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.
Storm
Pink Martini Lyrics
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I want to rely, stars fiercer than Mars smile back at me
Even as I speak, I hear the wind over those peaks
And picture the timbers as they creak out in the storm
Oh when the clouds swirl and all the world is waking with the wind
And when the waves hurl themselves against the shore to win
Oh how the heart leaps with the lightning and the drum
Half of me answers the storm in its wild sing-song
The other says here by the fire is where I belong
Eyes wide may see so, much that they know where the winds flow
Yet they know that they are a leaf blown, and fall where they′re sown
Oh when the clouds swirl and all the world is waken with the wind
And when the waves hurl themselves against the shore to win
Oh how the heart leaps with the lightning and the drum
Oh how the soul aches when the wind through green fields runs
The song "Storm" by Pink Martini and The Von Trapps is an ode to the natural force of storms and their ability to awaken something within us. The chorus speaks of the heart leaping with the lightning and the drum when the winds whip up the waves and stir up the world. Through the metaphor of the storm, the song reflects on the human condition and the duality within us, the pull between adventure and safety, risk-taking and security. The singer says she wants to be one of those storms, falling over the sea, to feel the power of the universe and the stars smiling back at her. However, she is also drawn to the safety of the fire and the comfort of home. The lyrics are full of imagery, from the wind over the peaks, to the waves hurling against the shore, to the wind through green fields.
Line by Line Meaning
I, I want to be one of those storms falling over the sea
I crave the power and beauty of a storm, to be able to dominate and command as it does over the sea
I want to rely, stars fiercer than Mars smile back at me
I want to feel the comfort and support of the stars, who shine so brightly that even Mars pales in comparison
Even as I speak, I hear the wind over those peaks
As I talk, I can hear the sound of the wind blowing over the mountain peaks in the distance
And picture the timbers as they creak out in the storm
I can imagine the wooden beams of a house or ship creaking and groaning as they are battered by the storm
Oh when the clouds swirl and all the world is waken with the wind
The world comes alive when the wind picks up and the clouds start to swirl
And when the waves hurl themselves against the shore to win
The waves crash onto the shore with such force and determination that they seem like they are battling to win
Oh how the heart leaps with the lightning and the drum
The heart beats faster with excitement and anticipation when lightning flashes and thunder rumbles in the storm
Oh how the soul aches when the wind through green fields runs
The soul longs for the freedom and exhilaration of the wind rushing through open fields
Half of me answers the storm in its wild sing-song
Part of me responds to the storm's wild and untamed energy and music
The other says here by the fire is where I belong
Another part of me is content and happy to be safe and warm by the fire, away from the storm's danger
Eyes wide may see so much that they know where the winds flow
One can observe and learn a lot by watching which way the wind blows
Yet they know that they are a leaf blown, and fall where they're sown
However, they also understand that they are like a leaf, vulnerable and at the mercy of the wind, destined to fall wherever they may land
Writer(s): August Von Trapp
Contributed by Sarah I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@dnach_didasko
아마도 미오, 나의 사랑, 나를 러브해 영원히
그리고 영원히.를 오늘밤부터 시작하게 해
아마도 미오, 우리가 함께 있을때
나는 어떤 꿈속세계에 있어, 달콤한 즐거움의
매번 나는 속삭였잖아
아마도 미오?
그건 단지 한 구절이었어
내가 무대에서
연기했던 파트의
그렇지만 지금 내가 속삭일때
아마도 미오?
너는 나에게 신경쓰라 말할 필요 없어
거기의 그 느낌으로
왜냐면 그건 나의 마음에서 오고있어
나는 너를 언제나 원해
나는 나의 귀한이를 러브해
너를 잡기를 바라면서
그리고 너를 꽉 잡기를
@vincentjoumel468
Amado mio, love me forever
And let forever, begin tonight
Amado mio, when we're together
I'm in a dream world, of sweet delight
Many times I've whispered
"Amado mio"
It was just a phrase
That I heard in plays
I was acting a part
But now when I whisper
"Amado mio"
Can't you tell I care?
By the feeling there
For it comes from my heart
My one and ever
My love my darling
Would be to hold you
And hold you tight
Amado mio, love me forever
And let forever begin tonight
...*wonderful dance moves and orchestra plays*...
Many times I've whispered
"Amado mio"
It was just a phrase
That I heard in plays
I was acting a part
But now when I whisper
"Amado mio"
Can't you tell I care?
By the feeling there
'For it comes from my heart
My one and ever
My love my darling
Would be to hold you
And hold you tight
Amado mio
Love me forever
And let forever
Begin tonight
And let forever
Begin tonight
And let forever
Begin tonight
@dnach_didasko
아마도 미오, 나의 사랑, 나를 러브해 영원히
그리고 영원히.를 오늘밤부터 시작하게 해
아마도 미오, 우리가 함께 있을때
나는 어떤 꿈속세계에 있어, 달콤한 즐거움의
매번 나는 속삭였잖아
아마도 미오?
그건 단지 한 구절이었어
내가 무대에서
연기했던 파트의
그렇지만 지금 내가 속삭일때
아마도 미오?
너는 나에게 신경쓰라 말할 필요 없어
거기의 그 느낌으로
왜냐면 그건 나의 마음에서 오고있어
나는 너를 언제나 원해
나는 나의 귀한이를 러브해
너를 잡기를 바라면서
그리고 너를 꽉 잡기를
@PinkMartiniOfficial
This is amazing! Thank you for posting!
@dnach_didasko
@@PinkMartiniOfficial el placer es mío
@klsusfrank7991
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@user-is8bx6gi4b
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з зэ б зюзю😊😊❤💖😅😊💞💗😅
@user-is8bx6gi4b
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хз это
😅же
@user-qc6gb7ei3c
This is the difference between a singer who gives an amazing emotional performance and a singer who just sings a song. Congratulations! So touching!
@swamifakkananda4043
Yessss sir!!❤
@theodoresweger4948
Torn between the beauty and sound of Storm and the piano player is beyond belief. So beautiful together Thanks
@mhambster
Storm's voice is a stunning and marvelous instrument. The piano player is a magician, playing that instrument like most people flex their own hand. It's a part of him.
May I say, though, that a third star of this performance is that dress Storm is wearing. The textile industry was created to culminate in that dress, on her, in that performance.
Stunning.