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Taiwan model Choco Cheng says you need to check this out. Find my lyrics at Spotify using this link.  Thanks to John Budrevo and collaborators. Enjoy the tracks!  https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/4GMO4DzIzx1Zm53AKC8QO7

Join us this week at The Jane Austen International Film Festival in Bath! Our Melodia publicist, Ms Nina Ko  柯蘊恩 , will be in attendance as a VIP guest. This gem of a festival will mark the film’s UK première. Regency attire is encouraged! 2024 September 20-21 Friday & Saturday The Little Theatre, St Michael’s Place  & The Francis Hotel Bath, Queen Square Bath, Somerset, England, UK Tickets https://filmfreeway.com/TheJaneAustenInternationalFilmFestival/tickets About the film https://linktr.ee/melodia.shortfilm Angela Tala Paradise, JAIFF founder and director D J Paradise, JAIFF founder Rusette Auton, JAIFF founder Nina Ko 柯蘊恩 , Melodia publicist ________ Melodia: a short film in rondo form 梅樂蒂 : 本短片採迴旋曲式結構  A T Beaune Creations with f/Lash Productions 陳羿安 Yi-An Chen as Mel 翁重華 Chung Hua Weng, piano with 艾倫咚 Aaron Don Don 哆啦囉 Dora Lo 田雨璇 Anna Tian 阿曼 Manav Mehta 余宗翰 Hank Yu 陳佳琳 Jia Lin Chen 攝影師 director of photography 范樂怡 Laticia Fan 故事和方向 story and direction ...

Actors in photo (left to right): Jia Lin Chen, Hank Yu, Anna Tian, Dora Lo, Manav Mehta, Aaron Don Don on location at Star Steak, Taipei City We are delighted to learn that Melodia is an official selection of the Jane Austen International Film Festival! JAIFF takes place in the Georgian town of Bath, famous for Roman landmarks and literary excellence. Festival planners ‘seek the most exhilarating and innovative storytelling, films that not only entertain but also push boundaries, leaving audiences both challenged and inspired.’ Do join us to celebrate this annual gem on the festival calendar. Guests are invited to wear something fun and elegant (Regency attire encouraged). Many thanks to our friends in England for the kind recognition, and congratulations to all our colleagues who helped to bring Melodia to cinematic life! Jane Austen International Film Festival 2024 September 20-21 The Little Theatre, St Michael’s Place & The Francis Hotel Bath, Queen Square Bath, England, Unite...

  This pre-production photo for the set team of Melodia  shows two framed prints. The photographer has dropped keys on the floor to indicate scale. The details are from Beethoven Frieze  by Gustav Klimt, designed in 1902 for the Secession Building in Vienna. One print shows an angelic chorus singing ‘Ode to Joy.’ Another shows the composer embracing a female figure; a representation the world, she returns the embrace. In the short film the prints appear mounted on the wall of the title character’s apartment. It is characteristic that Mel surrounds herself with creature comforts but that nothing—except perhaps the piano itself—is extravagant in price. She has plants and books and framed prints. We see her enjoy a good bath, a cup of oolong, candlelight, and a goblet of wine. Her window looks out on Metro rail line; though above the ground floor, she hardly lives in a penthouse. Her taste in music is eclectic. Mel, a Taiwanese pianist, is played by Ms Yi-An Chen; the music ...

Jai Lin Chen and Hank Yu in Melodia Good news arrived this week from the Calabrian coast. ‘Melodia’ is an official selection of the 14th annual Mediterraneo Festival Corto! This UNESCO-recognised gathering celebrates its 2024 edition July 3–7 in Scalea. Grazie molto from fair Formosa to director Francesco Presta and friends of cinema in Italy! Mediterraneo Festival Corto Web https://www.mediterraneofestivalcorto.it IG https://www.instagram.com/mediterraneofestivalcorto   FB https://www.facebook.com/mediterraneofestivalcorto   Melodia 梅樂蒂: https://linktr.ee/melodia.shortfilm   A T Beaune Creations with f/Lash Productions ‘Melodia: a short film in rondo form’ 梅樂蒂 : 本短片採迴旋曲式結構 陳羿安 Yi-An Chen as Mel 翁重華 Chung Hua Weng, piano with 艾倫咚 Aaron Don Don 哆啦囉 Dora Lo 田雨璇 Anna Tian 阿曼 Manav Mehta 余宗翰 Hank Yu 陳佳琳 Jia Lin Chen 故事和方向 story and direction 唐博訥 A T Beaune 攝影師 director of photography 范樂怡 Laticia Fan 本片攝於台灣 filmed in Taiwan © A T Beaune Creations MMXXII #mediterraneo #medite...

Congratulations to Chung Hua Weng (翁重華), musical voice of ‘Melodia: a short film in rondo form.’ ‘Melodia’ is an official selection of the 13th Buenos Aires International Film Festival starting next week. Professor Weng’s performance in the soundtrack has been awarded top honours by the festival jury. Over 120 countries are represented in BUEIFF events. Festival planners describe cinema as ‘a magic tool that speaks a universal language, which allows the ability to unite people from all over the world in an instant. Art, in all its forms, crosses any border, culture, society, ethnicity, or religion. Art is what most identifies us as human beings and what gives us humanity.’ Professor Weng recorded the music for ‘Melodia’ at Platinum Studio Taipei (白金錄音室). Recording, editing, and remix were by audio engineers Timmy Ju (朱品豪) and Min-Hsiang Chang (張閔翔) working with music advisor Alton Thompson (唐博敦) and studio supervisor Micky Yang (楊敏奇). Sound designer Tzu-Xiang Chen (陳子翔) and recordist C...

What an enjoyable day! Mali Liu and I have been talking about music and art in Taiwan, and hearing from Maestro Apo Ching-Hsin Hsu, Ms Dora Lo, and Mr Tim Berge! Taipei Broadcasting Station  FM93.1 / AM1134 Host: Mali Liu 劉馬利 Guest: A T Beaune 唐博訥 有緣千里．話音樂 : 臺北廣播電臺 Audio (Mandarin and English): bit.ly/TPRadio-ML-AT

Chiaohui Yang sings an aria. Carl Maria von Weber  (1786–1826) Clarinet Concerto 1 in F minor, opus 73, 1811 movement 2: adagio ma non troppo Chiaohui Yang, clarinet Winds of the Taipei Symphony Orchestra · Alton Thompson recorded in performance at Taiwan’s National Concert Hall Taipei City, Taiwan   Photo: Alton’s Images ©MMVI Taipei Symphony Orchestra / A T Beaune Creations

As requested by kind and curious friends, here is a commentary for Taiwan Photowalk . Links to video follow. 感謝各位善心好友的好奇詢問，以下是《臺灣漫步影像》的註釋說明，文末有影片連結。 TAIWAN PHOTOWALK 臺灣漫步影像 a musical story in still images ． 靜止圖像中的音樂故事   作者：唐博訥 A T BEAUNE 音樂：《展覽會之畫》 PICTURES FROM AN EXHIBITION 作曲家：莫傑斯特．穆索斯基 MODEST MUSSORGSKY 鋼琴演奏：章韶洵 SHAO-HSUN CHANG 演員：翁成韻 MANDY WENG （飾演遊客） 執行製片：許人傑   JAY JEN-CHIEH HSU 、陳真言   ZEN-YEN CHEN 演唱會錄音：林聖翔 SHENG-HSIANG LIN 片頭及預告剪輯： 黃柏欣 BOXIN HUANG 攝影：唐博敦 ,  ALTON’S IMAGES ________ Modest Mussorgsky’s 1874 piano suite was composed in memory of a young artist friend who had recently died. Mussorgsky was devastated. When he learned of a fund-raising drive aimed at mounting an exhibition of the young man’s art, he donated at once. The event went forward. Mussorgsky attended. The exhibition lifted the grieving composer’s spirits. He completed the piano suite Pictures from an Exhibition soon after.   莫傑斯特．穆索斯基這首寫於 1874 年的鋼琴組曲是為了紀念一位英年早逝的藝術家朋友。當時那位朋友才離世...

Released today! ‘Goodbye, My Sweet Lucille’  a new song by John Budrevo with lyrics by A T Beaune 唐博訥 Soon to be available on major streaming platforms. Enjoy! ________

A circus march = caffeine set to music Henry Fillmore Rolling Thunder Taipei Symphony Winds · Alton Thompson recorded in performance at Taiwan’s National Concert Hall Taipei City, Taiwan   Photo: Alton’s Images ©MMVI Taipei Symphony Orchestra / A T Beaune Creations

 今年十二月 Arriving 12.16 in limited festival release . . . 梅樂蒂 Melodia (MEL·o·DJI·a) 本短片採迴旋曲式結構 a short film in rondo form News facebook.com/melodia.shortfilm Media youtube.com/@atbeaune

Here is a chance to settle in and view the complete 35-minute  Taiwan Photowalk . Shao-Hsun Chang performs Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures from an Exhibition in Taiwan’s National Concert Hall. Thanks to Apo Ching-Hsin Hsu for the commission and to the entire team for two years well spent.  臺灣   漫步影像   Taiwan Photowalk 靜止圖像中的音樂故事   a musical story in still images 章韶洵 , 鋼琴家 Shao-Hsun Chang, pianist 展覽會之畫 performs Pictures from an Exhibition 穆梭斯基 by Modest Mussorgsky 臺灣 臺北市國家音樂廳 in Taiwan’s National Concert Hall photo story and direction 唐博訥 by A T Beaune featuring 翁成韻 Mandy Weng as The Sightseer ______________ News @Meta FB: A T Beaune News @Meta FB: Taiwan Photowalk Trailer  @Vimeo Trailer  @YouTube Full Film  @Vimeo Full Film  @YouTube

 

The two-minute trailer is released now for Taiwan Photowalk . Thanks to Boxin Huang for the trailer editing—and to Shao-Hsun Chang, as always, for the daring collaboration.  臺灣 漫步影像 Taiwan Photowalk 靜止圖像中的音樂故事   a musical story in still images 章韶洵 , 鋼琴家 Shao-Hsun Chang, pianist 展覽會之畫 performs Pictures from an Exhibition 穆梭斯基 by Modest Mussorgsky 臺灣 臺北市國家音樂廳 in Taiwan’s National Concert Hall photo story and direction 唐博訥 by A T Beaune featuring 翁成韻 Mandy Weng as The Sightseer ______________ News Page @Meta FB: A T Beaune News Page @Meta FB: Taiwan Photowalk Trailer  @Vimeo Trailer  @YouTube Full Film  @Vimeo Full Film  @YouTube