Pink Martini is a 13-member "little orchestra" from Portland, Oregon, forme… Read Full Bio ↴Pink Martini is a 13-member "little orchestra" from Portland, Oregon, formed in 1994 by pianist Thomas Lauderdale. They draw inspiration from music from all over the world – crossing genres of classical, jazz and old-fashioned pop.
Pink Martini has twelve instrumentalists (and sometimes travels with string sections), and performs its multilingual repertoire on concert stages and with symphony orchestras throughout Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Northern Africa, Australia and New Zealand and North America. Pink Martini made its European debut at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997 and its orchestral debut with the Oregon Symphony in 1998 under the direction of Norman Leyden. Since then, the band has gone on to play with over 30 orchestras around the world, including multiple engagements with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, the Boston Pops, the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center and the BBC Concert Orchestra in London. Other appearances include the grand opening of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s new Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall, with return sold-out engagements for New Year’s Eve 2003, 2004 & 2008; two sold-out concerts at Carnegie Hall; the opening party of the remodeled Museum of Modern Art in NYC; the Governor’s Ball at the 80th Annual Academy Awards in 2008; and the opening of the 2008 Sydney Festival in Australia.
Lauderdale met China Forbes, Pink Martini’s lead vocalist, at Harvard. He was studying history and literature while she was studying English literature and painting. Late at night, they would break into the lower common room in their college dormitory and sing arias by Puccini and Verdi – and the occasional campy Barbra Streisand cover –thus sealing their creative collaboration. Three years after graduating, Lauderdale called Forbes who was living in New York City, where she’d been writing songs and playing guitar in her own folk-rock project, and asked her to join Pink Martini. They began to write songs together for the band. Their first song “Sympathique”– with the chorus “Je ne veux pas travailler” (”I don’t want to work”) – became an overnight sensation in France, and was even nominated for “Song of the Year” at France’s Victoires de la Musique Awards. Forbes, though fluent only in English, sings in 15 different languages.
Pink Martini’s debut album Sympathique was released independently in 1997 on the band’s own label Heinz Records (named after Lauderdale’s dog), and quickly became an international phenomenon, garnering the group nominations for “Song of the Year” and “Best New Artist” in France’s Victoires de la Musique Awards in 2000.
In October 2004, the group released its second album, Hang on Little Tomato.
In May 2007, it released its third album, Hey Eugene!.
A fourth studio album, Splendor in the Grass, followed on October 27, 2009.
Sympathique, Hang on Little Tomato and Hey Eugene! have all gone gold in France, Canada, Greece and Turkey; collectively, Pink Martini's records have sold more than two million copies worldwide.
On New Year's Eve 2005, Pink Martini performed live at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, Oregon. This performance was aired live on National Public Radio's Toast of the Nation, and in partnership with Oregon Public Broadcasting was recorded for a live DVD and later broadcast on US public broadcasting and French television.[citation needed] The DVD has been rereleased to retail as Discover the World: Live in Concert, featuring not only the full concert, but several vignettes and a short documentary of the band's history.
The band has collaborated and performed with Jimmy Scott, Carol Channing, Henri Salvador, Jane Powell, Chavela Vargas, Georges Moustaki, Michael Feinstein, DJ Dimitri from Paris, clarinetist and conductor Norman Leyden, Hiroshi Wada, DJ Johnny Dynell and several drag queens from New York City, among others. On June 1, 2007, the band appeared on the long-running BBC Two Later with Jools Holland TV music program. On June 14, 2007, Pink Martini performed on Late Show with David Letterman, performing "Hey Eugene".
Pink Martini played Walt Disney Concert Hall on New Year's Eve for the first two years it was open (2003/4 and 2004/5). They returned to play NYE there again in 2008/9.
In May 2009, the band recorded three concerts with the Oregon Symphony under the direction of Carlos Kalmar for the band’s fifth album … a symphonic record which is slated for a 2011 release.
Pink Martini songs appear in such films as In the Cut, Nurse Betty, Josie and the Pussycats, Tortilla Soup, Shanghai Kiss, Mary and Max, and Mr. & Mrs. Smith and have been used on television shows such as Dead Like Me, The Sopranos and The West Wing, among others.[citation needed] Their song "Una notte a Napoli" is an integral part of the Italian movie Mine Vaganti (2010), by the Italian-Turkish director Ferzan Özpetek. The song "No Hay Problema" is included as background/setup music for Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 and was also used as the background/setup music for an early build of Windows Longhorn, now known as Windows Vista.[citation needed]
In February 2011, the group's lead singer, China Forbes, recorded a video greeting to the European Space Agency's Italian astronaut, Paolo Nespoli, and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Kaleri, on board the International Space Station. The astronauts were preparing to oversee the docking of ESA's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) cargo vessel, Johannes Kepler, which took place at 17:08 CET on 24 February. The greeting was set to the sound track of Dosvedanya Mio Bombino - one of Pink Martini's signature songs - and was mixed with footage of the actual docking.
In November 2011, they played at the Balboa Theater with the Bonita Vista High School band, Club Blue.
Pink Martini has twelve instrumentalists (and sometimes travels with string sections), and performs its multilingual repertoire on concert stages and with symphony orchestras throughout Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Northern Africa, Australia and New Zealand and North America. Pink Martini made its European debut at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997 and its orchestral debut with the Oregon Symphony in 1998 under the direction of Norman Leyden. Since then, the band has gone on to play with over 30 orchestras around the world, including multiple engagements with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, the Boston Pops, the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center and the BBC Concert Orchestra in London. Other appearances include the grand opening of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s new Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall, with return sold-out engagements for New Year’s Eve 2003, 2004 & 2008; two sold-out concerts at Carnegie Hall; the opening party of the remodeled Museum of Modern Art in NYC; the Governor’s Ball at the 80th Annual Academy Awards in 2008; and the opening of the 2008 Sydney Festival in Australia.
Lauderdale met China Forbes, Pink Martini’s lead vocalist, at Harvard. He was studying history and literature while she was studying English literature and painting. Late at night, they would break into the lower common room in their college dormitory and sing arias by Puccini and Verdi – and the occasional campy Barbra Streisand cover –thus sealing their creative collaboration. Three years after graduating, Lauderdale called Forbes who was living in New York City, where she’d been writing songs and playing guitar in her own folk-rock project, and asked her to join Pink Martini. They began to write songs together for the band. Their first song “Sympathique”– with the chorus “Je ne veux pas travailler” (”I don’t want to work”) – became an overnight sensation in France, and was even nominated for “Song of the Year” at France’s Victoires de la Musique Awards. Forbes, though fluent only in English, sings in 15 different languages.
Pink Martini’s debut album Sympathique was released independently in 1997 on the band’s own label Heinz Records (named after Lauderdale’s dog), and quickly became an international phenomenon, garnering the group nominations for “Song of the Year” and “Best New Artist” in France’s Victoires de la Musique Awards in 2000.
In October 2004, the group released its second album, Hang on Little Tomato.
In May 2007, it released its third album, Hey Eugene!.
A fourth studio album, Splendor in the Grass, followed on October 27, 2009.
Sympathique, Hang on Little Tomato and Hey Eugene! have all gone gold in France, Canada, Greece and Turkey; collectively, Pink Martini's records have sold more than two million copies worldwide.
On New Year's Eve 2005, Pink Martini performed live at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, Oregon. This performance was aired live on National Public Radio's Toast of the Nation, and in partnership with Oregon Public Broadcasting was recorded for a live DVD and later broadcast on US public broadcasting and French television.[citation needed] The DVD has been rereleased to retail as Discover the World: Live in Concert, featuring not only the full concert, but several vignettes and a short documentary of the band's history.
The band has collaborated and performed with Jimmy Scott, Carol Channing, Henri Salvador, Jane Powell, Chavela Vargas, Georges Moustaki, Michael Feinstein, DJ Dimitri from Paris, clarinetist and conductor Norman Leyden, Hiroshi Wada, DJ Johnny Dynell and several drag queens from New York City, among others. On June 1, 2007, the band appeared on the long-running BBC Two Later with Jools Holland TV music program. On June 14, 2007, Pink Martini performed on Late Show with David Letterman, performing "Hey Eugene".
Pink Martini played Walt Disney Concert Hall on New Year's Eve for the first two years it was open (2003/4 and 2004/5). They returned to play NYE there again in 2008/9.
In May 2009, the band recorded three concerts with the Oregon Symphony under the direction of Carlos Kalmar for the band’s fifth album … a symphonic record which is slated for a 2011 release.
Pink Martini songs appear in such films as In the Cut, Nurse Betty, Josie and the Pussycats, Tortilla Soup, Shanghai Kiss, Mary and Max, and Mr. & Mrs. Smith and have been used on television shows such as Dead Like Me, The Sopranos and The West Wing, among others.[citation needed] Their song "Una notte a Napoli" is an integral part of the Italian movie Mine Vaganti (2010), by the Italian-Turkish director Ferzan Özpetek. The song "No Hay Problema" is included as background/setup music for Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 and was also used as the background/setup music for an early build of Windows Longhorn, now known as Windows Vista.[citation needed]
In February 2011, the group's lead singer, China Forbes, recorded a video greeting to the European Space Agency's Italian astronaut, Paolo Nespoli, and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Kaleri, on board the International Space Station. The astronauts were preparing to oversee the docking of ESA's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) cargo vessel, Johannes Kepler, which took place at 17:08 CET on 24 February. The greeting was set to the sound track of Dosvedanya Mio Bombino - one of Pink Martini's signature songs - and was mixed with footage of the actual docking.
In November 2011, they played at the Balboa Theater with the Bonita Vista High School band, Club Blue.
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Pink Martini Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Pink Martini:
08.Cante e dance Meninas cobrem a rua contra à porta Onde pára a luz,…
12.Tea for two I'm discontented with homes that I've rented So I have inven…
A Snowglobe Christmas When you went away The colors all turned brown Since you'v…
Amado Mio Amado mio, love me forever And let forever, begin tonight Am…
And Then You're Gone My dear Lorenzo you take my hand And understand the…
Anna Ya viene el negro zumbon Bailando alegre el baion Repica la …
Askim Bahardi Aşkım bahardı Ümitler vardı Sen gittin diye Gönlüm karardı …
aspetta mi Aspettami Wait for me I've been lost Adrift at sea In yo…
Aspettami Aspettami Wait for me I've been lost Adrift at sea In your d…
Autrefois J'écris des mots doux à toutes les filles de France J'espère…
¿dónde estás yolanda Donde estas, donde estas, Yolanda Que paso, que paso, Yoland…
Bitty Boppy Betty Bitty boppy Betty, bitt boppy Betty, bitty boppy Betty boobo…
Black Lizard Dare mo hairenu Daiya no kokoro Tsumetai watashi No kokoro n…
Blue Light Yokohama 街の灯りが とてもきれいね ヨコハマ ブルー・ライト・ヨコハマ あなたと二人 幸せよ いつものように 愛のことばを ヨコ…
Blue Moon Once upon a time, before I took up smiling, I…
Brazil Brazil, when stars were entertaining June We stood beneath a…
Bukra Wba'do ﺒﻜﺮﺍ ﻮﺒﻌﺪﻩ ﺒﻜﺮﺍ ﻮﺒﻌﺪﻩ ﺒﻜﺮﺍ ﻮﺒﻌﺪﻩ ﺒﻜﺮﺍ ﻮﺒﻌﺪﻩ ﺇﻠﻲ ﻮﻋﺪﻨﻲ ﺤﻴ…
But Now I'm Back My dear Maria I'm here to see ya Won't you please, please…
Cante e dance Meninas cobrem a rua contra à porta Onde pára a luz,…
Children of Piraeus (In Greek, translated to English) From my balcony I send O…
City of Night Well the sun?s going down With its deep amber light Embracin…
Clementine If tomorrow's sun doesn't shine If no creatures stir in the…
Dansez-vous J'ai un coeur énorme Qui dirige ma vie entière Je peux vous…
Do You Hear What I Hear? Said the night wind to the little lamb "Do you see…
Donde Esta Yolanda Donde estas, donde estas, Yolanda Que paso, que paso, Yoland…
Dónde estas yolanda ¿Dónde estás, dónde estás, Yolanda? ¿Qué paso, qué paso, Yol…
Donde Estas Yolanda- Donde estas, donde estas, Yolanda Que paso, que paso, Yoland…
Dosvedanya mio bambino The Samovara is full of tea You stare unblinkingly at me Whi…
Dream a Little Dream Stars shining bright above you Night breezes seem to whisper…
Edelweiss Edelweiss, Edelweiss Every morning you greet me Small and wh…
El Negro Zumbon Ya viene el negro zumbon Bailando alegre el baion Repica la …
Elohai N'Tzor (Elohai, n'tzor l'shoni meira us'fatai midabeir mirma, V'lim…
Everywhere Everywhere I go I know Everywhere I go will glow The sleepy…
Fini la Musique Fini la musique, la foule défile Parti le public, que reste…
Finnisma Di في النسمة دي، في طيف هواك عالبال ماتنسانيش، أنا عيني ليك…
Friend Scientists will tell you That it's a simple fact It's better…
Gardens of Sampson & Beasley Under Orion's starry sky I lie in the moonlit garden Wonderi…
Hang on Little Tomato The sun has left and forgotten me It's dark, I cannot…
Hey Eugene Hey Eugene! Do you remember me? I'm that chick you danced…
Hey Eugene! Hey Eugene! Do you remember me? I'm that chick you danced…
Ich dich liebe Let me love you Let me kiss you Tomorrow you're gone Let me…
Ii janaino Shiawase naraba あのときあなたと くちづけをして あのときあの子と 別れた私 つめたい女だと 人は云うけれど いいじゃないの 幸せならば…
In Stiller Nacht In stiller Nacht zur ersten Wacht Ein Stimm' beginnt zu klag…
Je ne t'aime plus Je suis en colère avec toi ce soir Parce que tu…
Je Ne Veux Pas Travailler Ma chambre a la forme d'une cage Le soleil passe son…
Je ne veux pastravailler Ma chambre a la forme d'une cage, Le soleil passe…
Joli garçon Combien de nuits sans sommeil? Combien de jours sans soleil…
Kaj Kolah Khan ابرو به من کج نکن کج کلاه خان یارمه خوشکلمو خوشکل دلها گرفتا…
Kikuchiyo To Mohshimasu Kikuchiyo to mohshimasu Shiroi unaji ni yurete ita Naito kur…
Kisetsu No Ashioto 柔らかな陽が差して コートを脱ぐように 桃色の蕾たちが 春を連れて来る 気の早い蝉が鳴き カレンダーをめくり 海開き そ…
La Soledad Viniste a mí Como poesía en la canción Mostrándome Un…
La Vergine Degli Angeli La vergine degli angeli Mi copra del suo manto E me proteg…
Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour Le premier bonheur du jour C'est un ruban de soleil Qui s'en…
Let Scientists will tell you That it's a simple fact It's better…
Let's Never Stop Falling In Lo I wish a falling star could fall forever And sparkle through…
Lilly Lilly comes when you stop to call her Lilly runs when…
Little Drummer Boy Come they told me, pa rum pum pum pum A new…
Lo Que Pasó Pasó Tú dices que me amas Pero ya no te quiero Que me…
Love for Sale Love for sale, appetizing young love for sale Love that's fr…
Love in Portofino I wish a falling star could fall forever And sparkle through…
Lullaby (Instrumental)…
Ma solitude Pour avoir si souvent dormi Avec ma solitude Je m'en suis fa…
Mar Desconocido Barco en el mar lejos de ti El horizonte, línea sin…
Mas Que Nada Oh lariá laiô obá obá obá Oh ooô ooô lariá laiô…
Mayonaka no Bossa Nova 真夜中に 女ひとりで 聞くうたは お酒のように 消えてしまった ブルーな ブルーな ボサ・ノバ 夢 夢を みたのよ 虹 …
Never On A Sunday Oh, you can kiss me on a Monday A Monday, a…
New Amsterdam New Amsterdam was her name Before she was New York New Ams…
Ninna nanna Ninna nanna marinare 'Ngopp a varca, miezo o mare Lo te pa…
No Hay Problema (Instrumental)…
Ocho Kandelikas Hanukah linda sta aki Ocho kandelas para mi, Hanukah linda…
Ojalá Ma chérie si j'avais une heure Je reviendrais au printemps d…
Omide zendegani Rafti az kenaram, az shahr o diyaaram, ey ommid-e zendegaani…
Ou est ma tete? J'ai perdu ma tête Dans la rue St. Honoré J'ai cherché ça…
Over the Valley Over the valley I saw a silver cloud With a pink lining I…
Pata Pata Saguquka sathi 'bheka' ["So we grooved, 'Check it out!'"] Na…
Piensa En Mí Si tienes un hondo penar, piensa en mi si tienes…
Piensa en mi Si tienes un hondo penar, piensa en mi Si tienes ganas…
Que Sera Sera When I was just a little girl I asked my mother,…
Quizas Quizas Quizas Siempre que te pregunto Si algun amor me escondes Tú siempre…
Quizás Quizás Quizás Siempre que te pregunto si algun amor escondes Y tú siempr…
quizás quizás quizás Siempre que te pregunto Si algun amor me escondes Tú siempre…
Rwanda Nziza Rwanda nziza Gihugu cyacu Wuje imisozi, ibiyaga n′ibirunga N…
Santa Baby Santa, baby Slip a sable under the tree For me I've been an…
Shchedryk Shchedryk shchedryk, shchedrivochka Pryletila lastivochka St…
She Was Too Good to Me He was too good to me How can I get along…
Silent Night Stille Nacht! Heil'ge Nacht Alles schläft, einsam wacht Nu…
Sing Sing, sing a song Sing out loud Sing out strong Sing of g…
Solidão Solidão De quem tremeu A tentação do céu E desencanto que o…
Song Of The Black Lizard Dare mo hairenu Daiya no kokoro Tsumetai watashi No kokoro n…
Song of the Black Swan (Instrumental)…
Souvenir Te souviens-tu Des nuits sous les étoiles C'est mon précieux…
Splendor in the Grass I can see you're thinking baby I've been thinking too About …
Storm I, I want to be one of those storms falling…
Sunday Table She is walking quickly Like there's some place she must be.…
Sway When marimba rhythms start to play Dance with me, make me…
Sympathique Ma chambre a la forme d'une cage Le soleil passe son…
Sympatique Ma chambre a la forme d'une cage Le soleil passe son…
Syracuse J'aimerais tant voir Syracuse L'ile de Paques et Kairouan …
Taya Tan Taya-tan, taya-tan, taya-tan Watashi no tokimekiyo Taya-tan,…
Tea for Two I'm discontented with homes that I've rented So I have inven…
Tempo Perdido Mesmo derramando lágrimas Eu não te posso perdoar Mesmo que …
The Butterfly Song Butterfly - dance across the sky to me Come and spend…
The Gardens Of Sampson Under Orion's starry sky I lie in the moonlit garden Wonderi…
Tuca Tuca Mi piaci, ah-ah!, Mi piaci, ah-ah-ah!, Mi piaci, tanto, ta…
U Plavu Zoru Tiha noc Sjene su you bijegu Ja cujem zvuk Sta blize zove me…
Una Notte a Napoli Una notte a Napoli Con la luna ed il mare Ho incontrato…
Veronique Black is the night Black as my heart Dark hours since we've…
watashi mo anata to naite ii 悩んでる あなたのことが なぜか 私にわかるの 苦しんで 苦しみぬいて 生きてきた あなたなのね 血の涙 流して泣いた …
We Three Kings We three kings of Orient are Bearing gifts we traverse afar…
What'll I Do? Gone is the romance that was so divine 'Tis broken and…
White Christmas The sun is shining, the grass is green The orange…
Yoake no Scat ルルル...... ラララ...... パパパ...... アアア...... ルルル...... 愛し合うその時に こ…
Yuuzuki おしえてほしいの 涙のわけを 見るもののすべてが 悲しく見えるの 夕月うたう 恋の終りを 今でもあなたを 愛しているのに…
¿Donde Estas Yolanda Donde estas, donde estas, Yolanda Que paso, que paso, Yoland…
¿Donde Estas Yolanda? ¿Dónde estás, dónde estás, Yolanda? ¿Qué paso, qué paso, Yol…
¿Donde Estas Yolanda? (China Forbes Vocal Version) Donde estas, donde estas, Yolanda Que paso, que paso, Yoland…
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@kalafinwe5498
Came for the song
Stayed for the dog
Pressed replay for the song
@PinkMartiniOfficial
We came to read your comment
hearted it cuz of the Dog part
Pinned it cuz we love it so much.
@kalafinwe5498
Thank you ! Beautiful dog, and you are an amazing group.
@user-gu8gd5zo7h
Soy mexicana y es un honor escucharla en voces extranjeras. En México la canta la sonora Santanera.
@amarquez9900
Bravo Perú 🇵🇪, desde Colombia 🇨🇴 un abrazo ..
@yolandawonglopez6317
Me siento orgullosa de que nuestra música.. Dónde estás Yolanda . Peruanisima, gracias a las orquestas extranjeras , Bendiciones y éxitos
@gabyjimenez5339
Buenísima composición, popularizada por el excelente grupo tropical mexicano la Sonora Santanera 🎶🎺🎹😊
@mariananef2393
Me encanta Pink Martini. Exelente selección de temas, genial interpretación de China Forbes, músicos de primera. Gracias
@esperanzaalvarez6206
Me encanta el estilo del pianista,se nota que lleva cada nota en el alma.
@Narcosatanico333
El pianista es Thomas M. Lauderdale, fundador y columna vertebral de los Pink Martini.