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You need not travel all the way to Italy to hear one of the world’s newest and most dazzling young pianists, a recent silver medalist in the international Van Cliburn Piano Competition who is from that Mediterranean country. Beatrice Rana, at age 23, is one of the most promising newcomers among international pianists. Born in San Marino, Italy, to parents who are both pianists, she reportedly played her first scale on her mother’s lap at 6 months, began piano studies at age 4 and at age 9, made a debut with an orchestra playing Bach’s Concerto in F minor. In 2011, she won the first prize and all the special jury awards at the Montreal International Piano Competition, then in 2013, the silver and the audience appreciation award at the Van Cliburn, and in September 2015, the BBC named her a New Generation Artist.
Nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including best picture, “Bonnie and Clyde” won ballet shoes necklace, cute bronze charm pendant, girly dancing Oscars for Estelle Parsons as best actress in a supporting role and best cinematography for Burnett Guffey, Penn was born in Philadelphia on Sept, 27, 1922, His older brother, Irving, later became an internationally renowned photographer, He died in October 2009, Penn, a former president of the Actors Studio in New York, married actress Peggy Maurer in 1956, They had two children, Matthew and Molly, His wife and children survive him, as do four grandchildren..
“Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas” — Darci Lynne Farmer, the 2017 winner of “America’s Got Talent,” celebrates the holidays Oklahoma style with her puppets and guests Kristin Chenoweth, Toby Keith, Hunter Hayes, Pentatonix and Lindsey Stirling. (9 p.m., NBC). “The 87th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade” — It’s a massive procession down Hollywood Boulevard, with fancy floats, marching bands, celebrities and bloated balloons. (8 p.m., The CW). “iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2018” — Shawn Mendes, Cardi B, Camilla Cabello and others celebrate the season with musical performances. (8 p.m., The CW; re-airs 8 p.m. Dec. 25).
Details: 7:30 p.m.; $25-$65’ www.sfjazz.org, 4 “The Winter’s Tale”: This is considered one of Shakespeare’s “problem plays” because it incorporates elements of drama and comedy, Full of love, betrayal, jealousy, honor and, of course, the Bard’s piercing insight into human foibles, “Winter’s Tale” is getting a “lean, muscular” production by the East Bay’s Ragged Wing Ensemble, Details: Through Nov, 12; The Flight Deck, Oakland; $25-$45; www.raggedwing.org, 5 “Major Barbara”: George Bernard Shaw always seems topical during the political season, In this three-act ballet shoes necklace, cute bronze charm pendant, girly dancing play, presented by Pear Theatre Company, a woman devoted to helping the poor locks horns with her father, a powerful munitions dealer..
King, in other words, is a poet who uses ballet as the scaffolding for an investigation into the layers of history, cultural formation and being. If not performed with total commitment, his metaphors and allusions can sometimes slip. And so they did Wednesday, with the second piece on the program. “Scheherazade,” a centenary commission that required that King reimagine Michel Fokine’s ballet from 1910, breaks Lines’ own tradition of creating wholly new work. Bravely, King accepted this challenge and used the story from the Arabian Nights and the exoticism of the original ballet as a leaping off point to create a moody, evocative work full of stunning images and fierce dancing.
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