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26.05.2021
The Music Beat of My City - Jazz Orchestra class in the Сenter of Musical Education (Turin, Italy)
What does your city sound like? What music does it love? What rhythm is it beating to? Our new project "The Music Beat of My City" is dedicated to the musical bands of Volgograd and its twin-cities. Here, you can see and hear the performances by the classic and folk music ensembles, as well as very much modern bands.
On May 18, 2021, the photographic exhibition "Turin, a City of a Thousand Souls" was published on the "Volgograd – the capital of people's diplomacy" website – an exhibition dedicated to Volgograd's first Italian twin-city. In honor of this event, this series of publications begins with Turin's performers.
Today, on air is the beautiful piece "You've Changed" – a composition by Carl Fischer which, thanks to the formidable interpretations of singers with the caliber of Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald, has become one of the most played ballads by jazz players all over the world.
This music video was made by the Jazz Orchestra class in the Сenter of Musical Education in the City of Turin, during distance learning in April 2020.
"I transcribed this piece for our musical ensemble from an interpretation by Ella Fitzgerald with the Count Basie orchestra, after which I had each student record their own part at home, recording sound and video with their smartphone," says Claudio Chiara.
"The next step was to synchronize everyone's videos and mix all the audio. Carrying out this work was very demanding, but I think I managed to convey to my students the right discipline and rigor which are essential values for making music."