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Wonderful Paola Prestini. Rehearsing for the Barbican this Friday night…

Hila — Wed, 08 May 2013 23:08:34 +0000

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Lisbon still…one more concert tonight.

Hila — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:04:30 +0000

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Lisbon, April 25. Dia da Liberdade.

Hila — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:00:20 +0000

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Changi Airport, Singapore.

Hila — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:19:06 +0000

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Raincoats on. There will be a tempest tonight in Hamer Hall!!

Hila — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 06:34:08 +0000

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Yay, Melbourne!

Celeste — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:00:56 +0000

I am now on Australian turf and really looking forward to performing Thomas Ades’ Life Story, Scenes from the Tempest and Oliver Knussen’s Hums and songs of Winnie-the-Pooh with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in two concerts over the next week. It’s the draw of the vocal and dramatic flexibility that attracts me to contemporary works such as these and it fills me with great joy to sing them. Here I am rehearsing the Tempest a while back – a little taster for what’s in store….

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Something I love

Hila — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:55:09 +0000

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defying gravity

Hila — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:21:27 +0000

Ping pong. Last week I was working on Barbara Streisand songs for the Hamburg Symphony concert and this week I’m back to practicing Thomas Ades (Life Story) and Oliver Knussen (Hums and songs of Winnie-the-Pooh). Each style brings me a distinct kind of joy and gratification and I am, once again, amazed and surprised at how similarly the approach is for me in working on these two seemingly disparate genres.

I began much of my vocal education with traditional opera. I find it magnificent and majestic and rich. I also don’t think it connects to my personal natural tendency and facility. Jupiter is a noble, fascinating planet, but I don’t think I would fare too well there. Probably feel a bit squashed…

I feel that much of musical theatre and contemporary music call for me to work on a sense of vocal and dramatic flexibility and to greatly focus on what it is that I’m trying to communicate – without which the music might not make much sense. I’m still not certain which planet will take me, but when that passenger shuttle finally takes off to Mars I hope they save me a seat.

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Yay Brahms. At the beautiful Laieszhalle, Hamburg.

Hila — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:56:33 +0000

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Hamburg here I come…

Celeste — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:43:41 +0000

Looking forward to singing three songs of Barbara Streisand at the beautiful Laeiszhalle, Hamburg in a concert programme that celebrates Film Goddesses of Our Time and iconic musical contributions. Can’t wait!
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