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.
Piensa en mi
Pink Martini Lyrics
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si tienes ganas de llorar, piensa en mi
Ya ves que venero tu imagen divina
Tu parvula boca, que siendo tan nina
me enseno a pecar
Piensa en mi cuando sufrar
Cuando llores... tambien piensa en mi
No la quiero, para nada
Para nada me sirve sin ti
The song "Piensa En Mí" by Pink Martini is a melodious tune with poignant lyrics that speak to longing and heartbreak. The song's central theme is the plea of someone who is deeply in love with another and asking them to think of them in their moments of sorrow and pain. The lyrics are beautifully written, and the melody is soothing, painting a picture of a heartbroken lover struggling to cope without their significant other.
The opening lines, "Si tienes un hondo penar, piensa en mi / si tienes ganas de llorar, piensa en mi" translate to "If you have a deep grief, think of me / If you feel like crying, think of me." The lyrics further suggest that the person singing the song worshiped the other person, describing them as divine and innocent, despite their influence, which taught them to "sin." The refrain repeats the same plea, "Piensa en mi cuando sufrar / Cuando llores... tambien piensa en mi," translating to "Think of me when you suffer / When you cry... also think of me."
The last lines, "Cuando quieras quitarme la vida / No la quiero, para nada / Para nada me sirve sin ti" translates to "If you ever want to take my life / I don't want it, not at all / It's no use to me without you." The lyrics express a deep desperation to be with the person they love and the emptiness they feel when they are not together.
Overall, "Piensa En Mí" is a love song that touches on the themes of longing and heartbreak. The lyrics are poignantly written, and the melody is beautiful, making it a perfect song for those who are going through a difficult time in their relationships.
Line by Line Meaning
Si tienes un hondo penar, piensa en mi
If you have a deep sorrow, think of me
Si tienes ganas de llorar, piensa en mi
If you feel like crying, think of me
Ya ves que venero tu imagen divina
You see that I worship your divine image
Tu parvula boca, que siendo tan nina me enseno a pecar
Your innocent mouth, which being so young, taught me to sin
Piensa en mi cuando sufrar
Think of me when you suffer
Cuando llores... tambien piensa en mi
When you cry... also think of me
Cuando quieras quitarme la vida
When you want to take away my life
No la quiero, para nada
I don't want it, not at all
Para nada me sirve sin ti
It doesn't serve me at all without you
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Maria Teresa Lara Aguirre
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@guariban
A pesar de sus años, la voz vencida, las limitiaciones físicas y todo lo demás hay una sabiduría inmensa, una voz que entona una frases mejores que otras y un mensaje que no se pierde en su canto. Me gusta y disfruto este "regalo" de esta mujer que nos canta con lo que puede. Tiene un CD que hace un duo con otros artistas y lo encuentro magnifico. Su voz es unica. She is not who she was. Can't be! Get rid off your vanity and sense of perfection and you will enjoy it like us! She is 91! Please
@harakyy
Fabuloso, grandes arreglos y la vargas enorme como siempre
@Locuttus77
es un homenaje por el amor.....un canto de mundo.......un secreto de alma.....
@thaispetranski
Chavela...linda como sempre! S2
@wedwardes
I saw Pink Martini in London last night. China Forbes' rendition of Piensa en mi was just so much better - even better than Luz Casal's version. What a shame China's version is not on the CD.
@CarmensitaRodriguez
Wow! Me encantó!!
@pierluigifilippocampione1055
1:31 Pensa a me
Quando soffri
Quando piangi
Anche allora pensami
Quando vuoi
Togliermi la vita
Non la voglio per nulla
Non mi serve a nulla
Senza te...
@khoihq
Think of me ( Luz Casal ) If you feel a deep sorrow, think of me If you feel like crying, think of me You see that I worship your divine image Your childlike mouth, while being so small Taught me to sin Think of me when you're suffering hen you're crying, also think of me When you want to take away my life I don't want it, not at all It is worth nothing without you
@lrachel7
great emotion
@ecb97tp
lovely :)