge and a spanish picture so we've always made a pass and then we see what happens when they sing be visually to each other and lo and behold the connections between the 2 which emerge because of these parallels on a deeper level moving from being a senior. lived in staunchly catholic spain in the service of the king rembrandt lived in the dutch republic where citizens had a say they never crossed paths. in their lifetime and all the countries were war

with each other the old masters shared similarities they have never seen a self-portrait where the eyebrows are raised as high as in this painting by rembrandt he poses a question to the audience and it's certainly directed at us who am i what's the role that i play then when i look to the other side to the last close he painted a portrait of a very small man on community phillips to these tiny men with no court jesters under phillip the 9th but he doesn't paint them ridiculously at all in all of this isn't portrayed where the last because it takes people as seriously as rembrandt and i know that's what both artists have in common is that they are both great portrait chests as you pirated was and i think it was the distance into the writer can be mentioned without sr. both painters represent the golden years of the countries in the 17th century the recurrent themes of power love or faith and of

course realism are woven through both men's works the artists meet our level they do it differently but they both make their mark equally a strongly the exhibition also juxtaposes works of other dutch and spanish artists of the same period but no other comparison is as exciting as that between rembrandt and velasquez both revolutionized the art of the time in the us for us because we know that the lascars was the friend of the king in this respect he had many freedom and survive a month on the other hand there was rembrandt to also felt obligations to the rich people who gave him money but later he faced bankruptcy and moved into a slum he said he felt much more comfortable then because he no longer had downs or people been going off to be before from to me an. alaska has died over worked at the age of 61 rembrandt died at age 63. impoverished and just

shoot but both remain. definitely an exhibition to take in if you get the chance oct 23rd 956 marked the start of the hung garion uprising a nationwide revolution against the government and its soviet imposed policies at the time the revolt was brutally crushed by soviet forces and this turbulence is the background for the banks as novel the swimmer which is a wrenching story of children who have lost their bearings and their home. she went out to buy a pack of cigarettes and never came back that's what folks used to say nowadays they talk about ghosting whatever you want to call it that hurts like hell. and. jews are banks novel this swimmer is about what happens to kids whose mom hits the road and never says goodbye the story set in hungary in 1956 soviet tanks

have literally crushed freedom protests some 200000 people flee to the west hoping for a better life and the young mother is one of them without a word she leaves behind her 2 kids caught and each to their father come on sinks into depression he sells the house and the 3 of them become nomads embarking on an odyssey song. our father took us along with him he found places where somebody would take care of us and in return each day in diagnose longer ask about when our mother would come back or when we would go to see her even though we wanted to ask we won't run after someone who deserted us each day and i said and we said it not because we meant it but because we wanted to. but there are moments of joy when they spend the summer at a lake with cotton used to learn to swim from then on he becomes the swimmer he spends all his time in the water submerging and

a new world that's all. the swimmer is usually bunks literary debut it's a poetic novel filled with melancholy loss and longing that will stay with you long after you put it down. i'll give her a drum set a bongo tambourine or even just a plain old banister lose the landing or we'll know how to get a sound out of it because. that's what she's all about creating sound and rhythm with multiple instruments she's in high demand in her native u.k. and already has a shelf full of awards and we caught up with her in geneva where she packed in an orchestral performance and a small city tour keeping perfect time. just. no matter where she goes lucille and the most always called her drumsticks. when she comes to

a new city she not only wants to see it she wants to hear it. she's of multiplication next and she's a guest in geneva switzerland the 27 year old accomplished musician spends the day exploring the town musically in the evening she'll have her 1st performance with the geneva chamber orchestra a question of all kinds of her great love. i like that it's very physical and is very hands on and unlike other instruments where you might present here like this you literally have to lift your whole arm and hit the drum and i think that's fantastic. and it's so your visual and there are so many instruments involved and because i'm always that in new styles and about me the question is that i've never heard of before. losing money more started playing drums at the age of $8.00 she soon added the xylophone and other percussion instruments the musical repertoire

includes several genres pop jazz classical and even latin american beats her versatility has paid off for noms german film score composer hum someone noticed and invited her to tour with his orchestra here performing in vienna. it's been an uplifting experience. he knows exactly what he wants he has such a clear vision of what he wants from his performance and also from his composition of course was such a wonderful film composer. and the team is. i will say fantastic but i think they take on his kinds personality no money when you're working with stuff for example. you don't have so much contact with the pop star but with with cancer you really have it at the concerts and he really cares about everyone involved. we see will be performing in victoria holt one of geneva's largest concert venues

with seating for 1600 people she runs through final rehearsals with the geneva chamber orchestra. she feels it's an honor but also a great challenge. rehearsal time is very short everything has to be perfect. she has to get the emphasis just right not too dominant but not too soft on her. i have to find a way to play quietly at the same time as x. and thing nicely and making it. feel because it's jess so i think the answer is to play quietly all the time but the bits that you need to bring out go for it. it's the 1st time lucy's played together

with his orchestra as a percussionist maybe in the background but she sets the beat for everyone else. the conductor but more women want to work with her because of her versatility and the wealth of experience she has for me it's great to. utah to pick a song was somewhat classical. to me except the musician is very interesting and she should she come with something different. it's very interesting because she has a feeling about the music like artists. musicians play a piece that lucianne the more composed herself it's the moment she's been working towards for so long. she's handed a part to each one of the evening celebrates. a

little jazz some african beats losing money moron's the musical gamut. the audience certainly seems to enjoy it. the 27 year old has ambitious plans. might go for the future is to eventually have a show but that's my own company and playing myself as well because i can't possibly ever give up performing i love it so much it gets me such a thrill. winning movie percussionist lucy land is certainly one to look out for. and we leave you with a high flying mediterranean fun this past weekend saw the 2nd edition of the international kite and win festival on the maltese island of gozo have a long tradition and so on that colorful note all the best until next time.

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