Since my 4 years I have spent in Sweden, one of my greatest experiences was this concert last Friday: Elisabeth Kontomanou at Huddinge Jazz Festival.
The internationally touring brilliant singer put an outstanding show on the stage, featuring her outstanding vocals conveyed with passion and communication, great stage presence, remarkable musicians and vocalists, songs that gave chills, tears or joy to the audience, making them clapping, tapping, singing along, laughing, or submerging deep in their thoughts and emotions, evoked by the melodies.
A very professional performance and very human in the same time; Elisabeth is a master of keeping contact with the audience in a lovely manner.
Have to mention how respectfully she treated her colleagues on stage: six of them being excellent young talents (three of them in fact her sons!), and despite of that we could witness a few first time performances, such as the opening song, each performer did a great job. Apparently all of them on the stage enjoyed every minute of the show, just as did the audience.
Lead Vocals : Elisabeth Kontomanou
Drums : Donald Kontomanou
Bass : Lars Ekman
Piano : Pelle Karlström
Guitar : Erik Söderlind
Guitar : Joey Belmondo
Backing Vocals : Pixie Jakobsson
Backing Vocals : Christine Sundberg
Special Guest : Gustav Karlström
To get a little taste, open Elisabeth Kontomanu's MySpace and play the songs while looking at the photos.
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Monday, May 31, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Vernissage on top of the city
Kiállítás a város tetején
(Most of these photos are much better, if you view them large, click on them and go to "All sizes"!
Off from Slussen metro station, running up the hill to catch a concert by two of my friends, I had to stop for one second - I think it's obvious why:
Kiszálltam a metróból a Slussennél, hogy felszaladjak a hegyre két barátom koncertjére, de meg kellett állnom egy pillanatra - azt hiszem, nyilvánvaló, hogy miért:
From a little bit higher up (which means some 100 stairs, I always forget how many I have counted):
And the concert, with Brian Kramer and Mats Qwarfordt (Yonder) giving us the blues. It was especially a cozy moment when they stood up and started walking around in the room, out to the bar, singing and playing, as close to people as it can get. I caught myself almost singing a few seconds duet with Brian when he came to me :-)
Unfortunately I missed the other performing artist, John Leo Carter singer-songwriter who played Irish songs, but there was a girl as well, a very humble one (the reason being her illness that grabbed her a short time ago), singing beautifully, and who turned out to be the Blues Queen of Sweden, Jenny Bohman:
And a little bit of the crowd:
És páran a vendégek közül:
The vernissage of Jonas Rahm painter (who has also designed the latest solo albums for Brian and Jenny) was on the top floor of Södra Teatern (Southern Theater) (see more of his works on his website).
Jonas Rahm festőművész kiállítása (aki Brian és Jenny legújabb szólóalbumának dizájnját is készítette) a Södra Teatern (Déli Színház) legfelső emeletén volt (nézd meg a munkáit a weboldalán!)
The location promises us some wonderful views...
After the show, down to Slussen again:
Most of the photos are much better, if you view them large, click on them!
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(Most of these photos are much better, if you view them large, click on them and go to "All sizes"!
A legtöbb fotó sokkal jobb, ha nagyban nézed meg, kattints rájuk, aztán arra, hogy "All sizes"!)
Off from Slussen metro station, running up the hill to catch a concert by two of my friends, I had to stop for one second - I think it's obvious why:
Kiszálltam a metróból a Slussennél, hogy felszaladjak a hegyre két barátom koncertjére, de meg kellett állnom egy pillanatra - azt hiszem, nyilvánvaló, hogy miért:
From a little bit higher up (which means some 100 stairs, I always forget how many I have counted):
Egy kicsit magasabbról (ami valami 100 lépcsőt jelent, mindig elfelejtem, mennyit számoltam):
And the concert, with Brian Kramer and Mats Qwarfordt (Yonder) giving us the blues. It was especially a cozy moment when they stood up and started walking around in the room, out to the bar, singing and playing, as close to people as it can get. I caught myself almost singing a few seconds duet with Brian when he came to me :-)
És a koncert, Brian Kramerrel és Mats Qwarfordttal (Yonder), akik adták nekünk szépen a bluest. Különösen hangulatos pillanat volt, amikor felálltak, és elkezdtek sétálni a teremben, ki a bárba, énekelve és muzsikálva, olyan közel az emberekhez, amennyire csak lehetett. Azon vettem észre magam, hogy majdnem énekeltem egy pár másodperces duettet Briannel, amikor énhozzám jött :-)
Unfortunately I missed the other performing artist, John Leo Carter singer-songwriter who played Irish songs, but there was a girl as well, a very humble one (the reason being her illness that grabbed her a short time ago), singing beautifully, and who turned out to be the Blues Queen of Sweden, Jenny Bohman:
Sajnos, lemaradtam a másik fellépő művészről, John Leo Carter énekes-dalszerzőről, aki ír nótákat adott elő, de volt még egy lány is, aki nagyon szerényen viselkedett (betegsége miatt), de gyönyörűen énekelt és akiről később kiderült, hogy nem más mint Svédország blues királynője, Jenny Bohman:
And a little bit of the crowd:
És páran a vendégek közül:
The vernissage of Jonas Rahm painter (who has also designed the latest solo albums for Brian and Jenny) was on the top floor of Södra Teatern (Southern Theater) (see more of his works on his website).
Jonas Rahm festőművész kiállítása (aki Brian és Jenny legújabb szólóalbumának dizájnját is készítette) a Södra Teatern (Déli Színház) legfelső emeletén volt (nézd meg a munkáit a weboldalán!)
The location promises us some wonderful views...
A helyszín csodás kilátást ígér...
After the show, down to Slussen again:
A műsor után újra le, a Slussen felé:
Most of the photos are much better, if you view them large, click on them!
A legtöbb fotó sokkal jobb, ha nagyban nézed meg, kattints rájuk!
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Saturday, May 01, 2010
Sunset in the rain
Naplemente az esőben
Yesterday afternoon I was planning to see the original movie Singing In The Rain at Kulturhuset (for the International Dance Day), but as I have a cold, I didn't feel like sitting in an overchilled movie theater (I am always freezing in the Stockholm cinemas), so I decided to get some sunshine instead, and a nap.
Tegnap délután úgy terveztem, hogy elmegyek és megnézem az eredeti Ének az esőben c. filmet, amit a Tánc Világnapja alkalmából játszottak a Kulturhusetben,de mivel náthás vagyok, nem igazán akaródzott egy agyonlégkondizott teremben ücsörögni (mindig fázom a stockholmi mozikban), ezért inkább úgy döntöttem, hogy napozok meg szundítok egy picit.
Later on, I went to the city and had to jump off at Gamla stan from the metro, for I saw that the sun was just about the set and it looked very promising.
Később bementem a városba, és Gamla stannál ki kellett ugranom a metróból, mert láttam, hogy mindjárt lemegy a nap, és nagyon ígéretesnek tűnt.
I bet the rain has only started to pour down right at that second, exclusively for me - my winter jacket got soaking wet, not to mention my hair, and my mascara definitely didn't know how to behave in the presence of water... Anyway, I had to run a few hundred meters, against the wind (let's don't forget: with my cold, and yeah, a sports bag), for there was only a few minutes left to catch the show. And apparently, I was the only one in the whole of Stockholm crazy enough to go through all this, because I enjoyed this miracle in the greatest solitude (except for one jogger and one car, but they couldn't care less).
Lefogadom, hogy az eső kizárólag az én tiszteletemre kezdett el ömleni - szépen átázott a télidzsekim, a hajamról nem is beszélve, a szempillafestékem pedig abszolút nem tudta, hogyan illik viselkednie vízzel való találkozáskor... Na mindegy, párszáz méter futnom kellett széllel szembe (és ne feledjük: a megfázásommal, ja és egy sporttáskával), mert csak pár percem volt, hogy le ne késsem a műsort. És nyilván én voltam az egész Stockholmban ilyen őrült, hogy mindezeken keresztülmenjek, mert a csodát a legnagyobb magányban élvezhettem (kivéve egy autót meg egy kocogót, de őket a legkevésbé sem érdekelte az egész).
Well, see it for yourself if it was worth :-)
Nos, nézzétek meg ti magatok, hogy megérte-e :-)
The next pictures were taken with my mobile phone, that's why the very different tone. My camera's lens couldn't take the battle with the rain any more... But I guess it did well so far and I can reward her with a nice cleaning.
A következő képeket a mobilommal készítettem, ezért annyira mások a tónusok. A fényképezőgépem lencséje nem bírta tovább a harcot az esővel... De azt hiszem, eddig nagyon ügyes volt, úgyhogy megjutalmazhatom egy jó kis tisztítással.
There was quite some lightning from this side, but I couldn't catch any.
Jó sokat villámlott ezen az oldalon, de egyet se tudtam elcsípni.
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