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.
Ninna Nanna
Pink Martini Lyrics
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Ninna nanna marinare
'Ngopp a varca, miezo o mare
Lo te parl e nun respunn
Te si perze miez o suonn
Te vurria magna' de vas
Ma ho paura e te sceta'
Cosi' guarde da luntane
Co'stu core innammurat
Quann aggia' spetta
D'averti questa sera
Co' sta luna chiena?
Quann aggia' sogna'
Di dirti quanto t'amo
Co' stu' core 'man--ma tu--
Sogni qui nel blu...
Ninna nanna marinare
Tu si bell comme o' mare
A vote calm, senza creste
A vote tutta na' tempesta
Ma tu suonn d'ate cose
E chissa se t'arricuord
Che tra a luna e mieze e stelle
Lo t'aspette a braccia aperte
Quann aggia' spetta
D'averti questa sera
Co' sta luna chiena?
Quann aggia' sogna'
Di dirti quanto t'amo
Co' stu' core 'man--ma tu--
Sogni qui nel blu...
Ninna nanna nanna nanna
Ninna nanna nanna nanna...
'Ngopp a varca, miezo o mare
Lo te parl e nun respunn
Te si perze miez o suonn
Te vurria magna' de vas
Ma ho paura e te sceta'
Cosi' guarde da luntane
Quann aggia' spetta
D'averti questa sera
Co' sta luna chiena?
Quann aggia' sogna'
Di dirti quanto t'amo
Co' stu' core 'man--ma tu--
Sogni qui nel blu...
Ninna nanna marinare
Tu si bell comme o' mare
A vote calm, senza creste
A vote tutta na' tempesta
Ma tu suonn d'ate cose
E chissa se t'arricuord
Che tra a luna e mieze e stelle
Lo t'aspette a braccia aperte
Quann aggia' spetta
D'averti questa sera
Co' sta luna chiena?
Quann aggia' sogna'
Di dirti quanto t'amo
Co' stu' core 'man--ma tu--
Sogni qui nel blu...
Ninna nanna nanna nanna
Ninna nanna nanna nanna...
The lyrics of Pink Martini's song Ninna Nanna tell the story of a sailor who longs for his beloved. He describes her beauty, comparing her to the calm and stormy sea, his heart full of love. The word "ninna nanna" translates to "lullaby," which sets the tone for the song's gentle melody and soft, dreamlike feel. The sailor sings of his love for the woman, wishing to be with her and to reassure her of his affection. However, he is afraid and holds back, gazing at her from afar with a heart that is full of longing.
Line by Line Meaning
Ninna nanna marinare
Lullaby of the sea
'Ngopp a varca, miezo o mare
On the boat, in the middle of the sea
Lo te parl e nun respunn
I speak to you and you do not respond
Te si perze miez o suonn
You are lost in your dreams
Te vurria magna' de vas
I would like to eat you up
Ma ho paura e te sceta'
But I am afraid and I am quiet
Cosi' guarde da luntane
So I look at you from afar
Co'stu core innammurat
With this heart in love
Quann aggia' spetta
When will I wait
D'averti questa sera
To have you tonight
Co' sta luna chiena?
With this full moon?
Quann aggia' sogna'
When will I dream
Di dirti quanto t'amo
To tell you how much I love you
Co' stu' core 'man--ma tu--
With this broken heart - but you -
Sogni qui nel blu...
Dream here in the blue...
Tu si bell comme o' mare
You are beautiful like the sea
A vote calm, senza creste
Sometimes calm, without waves
A vote tutta na' tempesta
Sometimes a whole storm
Ma tu suonn d'ate cose
But you dream of other things
E chissa se t'arricuord
And who knows if you remember
Che tra a luna e mieze e stelle
That between the moon, the half-light and the stars
Lo t'aspette a braccia aperte
I am waiting for you with open arms
Ninna nanna nanna nanna
Lullaby, lullaby
Ninna nanna nanna nanna...
Lullaby, lullaby...
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Ninna nanna marinaio
Su una barca in mezzo al mare
Io ti parlo e non rispondi
Sei perso nel sonno
Ti mangerei di baci
Ma ho paura di svegliarti
Così ti guardo da lontano
Con questo cuore innamorato
Quanto ho aspettato
Di averti questa sera
Con questa luna piena.
Quanto ho sognato
Di dirti quanto ti amo
Con questo cuore in mano. Ma tu
Sogni qui nel blu.
Ninna nanna marinaio
Sei bello come il mare
Talvolta calmo, senza increspature,
Talvolta tutto in tempesta.
Ma tu sogni altre cose
E chissà se ti ricordi
Che sotto la luna e le stelle
Io ti aspetto a braccia aperte.
Quanto ho aspettato
Di averti questa sera
Con questa luna piena.
Quanto ho sognato
Di dirti quanto ti amo
Con questo cuore in mano. Ma tu
Sogni qui nel blu.
Ninna nanna nanna nanna
Ninna nanna nanna nanna
@muzicloverarya
The stories in the song ❤️ all Italian songs of Pink Martini are 🔥 Una notte a napoli is another favourite too
@jasminmaria2
Greeting from Brazil. https://youtu.be/Gx1zBQkBPT8
@giuseppetorchio5737
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@anastasiakucheryavaya5035
Not only Italian songs..
@vali04ciortescu38
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@mariaassuntademozzi3266
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@user-kf1xn9lz9x
Самая нежная, чувственная и насквозь пропитанная любовью колыбельная. Голос и лицо этой прекрасной женщины неповторимы. За роялем потрясающий пианист и человек, создавший этот оркестр. Всё сложилось как пазл, великолепны все музыканты, все исполнители. Респект, долгих лет творчества им!!!! Люблю безмерно!
@antoniochiarelli3980
Bravissima China Forbes che canta questa bellissima canzone scritta da Alba Primiceri Clemente & Massimo Audiello, bravissimi tutti gli orchestrali del "Pink Martini".
@angelasantoianni4895
China Forbes, ottima interprete, canta con sentimento e passione, bellissima voce, calda e appassionata. Complimenti
@Anto_81
As an Italian from southern Italy, I'm impressed by the pronunciation!!!❤