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Date Posted: 16:00:03 05/24/02 Fri
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Govazhi
's message, "Rough translation - Article in a russian gazetta Culture section on 2 performances: russian star Alena Sviridova & Anggun" on 15:21:27 05/24/02 Fri
s>ALENA FALLS SHORT, ANGGUN DELIGHTS
>
> On Thursday last week Alena Sviridova performed
>her new show at "Russia" hall, and on Saturday, 20th,
>French Indonesian Anggun sang at Tchaikovsky concert
>hall. The ratio of the number of people in those halls
>was 3 to 1; the ratio of the musical quality - the
>opposite.
>
>What is this? Jazzophrenia?
>
> ((This part is the review of AlenaÕs performance.
>In short: AlenaÕs show, for larger audience, with
>dancers and spectacles, was musically disappointing in
>regard to her attempt at marrying pop with jazz.))
>
>Anggun - without the dances, stage decors and lasers
>
> Strange thing happened at the Tchaikovsky hall.
>Small number of invited people and general public came
>for the "French Seasons" concerts. Yet it is these
>concerts that surpass in the quality of the music than
>what have been shown to us in "Russia" or in the
>Kremlin.
>
> On last Saturday, it was the turn of the tiny,
>smiling Anggun. Anggun was patroned in France by
>producer Eric Benzi who previously worked with world
>class Frenchs Johnny Halliday, Celine Dion and
>Jean-Jacques Goldman. Anggun started early, by twenty
>years old she has already made four albums in
>Indonesia, but her love to a French engineer made her
>move to Paris. There, her strong and powerful voice
>striked a chord with Eric's soul, and under his
>handling Anggun has released French and English
>records, resulting in French platinum. She is now
>quite popular, hence her coming to Russia was prepared
>well: she brought two guitarists, a drummer, an
>organist. She sang pop, of course, but enriched with
>world music elements. Well executed, fresh, strong,
>vigorous Ð and irresistably charming. Before the start
>of the performance, the people behind me, not knowing
>who Anggun was, made some skeptical jokes. Yet after
>each of AnggunÕs song, they, along with the whole
>room, gave her the ovation, and later she was
>sprinkled with petals of red tulips. It was necessary
>to communicate, and Anggun filled the pauses between
>songs by addressing (the audience) directly. Here,
>because of the (language) limitations, each time she
>took the papers with Russian words written in Latin
>letters. Anggun read them loudly, laughed to the hall,
>and shone bright with happiness. She seemed to have
>replaced all the lights, lasers and projectors which
>rock groups usually surround themselves with Ð with
>herself.
>
> It is sad, that sometimes we forget: the main job
>of a performer (singer) is not to show us spectacles,
>lights, dances (all the things that Anggun was not)
>but to sing so that the heart, irrespective of age and
>nationalities, can respond. Unfortunately artistsÕ
>hype and glory currently serve more obstacle to this
>purpose, rather than the reverse. Friends! What do we
>go to a concert for? To hear for a hundredth time and
>memorize by heart someoneÕs hit at a concert? Or to
>submerge, get into a good mood, and to experience that
>awfully trite but necessary thing Ð an encounter with
>art?
>
> Andrej Masaltsev
> 23-04-2002
> http://www.rgz.ru/arhiv/23.04.2002/repor/txt1.html
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